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Cold and Windy Sunday
Mostly cloudy skies cover the northern half of Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. There are occasional breaks in the overcast, especially over West Central, Eastern and Northeast Alabama. Vic Bell on Lookout Mountain reports bursts of snow that occasionally whiten … Continue reading
Northeast Alabama Snow Sticking in Spots
Several reports from Skywatchers of moderate snow sticking to roofs, grass and cars in Northeast Alabama. Reports have come in from Chris Cheatwood in the Willliams community north of Jacksonville, Vic Bell on Lookout Mountain reports the same. On radar, … Continue reading
Big Winter Storm
A long list of winter weather advisories filled my reading pile this morning. Let’s sit down with a mug of hot chocoloate and review some highlights… …Wisconsin reporting very dangerous travel conditions as 10-20 inches of snow fell north of … Continue reading
Tracking Light Snow Flurries
You can really see the source of our problems this morning, in the form of this powerhouse of an upper low that is over Illinois. It has been dropping southeastward.. It should peak about lunchtime today as it starts to … Continue reading
A Beneficial Rain…
The lack of instability tonight over Central Alabama has paid off in a corresponding lack of severe weather tonight over the area. Most areas are getting beneficial rains. Doppler radar indicates 1.5 to 2 inches has fallen across parts of … Continue reading
So Far, So Good
Just heard a long, rumbling thunderclap here in Trussville. The kind that can only be produced by an elevated thunderstorm. Elevated thunderstorms form from instability that is located above the surface. The good news is that they tend not to … Continue reading
Storms Weaker…No Significant Severe Reports
Our line of thunderstorms is into Northwest Alabama from west of Russellville to west of Hamitlon. It then extends back into Mississippi near Aberdeen then to Starkville, Brandon and to just east of Natchez. It is pushing east at 35 … Continue reading
A Look at our Line of Storms
As expected, the thunderstorms over Mississippi has congealed into a squall line. It is pushing quickly east at 35 mph. That storm southeast of Yazoo City is tornado warned. Strong rotation was observed on radar as it moved near Yazoo … Continue reading
Severe Threat Followed by Winter Weather Threat
An impressive storm system is ramping up to our northwest right now with a rapidly deepening upper trough over Iowa that is forming a big upper low. At the surface. a strengthening surface low over eastern Iowa will be moving … Continue reading
Tornado Watch to our West
The SPC has issued a tornado watch for parts of Northeast Louisiana and a large part of Central and western Mississippi. It goes until 9 p.m. CST. Storms are increasing ahead of a cold front now over eastern Arkansas and … Continue reading
