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New Day 1 Outlook Is Out
The Storm Prediction Center issues the new Day One Severe Weather Outlook for the coming day between midnight and 1 a.m. CST. It goes into effect at 12:00 GMT, which is 6 a.m. CST. The entire state of Alabama is … Continue reading
Patches of Blue and Stratocu
Just a quick update on Alabama’s weather on this Christmas Eve: Visible satellite imagery shows that blue skies have broken through over much of the state. Skycams back up this thought. Looking at the imagery, you an see “streets” of … Continue reading
Evening Update: A Few Light Showers For Now
Scattered light rain showers are occurring across mainly the northwestern third of Alabama this evening, generally northwest of a line from Butler to Rockford to Huntsviile. They are moving east northeast at about 40 mph. The showers are in response … Continue reading
On This Date: 1F at Birmingham
On this date in 1989, an epic cold wave was diving south to the Gulf Coast. On the left side of this image, you can see the upper air chart: Over one hundred and twenty cities across the central and … Continue reading
A Cloudy Sunday
Clouds started gathering overnight and have been thickening all day across Central Alabama. Temperatures are in the 50s. Showers started breaking out over Mississippi this morning and spread into parts of West Central Alabama this morning. Much of the precipitation … Continue reading
All Clear
All NWS Birmingham counties have been cleared from the tornado watch.
51 mph Gust at Airport
Winds gusted to 51 mph at the Birmingham Airport as out line of intense showers passed at 9:15. Here is the METAR report from the ASOS equipment: KBHM 201519Z 27027G44KT 1/2SM +RA FG SQ SCT009 BKN014 OVC021 13/12 A2979 RMK … Continue reading
Tuscaloosa Reports/Birmingham Timing
Winds did gust to 56 mph at our SkyCam in Tuscaloosa as the line went through there around 8:15. Winds to 50 mph were estimated on the UA Campus. There was a report of a possible funnel cloud on Twitter … Continue reading
Storms Not Quite as Intense in North Central Alabama
The National Weather Service is going with significant weather alerts for now, instead of severe thunderstorm warnings ahead of our line of intense showers. There was a burst of reports of trees down around Columbus MS, prompting the earlier warnings. … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette, Lamar, Marion
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Fayette, Lamar and Marion Counties till 7:45 AM CST Our line of intense low topped thunderstorms is into western Franklin and Marion Counties now. UPDATED … Continue reading
