Author Archives: murray
Showers/Storms on the Increase
Showers have been ongoing through most of the day and evening across Tennessee Valley and they are beginning to increase. They are occurring just to the north of a frontal zone over Central Alabama. They are starting to increase in … Continue reading
We Feel You Trough!
An impressive upper trough extending from an upper low over eastern Canada down into the Tennessee Valley is lifting slowly northeastward on this mid-May Saturday. The trough has made quite a name for itself this week, and its thumbprint is … Continue reading
Showers Moving Across the Area
A pretty potent little upper disturbance is rotating around the base of the big upper trough this morning. It triggered showers back to our northwest overnight, but they had a hard time working into Alabama as the airmass over our … Continue reading
82 mph Wind Gust in Omaha
Omaha dodged a bullet in the tornado department tonight as a supercell thunderstorm with a history of producing tornadoes morphed into a high precipitation beast of a storm that wrapped up into a large mesoscale convective vortex. A powerful rear … Continue reading
Confirmed Tornado Heading Toward Lincoln NE
A supercell thunderstorm along the warm front in Nebraska is producing a confirmed tornado about 30 miles west southwest of Lincoln NE late this afternoon. It is very near Beaver Crossing right now. It is moving ENE at 25-30 mph … Continue reading
It’s All About the Moisture!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! It’s been a nice Mother’s Day so far across Central Alabama with warm and muggy, but dry conditions across the area. Temperatures were held back a bit during the morning by … Continue reading
A Survey For You to Complete
From John DeBlock at the National Weather Service in Birmingham: Prior to our IWT meeting on June 25th, Dr. Laura Myers, Social Scientist, will be conducting numerous electronic surveys concerning the Alabama winter weather events with EMA, media and the … Continue reading
Earliest 100F Ever in Wichita KS
The mercury hit 100F just before 3 p.m. in Wichita this afternoon. When it did, it marked the earliest that the Kansas city had hit the century mark. The earliest 100F before yesterday was on May 9, 2011. The precious … Continue reading
Nary A Cloud
Most areas across Central Alabama were in the 50s this morning, and it may be that we have said goodbye to the 40s for the remainder of the season. It will probably be October before we see 40s again, although … Continue reading
Remembering the Greensburg EF5 (2007)
On the morning of May 4, 2007, it was evident that an outbreak of severe weather was imminent across the Plains states of the U.S. The Storm Prediction Center realized the threat and posted a Moderate Risk outlook for the … Continue reading
