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Slow Moving Front, Showers
A cold front is working its way slowly across Central Alabama tonight. It has reached western Jefferson County. Its forward speed is less than 15 mph, and it should slow even further overnight. This hour, it is 62F at the … Continue reading
Storms Over Northeast Alabama, Loud But Not Severe
Showers and storms continue this morning over mainly northeast Alabama, but they are below severe limits. Lots of lightning and heavy rain is occurring from the Birmingham area northeast through Gadsden to near Fort Payne. Another cluster of storms is … Continue reading
Showers and Storms Increasing, But Not Severe
Showers and storms have increased dramatically in coverage early this morning, as expected. But the good news is that they are not severe, and it doesn’t look like they are likely to, as there is just marginal instability and marginal … Continue reading
More Severe Weather Through the Overnight/Sunday Morning
At 10 p.m., the large cluster of showers and storms over Northeast Alabama is pushing into Georgia. But round two of this event will affect Alabama during early morning hours ahead of a cold front. Right now, the NWS Memphis … Continue reading
Look at the Radar at 6pm
Here is a look at the radar at this hour. Mp
Slight Risk Expanded, Storms Growing
New Storm Prediction Center Day One severe weather outlook is out and it shows a slightly expanded slight risk area over Alabama. A “slight” risk is the standard severe weather forecast from the SPC. It is issued when organized severe … Continue reading
Instability Increasing, So Are the Showers
Showers that are destined to be thunderstorm soon have formed over western Alabama in an area of increasing instability where sunshine is working on moisture that is entering the state from Mississippi. Here is the radar: Here is the SPC … Continue reading
Heavy Rain over West Central and Northwest Alabama
An area of moderate to heavy rain is moving across Northwest and West Central Alabama late this morning ahead of a strong cold front. The heaviest rain just before 11 a.m. was across southern Lawrence, Winston, eastern Marion, Walker, Fayette, … Continue reading
Noon Update
There was some great sleeping weather early this morning across Central Alabama, with temperatures in the 40s. There were even a couple of 30s in the record this morning, including 38F in Anniston, 36F at Troy and 34F at Fort … Continue reading
Sandy Shakes
When Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast last October, seismographs across the country took notice. Our friend Steve Jones at AlabamaQuake.com noticed this on his equipment in Huntsville. It seems that the powerful storm’s waves pounding the shoreline create … Continue reading
