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Warnings for the Montgomery Area; Storms Elsewhere
Thunderstorms are increasing in coverage and intensity across Alabama in a soupy, unstable summertime airmass. Storms in the Montgomery area have become severe and there is still a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for part of DeKalb County. The NWS … Continue reading
Heavy Thunderstorms Over Northeast Alabama
Heavy thunderstorms are over Northeast Alabama tonight. They are dumping torrential rains, producing intense lightning and gusty winds. They are heaviest over Etowah County, with more heavy rain extending into Marshall and Calhoun Counties. Intense rains are falling just northeast … Continue reading
A Few Showers This Afternoon, A Few Showers Tonight
Showers formed late this morning over West Central Alabama, extending back into Mississippi along the leading edge of a southwesterly flow aloft ahead of an upper level disturbance near St. Louis. The showers extend from southern Tuscaloosa County back through … Continue reading
Hurricane Hunters in Hawaii
The Hurricane Hunters are in Hawaii, but they are not on vacation. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters) have deployed two lanes to Joint Base Pearl Harbor to monitor Hurricane Iselle as it makes landfall tonight … Continue reading
Afternoon Update
SIDEWALK: We are less than three weeks from Birmingham’s world class film festival. One of my favorite weekends of the year, make sure to make plans to attend several films. Click on the link above for more information and to … Continue reading
A Quick Check on the Tropics
Tropical Storm Bertha is pulling through the southeastern Bahamas late this morning. It is beginning to make the expected turn to the north that will eventually presage its recurvature away from the United States. The storm is expected to miss … Continue reading
Dancing With the Stats
The upper level trough over the eastern United States continues to keep temperatures on the cool side in places to our north. The 57F at Jackson KY yesterday was a record for the August 2nd. Roanoke and Danville VA both … Continue reading
Bertha Is Born
The National Hurricane Center has initiated advisories on Tropical Storm Bertha since showers and storms are building rapidly around the center and the plane encountered tropical storm force winds. SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…12.3N 55.5W ABOUT 275 … Continue reading
An Important Anniversary in Hurricane Forecasting
In July 1943, tracking hurricanes was a difficult business. Fewer ships were at sea because of the threat of German U-boats. Those that were at sea maintained radio silence. Britain suffered mightily from the lack of weather reports from over … Continue reading
Tropics Quiet…For Now…
We are tracking a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic on this last Sunday of July. Right now it doesn’t look like much, but several of the global models, including the American GFS and the UKMET are now on … Continue reading
