Something you don’t see every day. There is a tornado warning for four counties in Central Illinois along a QLCS (Quasi Linear Convective System, translation: line of thunderstorms) that has a histoy of producing damaging winds and tornadoes. Shear values … Continue reading →

As you can see from this visible satellite photo (or by looking out the window,) sunshine is breaking out as expected across much of the area this afternoon. This will drive temperatures to near or above record levels across the … Continue reading →

ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL WOUS40 KWNS 271618 ARZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-280015- PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1018 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 …WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY… … Continue reading →

NASA Image Tropical cyclones form when masses of thunderstorms stay organized long enough for the Coriolis effect to give them a little kick and start them spinning. At the equator, the Earth’s rotational effect is zero. Theoretically, it is impossible … Continue reading →

On this date in 2000, a major ice storm put 590,000 people from New Mexico to Arkansas in the dark. Arkansas and Oklahoma were the hardest hit. In Oklahoma, the Governor declared the state a disaster area. In Little Rock, … Continue reading →

Showers continue across parts of Alabama tonight. The main axis of precipitation extends from Blount and St. Clair Counties through southern Jefferson and St. Clair Counties down to Chilton, Perry, Dallas and Wilcox. The precipitation is moving quickly north in … Continue reading →

A strong upper trough moving out of the Rockies into the Plains states will trigger severe weather overnight and on Saturday. Storms are beginning to fire at this hour from eastern Kansas into western Missouri. Instability will be increasing, and … Continue reading →

Radar shows some moderate showers over East Alabama. They are mainly over parts of Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers and Clay Counties. The heaviest rain was north of Alexander City. One shower was just southwest of Ashville in St. Clair County. The … Continue reading →

Look at the differences in dew point across Alabama this evening. From 34F at Muscle Shoals to 67F at Evergreen. The warm front lies somewhere between Evergeen and Montgomery tonight. It will continue northward, bringing warm and moist air northward. … Continue reading →

The NWS Survey team spent part of their Christmas surveying the damage in Walker County and came back with a report…yes…it was a tornado… NWUS54 KBMX 251853 LSRBMX PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1253 PM CST … Continue reading →