Author Archives: murray
Changes at the National Hurricane Center
According to Bill Read, the Director of the National Hurricane center, change will continue to be the watch word as we head into the future when it comes to the Center and its products. Rapid advances in graphics and web … Continue reading
Snowy Look for Thursday
I am increasingly confident that the Thursday disturbance will bring precipitation to Alabama. There is little question that it will be cold enough for it to be snow. The question is how much moisture will be available. A first look … Continue reading
Alabama’s Top Weather Events of 2009
Here is a list of Alabama weather events from 2009 that deserve consideration for the top ten list for the year. Vote for your top events by commenting below. You can even nominate an event that you feel deserves consideration. … Continue reading
New York City in Snow
Here are some beautiful black and white photographs from Trussville’s Nancy Galloway. They look a little Ansel Adams-ish, don’t they? She took them while she and her family were vacationing in New York City the week before Christmas. They arrived … Continue reading
Top U.S. Weather Events of 2009
It’s your turn to vote for your choice for the top national weather events of 2009. Pick from the following nominations, or nominate yours. …The lack of tornado fatalities this year. Only 22 people have been killed by tornadoes, the … Continue reading
Late Night Update
I know you guys are going nuts looking at the 00z run of the GFS with its extreme cold continuing and the possibility of Gulf low in fairly good placement for an Alabama winter storm Thursday. Before you start counting … Continue reading
Alabama Update 7 p.m.
The upper level disturbance to the west of Alabama continues moving eastward this evening, spreading light rain ahead of it. The precipitation is moving eastward at 40 mph. It is approximately 150 miles west of the Alabama border at this … Continue reading
Snowflakes to Ring in the New Year?
An upper level disturbance moving out of New Mexico is producing a widespread area of rain and snow over the Southern Plains states. That’s a little light rain over Arkansas, eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma. Not many surface reports showing … Continue reading
Top International Weather Events of 2009
Let’s look back at some of the top International weather events of 2009. …On September 23rd, Sydney, Australia looked more like Mars than Earth as a dust storm rolled in from the Outback, cloaking the city in clouds of orange … Continue reading
A Cold Rain
Rain covers a good bit of Alabama tonight. Heavy rain is over South Central Alabama, west of Montgomery. Moderate rain extends from Chilton, Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties northeastward through East Central Alabama. Some areas reported sleet this afternoon at the … Continue reading
