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Showers Slow to Move North
An upper level trough is moving eastward across Louisiana tonight. Showers spread into West Alabama this afternoon, but they quickly fell apart. Meanwhile, showers are widespread over eastern Louisiana, the southern half of Mississippi and southern Alabama. So far, the … Continue reading
Alabama’s Coldest Reading Ever
ON THIS DATE IN 1966: Alabama’s coldest temperature ever (-27F) was measured at New Market in Northeast Madison County about 25 miles northeast of Huntsville. The reading was recorded under clear skies with light winds and 12 inches of snow … Continue reading
Saturday Wintry Mischief?
The morning run of the GFS introduced a new idea: a very cold trough sweeping across Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday, accompanied by the potential for a wintry mix. This is the output for the GFS snow depth product by … Continue reading
Heavy Showers
Clouds have taken over the sky across most of Alabama this afternoon. Taking a tour of our Skycam network, you see mostly cloudy skies at all locations. The lone exception is over East Alabama, where some blue sky was peeking … Continue reading
Big Storm to Affect Country
A major winter storm will affect areas from the Rockies through the Plains and Midwest in the week ahead. An arctic airmass over these regions will interact with Gulf moisture to produce heavy snow and ice in cities like Denver, … Continue reading
Birmingham’s Greatest Snow (Pre-1993 Blizzard)
A swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama on January 18, 1936. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One … Continue reading
70 Degrees!
Temperatures have soared under totally clear skies across Alabama today, rising to 70 at Birmingham at 1 p.m. Readings will top out in the lower 70s across Central Alabama. The nearest cloudiness is high clouds over eastern Texas and much … Continue reading
Late Winter RSS Pruning
Some of the horticulturists can correct me, but I think we are getting into the time of the year where it is appropriate to do a little pruning of shrubs and crepe myrtles. In honor of that this morning, I … Continue reading
Afternoon Forecast Update
High clouds streaming across the northern half of the state have blocked much of the sunshine and caused temperatures to struggle to get out of the 40s this afternoon. Once you get south of Calera, skies become sunny and temperatures … Continue reading
Snow and Sand
My good friend Brant McConkey sent this note and picture from North Carolina this morning of snow at the beach at Pine Knoll Shores, NC. Bill- I saw your post about the snow in the outer banks. My father-in-law went … Continue reading
