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Showers/Some Thunder Over Northwest Alabama.
Showers and some rumbles of thunder are over Northwest Alabama tonight ahead of a cold front that is approaching the northwest corner of the state. This activity is expected to continue pushing southeastward through the overnight and into Saturday morning. … Continue reading
Rocket City Weather Fest October 16th
If you love weather, or even have just a casual interest, you will want to mark your calendars for Saturday, October 16th. The University of Alabama – Huntsville Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will put on the Rocket … Continue reading
Online Survey About Tornado Warning Lead Times
JoBeth Minniear is a Senior in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences at Iowa State University. She is President of their American Meteorological Society Chapter and and Ernest F. Hollings 2009 Scholar. She is also a member of Alpha … Continue reading
NPR Journalist to Visit Birmingham
One of the hosts of NPR’s All Things Considered, Michele Norris, will be at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Monday evening, September 27th talking about her new book The Grace of Silence. The book addresses race relations in America … Continue reading
Bermuda Records 94 MPH Wind Gust
Within the last hour, Bermuda recorded a wind gust to 94 mph. TXKF 200255Z 17057G73KT 0800 R30///// R12///// -RA BLPY BKN012 OVC050 26/25 Q0964 RMK R30///// R12///// PK WND 15081/18 PRESFR A weather station there recently reported a barometric pressure … Continue reading
Healthy Shelby Storm
One isolated storm across Central Alabama this hour. If you go outside, you can probably see it for at least 50-60 miles. Tops are over 40,000 feet and it has a beautifully developed anvil. It is located between Chelsea and … Continue reading
We Could Use Some Rain
Only 0.05 inches at rain so far this month at the Birmingham Airport. This is 2.41 inches below normal. The drought situation has worsened significantly over the past thirty days. Over that time frame, much of the area is between … Continue reading
Isolated Showers/Storms
A few isolated showers have developed in the past few minutes in the intense heat over Central Alabama. They are growing into storms. They are… …a very heavy one just south of Cuba in Sumter County (some lightning with this … Continue reading
Igor Pounding Bermuda
Fortunately, Hurricane Igor has been slowly weakening. It still has top winds of 85 mph and is expected to hold that intensity until it passes the island nation of Bermuda tonight. In fact, there seems to be a little burst … Continue reading
Igor to Score Direct Hit on Bermuda
Eye of Igor clearly visible on this radar image from the Bermuda Weather Service at 7:33 a.m. CDT. FROM THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE Hurricane Igor will be a direct hit tonight. Current tropical storm force winds will increase to hurricane … Continue reading
