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Recent Articles from the Alabama NewsCenter
Our partners at Alabama NewsCenter have been telling the good news of Alabama. Here are some of our favorite recent stories. Back-to-school shoppers get a break this weekend! Retailers are making last minute preps as the sales tax holiday is … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch For West Central Alabama
LATE REPORT 10:55 The good news is that the storms on the eastern end of the arc near Tupelo are weakening and the impact to Lamar County will be minor. It appears that the system is turning more southward rather … Continue reading
Rain Chances Go Up, Temps Go Down (a Little)
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR: At least at Birmingham, it was the hottest day of the year so far. The mercury reached 99F, surpassing the 98F recorded on July 18th and 20th. The 98F at Anniston was their hottest of … Continue reading
Another Hot One
HOT, HOT, HOT: Monday was another hot day across Central Alabama. It was not the hottest day so far in 2015, but it wasn’t far away from it either. First order station highs ranged from 95F at Calera to 96F … Continue reading
Hot and Dry Again Today
Middle to upper 60s are common this morning in the I-59/20 Corridor, but you don’t have to drive far to find 50s again, including the 59F at 5 a.m. at Cullman. The cooler spots over North Alabama are in the … Continue reading
How Low?
The 67F at the Birmingham Airport this morning is not close to a record, but we will take it as it represents a low that ranks in the coolest 15% of August 1st in the Birmingham climate period of record. … Continue reading
Rare July Front
Don’t look now, but the models were right. Whoever said that they would believe it when they saw it is having to believe it this morning. A rare July cool front actually made it through Central Alabama. It is pushing … Continue reading
I-59 Showers
The semi-permanent subtropical high over the Atlantic Ocean that we usually see near Bermuda in mid-summer is displaced to the east on this July Sunday. There is a surface high over the Atlantic to the east of New England. That … Continue reading
A Hot July Sunday
Sorry for the scheduling mishap this morning that has made us late, but here is your Weather Extreme video and narrative for Sunday, July 26th. Saturday was a dry day across Central Alabama with very few isolated light showers. I … Continue reading
Fewer Showers
Temperatures will be trending to hotter across the area through the weekend and into the workweek thanks to fewer showers and storms. FEWER SHOWERS TODAY: First, the much advertised reduction in showers and storms has finally started to happen. It … Continue reading
