Author Archives: murray
A Gorgeous Day
A gorgeous late September Sunday is in progress across Central Alabama in the wake of a cold front Temperatures are working through the middle 70s, with very comfortable dewpoints in the crisp 40s over North Alabama and comfortable 50s over … Continue reading
Remembering Hurricane Eloise
On the morning of September 22, 1975, residents along the Alabama and Northwest Florida Gulf Coast were preparing for a hurricane. Eloise was some 350 miles south southwest of Mobile at 6 a.m. that morning and heading north at 11 … Continue reading
1989’s Hurricane Hugo
On September 10, 1989, a tropical depression formed in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands. For the next two weeks, it would hold a center place on the weather stage, becoming the worst hurricane since 1969’s Hurricane … Continue reading
SKYWARN Training Time
A note from Scott Unger at the NWS in Birmingham to remind everyone that it’s time for Fall Storm Spotter classes. He has eleven classes scheduled, including the Graduate class in November and several online classes as well. The first … Continue reading
Afternoon Radar Check…
This afternoon numerous showers and thunderstorms are working their way north and east across the state. A soaker of a system is working across the Southeast today and tomorrow. Some areas of the next 24 hours could receive in access … Continue reading
Late Evening Showers
Late this evening, we are tracking an arc of showers and storms moving northward across Central Alabama. They extend from southern Bibb and Perry Counties through Autuaga and Elmore Counties. The activity is about 25 miles south of Calera and … Continue reading
Heavy Shower at Airport
An outflow boundary traveling west through Jefferson and Shelby Counties triggered a heavy shower near and just west of the Birmingham Airport. It dumped very heavy rain on the airport and sent ramp crews for some airlines for cover when … Continue reading
Showers and Storms Growing
A few showers and storms have developed this afternoon across Central Alabama. At 2:25, they are located generally in a zone just south of I-20, from Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties in the west across Jefferson, Shelby and Chilton Counties, on … Continue reading
Afternoon Update
A nice Saturday is in progress across Central Alabama as high pressure tenaciously holds on to control of our weather. Temperatures are climbing through the 80 under partly cloudy skies. It has been was warm as 85F at Birmingham and … Continue reading
Steam Train Watch!
A different kind of watch today across North and Central Alabama…a steam train watch! The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum will be running excursions next weekend out of Birmingham on its ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 steam engine #630 built in 1904 and … Continue reading
