Jose Fernandez Partagas was an amazing man. Born in Cuba, he received a degree in meteorology from Havana University and worked for the Cuban National Observatory. He left Cuba in 1961 and worked in the Bahamas before getting his Masters … Continue reading →

Showers and storms are scattered across Central Alabama at mid-afternoon. They are ahead of a cool front that has pushed into Northwest Alabama. The strongest storms were over Talladega County, extending down into Coosa County. More strong storms were over … Continue reading →

Showers are quickly forming over Central Alabama at the noon hour. They are main over Lamar, Marion, Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker and western Jefferson Counties. Others are over Cullman and Blount Counties. The heaviest rainfall at noon was from near Jasper … Continue reading →

But it’s raining… It looks like most areas of Central Alabama will pick up between one half and three quarters of an inch of rain this weekend. This is good news for thirsty lawns and gardens. Here is the state … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 814 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST … Continue reading →

On Sunday, August 28, 2005, Brian Peters and I were in Gulf Shores, Alabama, waiting on Hurricane Katrina to make landfall. We had awakened on Sunday morning in Biloxi, in a hotel directly across the street from the beach. The … Continue reading →

Space Shuttle mission STS-128 is set to takeoff within the hour. The weather is go for launch and return to launch site. Earlier storms have dissipated or are in the process of dissipating outside the critical circles. There are no … Continue reading →

A batch of showers continues over East Alabama tonight from DeKalb southward through Cherokee and other Georgia border counties on in to Clay County. Other showers are scattered between Tuscaloosa, Montgomery and Eufaula. More interestingly, a new batch of storms … Continue reading →

As Hurricane Katrina intensified rapidly and reached Category Five status, the National Weather Service in New Orleans issued the following frightening statement: URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 …DEVASTATING … Continue reading →

KATRINA – Day Five: It was a beautiful morning along the Gulf Coast on Saturday morning, August 27, 2005, but weather reports were becoming frightening. Hurricane Katrina was bigger, stronger and better organized. Reconnaissance reports indicated that the central pressure … Continue reading →