Author Archives: murray
Name the WeatherInsiders Blog
Here is your chance to name the blog at the new podcast WeatherInsiders. This shorter, daily podcast about the weather is designed by you: the listener! Kevin Selle from WeatherBrains is the captain of the team at WeatherInsiders. Cast your … Continue reading
Showers over West Alabama
A cluster of light showers is moving east northeast across northern Tuscaloosa Couny at this hour. It is moving into southeastern Walker County and will clip extreme northern Jefferson County on its way into Blount and Cullman Counties. Rainfall will … Continue reading
Beautiful Sunday for Tennis
Or any outdoor activity across Central Alabama this afternoon It’s too bad the Davis Cup matches can’t be outdoors today here in Birmingham, but the BJCC has been a great venue. Andy Roddick won the first set inwhat could be … Continue reading
Today in Weather History…March 8th
Today in Weather History…for March 8th On this date in 1987… A record 24 hour temperature fall began at Detroit, Michigan. It started at 1:00 PM EST with a temperature of 74 degrees when a sharp cold front dropped the … Continue reading
Perfect Weather Warning Issued
The Weather Company has issued a Perfect Weather Warning for Central Alabama for this afternoon. At noon, nearly perfect weather conditions were in progress across Central Alabama with partly cloudy skies, temperatures warming through the 70s and a nice southerly … Continue reading
The Ash Wednesday Storm
Ash Wednesday is the High Holy Day signifying the beginning of the Lenten period. Ash Wednesday in 1962 was on March 7th. On that day, an unusual series of factors were coming together to create an especially bad situation along … Continue reading
Welcome to March…
Welcome to March. March marks the start of both meteorological and astronomical spring. It is definitely a time of transition in Alabama. As the days lengthen and the sun moves higher in the sky, average temperatures start to climb. The … Continue reading
The Southern Alabama/Georgia Tornado Outbreak
March roared in like a lion across South Alabama and Georgia on March 1, 2007 as 31 tornadoes caused 19 fatalities during the afternoon and evening hours. There were a total of 13 strong to violent (EF2 or greater) tornadoes … Continue reading
Ding, Dong the Streak is Dead
The snowless streak at Birmingham’s official reporting station came to an end as two inches of snow fell today at the Shuttlesworth – Birmingham International Airport. It will go into the record books as a 3,319 day streak. There had … Continue reading
Early Afternoon Report
Skies have cleared west of a line from Scottsboro to Ashville to Plantersville to Selma to Evergreen. Snow continues to fall from Wetumpka to Opp to Eufaula. Winter storms warnings continue for northern sextions of East Alabama, south of I-20 … Continue reading
