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Notes at 2:15 p.m.
Storms across Central Alabama are producing plenty of booming thunder, heavy rain and strong gusty winds, but they are not severe. Storms are quite intense over South Central Mississippi near and south of a northeastward moving warm front. The storms … Continue reading
Strong Storms Approaching Alabama Border
A complex of storms moving across Central Mississippi evolved into a bow echo that has produced a few reports of damage. It has prompted a series of severe thunderstorm warnings. You can pick it out clearly on this radar image … Continue reading
The Big 1994 Ice Storm
On the morning of Wednesday, February 9th, a powerful cold front was barreling southward. It extended from Northeast Tennessee to south of Memphis to near Shreveport. It was 66F at Birmingham and 71F at Shreveport, but a short distance across … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued To Our West
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Central Louisiana into Central Mississippi. It will be valid until 6 p.m.
Elevated Storms into Alabama Already
Showers and even some elevated thunderstorms are increasing across much of Mississippi into northwestern Alabama this morning ahead of a warm front in a conveyor belt of warm, moist air being shunted northward out of the Gulf of Mexico by … Continue reading
More Snowfall Notes
Additional accumulation this morning at Boston’s Logan Airport put the current blizzard solidly into fifth place in terms of all time snowstorms there. 1. 27.5″ 2003 February 17-18 2. 27.1″ 1978 February 6-7 3. 26.3″ 1969 February 24-25 4. 25.4″ … Continue reading
Boston Snowfall Makes Their Top Ten List
The 21.8 inches of snow through 7 a.m. at Boston’s Logan Airport is not an all time record there, but it did make the top ten. Some additional snow fell after 7 a.m., which could have been enough to push … Continue reading
1969’s Lindsay Snowstorm
Headlines this morning in the Weather Department are all about the snowstorm in the Northeast. Forty four years ago today, another major winter storm pounded the Northeast with heavy snow and gale force winds. Bedford MA recorded 25 inches of … Continue reading
Evening Notes from the Northeast
A view from Boston’s Back Bay tonight thanks to Twitter user @knomad. Some notes from the Northeast: NEW YORK CITY/LONG ISLAND CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS CENTRAL PARK LGT SNOW 30 28 92 NE15G26 29.66F VSB 3/4 … Continue reading
A Nearly Invisible Cold Front
You can’t see it on the radar. You can’t see if on satellite. You can’t see it in the dewpoints. You can’t even see it in the temperatures, but you can certainly see it in the wind barbs on the … Continue reading
