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Midday Update
Nearly perfect weather conditions are in place across Central Alabama this afternoon. Temperatures have reached 70 degrees along and south of I-20 generally and will be in the 70s across the entire area this afternoon. A nice field of cumulus … Continue reading
I Felt the Earth Move…
Our friend Steve Jones posted an interesting article this week about the seismic signatures of tornadoes on his AlabamaQuake site. https://alabamaquake.com/reports.html#Tornado_Seismic_Signature Make sure to follow Steve on Twitter @alabamaquake.
A Cruel April Fools Joke in 1974
On Monday, April 1, 1974, Mother Nature played a cruel April Fools joke on Alabama. That morning, a warm and humid airmass was in place across the state. At 6 a.m., the temperature at Birmingham was 66F with a dewpoint … Continue reading
Disturbances in the Flow
An update from the Weather Center at 1:35 p.m… An area of moderate to heavy showers is pushing from west to east across West Central Alabama at this hour. The heaviest rain is across Tuscaloosa County, poised to push across … Continue reading
Showers, Some Thunder
An area of showers, heavy at times, has settled into a west to east orientation across Central Alabama from Pickens and Sumter County in the west into Shelby, Chilton and Autauga Counties over into Clay and Tallapoosa Counties in the … Continue reading
Morning Radar Update
Most Easter sunrise services are going off without a hitch weather wise across Central Alabama this morning. The exceptions are over Lamar and Pickens Counties where showers and storms were rumbling in from Mississippi and over parts of Marion, Winston … Continue reading
Talking Disturbances, Troughs, Vort Maxes
Click image to enlarge. You hear us talk about upper disturbances all the time, and here is an example of a very visual one. Look at the top left panel of the image to see the water vapor satellite image … Continue reading
On This Date in 1962
Pictures on the front page of the Birmingham News on Friday, March 30, 1962 showed the Cuban trial of participants in the Bay of Pigs invasion attempt. A major story covered the Federal Government decision that it would cut off … Continue reading
51 mph Wind Gust at BHM
Winds are roaring across Alabama this afternoon behind a strong cold front. Winds gusted to 51 mph at 3:19 p.m. KBHM 242021Z 26030G44KT 2SM RA BR SQ BKN013 OVC020 14/12 A2960 RMK AO2 PK WND 25044/2019 RAE1959B19 P0000 (Thanks to … Continue reading
Strong Storms in Jefferson County
Strong but not severe thunderstorms are over Jefferson County at this time. The strongest ones are over the western part of the county, west of Birmingham in the Hueytown, Sylvan Springs, Oak Grove, Graysville and North Johns areas. They will … Continue reading
