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Roads Are a Mess
Some late reports: All Bessemer City roads slick. Birmingham Fire Department initiating contingency plans. Several of their pieces of equipment stuck. City of Birmingham has initiated their City Weather Plan. Brookwood Hospital is not accessible due to ice from either … Continue reading
Dangerous Driving Conditions Across Central Alabama
Roads/bridges/overpasses are becoming extremely dangerous due to icing across Central Alabama, generally south of a line from Eutaw to Columbiana to Heflin. Officials are requesting that there be no travel across the following counties: Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, … Continue reading
Sleet/Snow Increasing
The airmass over Alabama is very dry this morning, with dewpoints at or below across Central Alabama. But the airmass will moisten through the morning as moisture rides up and over the cold airmass in place. You can expect snow … Continue reading
Late Night Data Ramblings
Winter storm watches blanket the area from southeast Texas across southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Alabama, central Georgia, South Carolina and southwestern North Carolina. Just a couple of notes late tonight as I pore over model data. GFS …The GFS … Continue reading
On This Date in 1940
On the morning of January 26, 1940, Alabama and the Deep South were in the deep freeze and had been for over a week. Headlines on the Birmingham Age-Herald were dominated by the cold and additional snow that had fallen … Continue reading
Afternoon Update/Winter Storm Watch Issued For Tuesday
A very nice January day is in progress across Central Alabama. Temperatures in the 50s feel like an absolute heat wave. At 1 p.m., it was 56F in Birmingham, 59F at Tuscaloosa and 57F at Aniston. In Muscle Shoals, it … Continue reading
Morning Model Looks
Here is a look at the solutions offered by our various model suites from this morning’s runs. GFS Scenario A few sprinkles or light showers tonight ahead of the cold front. Sleet breaks out in the cold air over Southeast … Continue reading
January 25, 1940 – The 1940 Cold Wave
On the morning of January 25, 1940, the headlines on the Birmingham Age-Herald screamed that more cold was in store for the state. And it had already been very cold. Since an arctic cold wave invaded the state on the … Continue reading
Early Afternoon Update
Alabama is free of clouds on this January Sunday afternoon. The front that passed through last night and this morning has exited the southeastern corner of the state. The showers and some thunderstorms ahead of the front are now over … Continue reading
Front Pushing Southeastward
Our strong cold front is approaching the northwestern corner of the state tonight. Showers have entered Lauderdale and Colbert Counties at this hour. The showers will continue southeastward overnight, mixing with and possibly changing to snow before dawn. Temperatures will … Continue reading
