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January 31st: Special Sky Show After Sunset Tonight!
Look to the west immediately after sunset and you will be wowed by the show that the moon, Venus and Mars will be putting on for your viewing pleasure. According to WeatherBrains’ Resident Astronomer Tony Rice (@RTPHokie), the trio will … Continue reading
The Rest of the Story: Alabama’s Coldest Morning on this Date in 1966
Early on the morning of Friday, January 28, 1966, cold high pressure covered Alabama and the Deep South. The morning low at Birmingham was 22F. The low the previous morning had been 16F. The month had turned very cold after … Continue reading
1/29/1936: Birmingham’s Second Biggest Snowfall
On January 18, 1936, a swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One … Continue reading
Sunday Late Morning Update: A Little Light Rain Over Areas North and East of Birmingham
An upper level disturbance pushing into Alabama from the northwest is triggering some patches of very light rain over Northeast Alabama in areas north and east of Birmingham. No first order reporting stations are seeing any rain at this hour, … Continue reading
Weather Xtreme Video for Sunday, January 29th
It’s my pleasure to sit in again for Brian this morning as he is at a storytelling festival. JANUARY NUMBERS: We’re starting to wind down January, so I thought we will take a sneak peek at how January is turning … Continue reading
Saturday Weather Xtreme Video and Discussion for January 28th
It is a chilly morning out there across Central Alabama as a piece of the big high pressure over the western United States gives us tranquil conditions for late January. Temperatures are in the upper 20s to lower 30s at … Continue reading
Today in Weather History 1/27/1940: A Cold Alabama Weather Story
Our beloved mentor, colleague and weather rock star J.B. Elliott was the master of the weather story. His pen was a clacking teletype machine. He would turn in his tape punch for a computer and work with us after a … Continue reading
