Author Archives: Scott Brown
Some Sun, Some Clouds, Some Showers as We Enter the Mid-Afternoon Hours
A few isolated to scattered showers have formed over the eastern half of Central Alabama, while much of the rest of the area is dry with partly to mostly sunny skies. Continue reading
A Few Isolated Showers Today, Increased Scattered Activity for Sunday
Today looks to be mostly dry for much of the area, but rain chances slightly increase for Sunday. Typical summer weather to start the workweek, but shower and thunderstorm chances increase to end off the week. Continue reading
Mainly Dry for Friday & Saturday; A Few Scattered Showers on Sunday
Today and Saturday look to be mostly dry for much of the area, but rain chances start to slightly increase on Sunday. After that, the forecast will be the repetitive forecast you expect to read about in late June in Central Alabama. Continue reading
A Carbon Copy Forecast Through Next Thursday
A pretty repetitive forecast for the rest of this week and next as we are in that standard early summertime pattern with sun to start with a daily chance of afternoon showers. Continue reading
At 10 pm: Center of Claudette Moving Through Central Alabama
Claudette is expected to produce additional rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches across northern Alabama, northern Georgia, the Florida Panhandle, and South and North Carolina. Continue reading
Latest on Claudette, Plus an Update on Central Alabama’s Weather at 8 pm
Much of the southern portions of Central Alabama have dried out from the torrential rains that fell during the morning and afternoon hours, while much of the activity continues along and north of the I-20 corridor. Continue reading
Claudette Now Inland Over Southeastern Louisiana; Heavy Rains & Gusty Winds Hitting the Northern Gulf Coast
On the forecast track, the system should move farther inland over Louisiana during the next few hours, then move across portions of the southeastern states later today and Sunday, and over the western Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Continue reading
Weather Xtreme: Claudette Forms & Will Affect Central Alabama Today & Early Sunday
Claudette has formed and we’ll be dealing with tropical rain, some of which will be very heavy at times, throughout today and the first half of Sunday. Another wave of storms will move through on Monday and Tuesday, before we sort of return back to a normal summertime pattern. Continue reading
Tropical Storm Claudette Has Formed Just Southwest of New Orleans After Moving Onshore
Claudette is moving toward the north-northeast near 12 mph (19 km/h). A turn toward the northeast is expected later today, with a turn toward the east-northeast expected by tonight or Sunday. Continue reading
At 10 pm, PTC-3 Still Lacks All of the Pieces to be Considered a Tropical/Subtropical Storm
Disturbance has not yet developed into a tropical cyclone; heavy rainfall and tropical-storm-force winds continuing to spread across the northern gulf coast region. Continue reading
