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Skinny Line of Showers, Not Even any Lightning
A line of intense showers is progressing eastward through eastern Mississippi tonight. It extends from New Albany to Pontotoc to Houston to Louisville and Philadelphia. It is only moving east at about 15-20 mph. The showers are too short to … Continue reading
Bring In Santa…It’s Going To Be Windy!
When you think of warm temperatures in December in Central Alabama, you generally think of thunderstorms and severe weather. And it is warm at the surface, with surface temperatures already in the 70s at 11 a.m. across the area. But … Continue reading
Ending the Week on a High Note: Stories from the Alabama News Center
Bobby Bowden on a tank! A Heisman Trophy winner? A Birmingham company will distribute Coke in Atlanta, the hometown of Coke! A 103-year-old baseball player! Taylor Hicks and Gov. Robert Bentley lighting a Christmas tree! There were plenty of things … Continue reading
Variable Clouds
It is a very nice Sunday across Central Alabama with mild temperatures in the middle 60s and variable skies. Cloud cover ranges from partly cloudy in places like Cullman to partly sunny skies at Anniston to mostly cloudy at Birmingham. … Continue reading
Some Friday Good News from our Friends at the Alabama News Center
Power bills going down, Honda’s economic impact is going up, Christmas lights are lighting up, football is winding down and a wish got granted. These were some of our favorite stories from the past week from our partners at Alabama … Continue reading
The 2015 North Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2015 North Atlantic Hurricane Season was fairly slow, as had been predicted in most seasonal forecasts. There were eleven named storms, which is very close to the long term average of 11.5. Four of the storms became hurricanes and … Continue reading
Historically Beautiful Weather for the Iron Bowl
An all important forecast for today’s 80th iteration of the Iron Bowl will actually be an easy one and a good one as some of the nicest weather to ever grace this historic rivalry. IRON BOWL CAST: Tailgaters down in … Continue reading
A Black Friday Helping of Good News From the Alabama News Center
The Iron Bowl, economic development, ice skating and holiday shopping were among our favorite stories from Alabama NewsCenter this week. Mobile’s Technip USA eyes $31 million Alabama expansion Alabama businesses expecting a busy Small Business Saturday Alabama Power Appliance Sales … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family on this special holiday. The weather is certainly cooperating for us here in Alabama, although that is not the case all around the country. Boy, the weather held off just long enough nationally … Continue reading
AlabamaWXTra: The November 1950 Cold Wave
Alabamians paid little attention to the weather forecast on Thanksgiving morning, November 23, 1950. The Birmingham News carried a lead article about the many blessings of the day, including bountiful food, talking about the day’s candied yams, crisp white celery, … Continue reading
