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Today’s Weather is Brought to You by the Letter H…
H as in the big blue letter on the weather maps that signifies surface high pressure. One of those big H’s is stamped over Northeast Alabama this afternoon, and its influence is being felt from Houston to High Point. A … Continue reading
Find Out What Is Happening Across Alabama With Alabama NewsCenter’s Good News Stories
From fall festivities to football, from industrial vacancies to innovation visions, from startups to pop-ups, and from hummingbirds to haunted houses, our Alabama NewsCenter partners bring us more reasons to celebrate and take pride in our great state. Here are some of … Continue reading
More 90s Today; Record for the Date at BHM, ANB and TCL; Latest 90F at BHM
Monitoring Strong Storms Over West Central and Northwest Alabama; Severe Threat is Low.
We’re monitoring thunderstorms over Northwest Alabama and East Central Mississippi at this hour. They have continued to increase in coverage and intensity. The strongest storms extend from near the Shoals area of Northwest Alabama through Franklin County to the west … Continue reading
Vindicated! The 91F at Birmingham Today Is the Latest 90 Degree Reading on Record.
Yesterday, I posted that Birmingham had achieved its latest 90 degree reading ever when the 5 minute data at the Birmingham Airport showed a temperature of 90F. It turns out the 5 minute data from the airport converts the already … Continue reading
The Ruling on the Field Is Overturned. It was not 90F at BHM Today.
THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS OVERTURNED! We did not indeed establish a new record for the latest 90 degree reading at BHM today. Because it did not hit 90F. Here’s the explanation from Gerald Satterwhite at the National Weather … Continue reading
Today Marks the Latest 90 Degree Reading Ever At Birmingham NOT (See Above)
BREAKING NEWS – THAT LAST POST IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW! The previous change in the records is under further review as of 5:08 pm. The NWS has put the official high at 89F (based on the hourly data, I suppose.) … Continue reading
Rainless Streak is Hanging By a Thread: Your Afternoon Weather Update for Central Alabama
It has been raining lightly at the Birmingham Airport off and on since 11:40 a.m., but the precipitation has not been heavy enough to produce the 0.01 inches to call it officially measurable. So the consecutive days streak without rain … Continue reading
Sneaky Showers Showing Up: Your Morning Xtreme Weather Video for Sunday, October 16 (really)
Saturday was a beautiful day across Central Alabama. Southeasterly flow around high pressure ridging southwestward along the East Coast resulted in low clouds in the morning and a nice collection of cumulus clouds during the day. Highs ranged from 82F … Continue reading
Will It Ever Rain Again? Your Weather Xtreme Video for Saturday Morning 10/15
Pay no attention to my mention of October 16th on the video. It really is October 15th of course! Friday marked the 26th consecutive day without rainfall at the Birmingham Airport. This is good enough to be tied for 12th … Continue reading
