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Almost Tropical Showers
Central Alabama greeted the day with a considerable amount of low cloudiness and fog. The stratus and stratocumulus was the result of deep moisture flowing into the area on southeasterly winds. A few light showers began to form during the … Continue reading
Moist Airmass, A Few Light Morning Showers
A little fog and low clouds are greeting the day across parts of Central Alabama this morning that to a moist airmass. A few showers were even developing across parts of Bibb, Chilton, Shelby and southern Jefferson Counties, moving to … Continue reading
Cindy Is On The Board
The third named systems of the 2011 North Atlantic Hurricane Season has formed in open Atlantic well northeast of Bermuda. It is moving northeast and should weaken over the next 48 hours, and should completely dissipate within 72 hours.
Tropical Depression #2 Has Formed
The system northwest of the Bahamas has a well defined circulation says the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter plane. In fact, some data indicated it might already be a tropical storm. For now, it is being classified as a tropical … Continue reading
Remembering the 1980 Heat Wave
On Thursday, July 17, 1980, the Birmingham News carried the sad headline that much beloved Auburn former head football coach Shug Jordan had died. GOP Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan announced that George Bush would be his running mate in the … Continue reading
A Nice July Day
It has been a beautiful July day across Alabama. Beautiful in the sense that it is a bit cooler than normal, has a breezy east, some decent clouds so it is not broiling hot and a beautiful, clean blue sky … Continue reading
Clouds Rule the Day So Far
The clouds are winning across North and Central Alabama so far on this Saturday. In fact, it looks sort of like it does here in San Francisco, where we are waiting on a delayed flight home right now. Temperatures are … Continue reading
A Few Lucky Spots
Accumulated rainfall from this morning according to Doppler radar… Some showers and storms formed early this morning from the eastern part of the Birmingham Metro area eastward. There was even heavy rain and active lightning and thunder near Talladega for … Continue reading
Keeping Fingers Crossed for Shuttle Launch
History is in the offing this morning as the final Space Shuttle mission is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center. I clearly remember the first mission thirty years and three months ago. The mission is now in … Continue reading
Tropics Heating Up A Little
There are two disturbances of note in the tropical Atlantic. One is an area of low pressure over the eastern Gulf, northwestern Caribbean and Bahamas. This system got a little better organized on Thursday, and there is some chance that … Continue reading
