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EXPIRED — Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Colbert & Franklin Counties Until 6:30 am

At 601 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Midway to near Sandy Springs to near Tupelo, moving east at 55 mph. Continue reading →

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At Midday: Clouds Continue to Block Out the Sun for the Northwestern Half of the Area

As of 11:03 am this morning, we have clouds covering nearly all of Central Alabama west of the I-59 corridor, with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies east of that. Continue reading →

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Saturday Weather Xtreme: A Few Scattered Showers Possible This Weekend

A wet weather pattern has set up over Central Alabama, and we’ll need our umbrellas at times throughout the weekend and the workweek ahead. Continue reading →

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Alabama NewsCenter — Dr. Ann says dining out usually means more calories

Dining out can cause us to eat more and not carefully consider ingredients, research shows. Continue reading →

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Alabama NewsCenter — Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Startup Spotlight: Birdstop

Birdstop is building the capability to provide high-detail, real-time remote sensing for companies, such as utilities and telecommunications, with large-scale infrastructure. “Through automating inspection monitoring, we want to make the energy sector more resilient, more cost effective and safer,” Birdstop CEO Keith Miao says. Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 828: Haboobs Can Be Massive

This week’s guest WeatherBrain, Mike Olbinski, is a Phoenix based professional photographer, spending half the year shooting weddings and doing family portraits, and the other half chasing storms across the central plains of the United States and then back home in Arizona for monsoon season. Continue reading →

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Sunny in the North; Clouds and Some Showers in the South

As of 2 pm, there is plenty of sunshine for those north of the I-20 corridor, where cloud cover still reigns supreme over the southern half of the area. Continue reading →

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A Few High Clouds Out There As We Have Reached the Mid Afternoon

We have a mix of sun and clouds across Central Alabama this afternoon, as high clouds are moving across the area from a disturbance off to our west and southwest. Continue reading →

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Saturday Weather Xtreme — A Cool Weekend Followed By a Little Warmer Workweek

A cool weekend in store for Central Alabama, but milder temperatures move in for the work week ahead. Nearly everyone will be dry through the end of the day on Friday. Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 827: Mom Is Playing Minecraft

This week’s guest WeatherBrain is a writer, navigator and an explorer. He is The Sunday Times bestselling author of “The Walkers Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs”, one of the world’s only books related to natural navigation. He’s written for The Sunday Times, New York Times, and the BBC. Furthermore, he recently wrote a book called “The Secret World of Weather”. Tristan Gooley, welcome to WeatherBrains! Continue reading →

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