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Why It Will Snow in North Central Alabama This Afternoon
It’s a dreary cold day across Central Alabama. Temperatures in the I-20 corridor range from 41F at Tuscaloosa to 37F at Birmingham, to 38F at Celera to 35F at Anniston. Weather stations in eastern Jefferson County and western St. Clair … Continue reading
Ice Storm Warning Issued for Cleburne and Randolph Counties
The NWS has dramatically upper their icing forecasts for the eastern Alabama counties of Cleburne and Randolph. They have issued an Ice Storm Warning for those two counties. An Ice Storm Warning is issued by the NWS Birmingham when ice … Continue reading
Starting to Get Icing Reports from East Alabama
Freezing rain beginning to accumulate across Cleburne County. Reports of trees weighted down with ice and decks iced over at Muscadine in Cleburne County. Freezing rain is beginning to accumulate at Wedowee in Randolph County. Weather stations in the area … Continue reading
Lee County Added to the Winter Weather Advisory
The NWS has added Lee County to the Winter Weather Advisory. Temperatures at the Auburn observing site have continued to fall over the past several hours and it is now 34F. As the coder air works in, precipitation riding over … Continue reading
Hopefully Some Good News…For Early in the Morning At Least
Hopefully I have a little good news for us, at least for in the morning across Central Alabama. Temperatures are not falling across the area and and evaporational cooling will not help them fall any further except across the far … Continue reading
Precipitation Moving into West Alabama
Conditions are going downhill tonight to the west of Alabama. Here are some late developments: NWS JACKSON …Heavier precipitation is spreading into the Jackson area at this time with temperatures in the 31-33F. The NWS warns that significant icing of … Continue reading
I-20 Ice Storm
The winter storm that is affecting much of the country is getting some rarely used descriptions, such as historic and crippling and life threatening, especially in areas east of Alabama. The system will have some of its greatest impacts right … Continue reading
First Period Done, Second and Third Periods Will be Interesting
Hockey games feature three periods. This event in Alabama weather is like a hockey game. The first period played out about as expected across Alabama with a significant snow across North Alabama and temperatures that were able to cool to … Continue reading
Precipitation Ending from the West
Temperatures have edged back up above freezing for most of the Birmingham Metro area. At 9 a.m. it was 33F at the BHM Airport. Things will continue to improve through the rest of the morning in the I-20 corridor. Traffic … Continue reading
Icing in the Birmingham Metro, Good Snow Accumulations North
Temperatures continue to hover in the lower and middle 30s in the I-20 corridor, with 32F at Birmingham, 33F at Tuscaloosa and 34F at Anniston. Some patches of ice have formed on some roads and bridges in this area. Around … Continue reading
