Author Archives: Scott Brown
What’s Going On With The Rest Of The Tropical Disturbances Out There
As of 10:00 am, Tropical Storm Isaac continues on a westerly track at 16 MPH with maximum sustained winds at 70 MPH. The minimum central pressure is up to 996 MB (29.42 inches). Continue reading
Quick Update On Hurricane Florence
As of the latest update from the National Hurricane Center as of 10:00 am this morning, Florence is still a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 MPH and a minimum central pressure of 950 MB (28.06 inches). Continue reading
Cloudy, Cooler, & Rain: It’s Your Midday Nowcast For Central Alabama
Much of Central Alabama is covered with a good bit of cloud cover with the exception of the extreme southeastern parts of the area, but showers and a few embedded thunderstorms are affecting mainly the eastern half of the area. Continue reading
Hot & Mainly Dry: It’s The Midday Nowcast For Central Alabama
While there is one tiny shower showing up in the northwestern corner of Marion County at 12:30 PM, all of Central Alabama is rain free at this point with a mix of sun and clouds. Continue reading
A Quick Check On Our Weather At 1:00 PM
We have some scattered showers moving north-northwestward mainly over the northern half of Central Alabama as we have just passed the lunch-time hour. Continue reading
At Midday: Rather Wet In The West, Mainly Dry In The East
We continue to have mainly cloudy, cooler, and rather wet conditions over the western half of Central Alabama, while the eastern half is seeing very little in the way of rain. Continue reading
Tropical Storm Gordon Making Landfall Near Pascagoula
Tropical Storm Gordon is making landfall very close to the Alabama/Mississippi state line very close to Pascagoula. The good news is that strengthening did not occur between the last advisory at 7:00 PM and the latest one just before landfall at 10:00 PM. Maximum sustained winds continue to be around 70 MPH with a few gusts as high as 85 MPH. Continue reading
Gordon Making Final Approach To The Gulf Coast
With the current strength and forecast track of Gordon, tropical storm conditions will continue to move onshore from southeast Louisiana to near the Alabama/Florida state line. Continue reading
Gordon Continues Approach To The Gulf Coast: It’s The Midday Nowcast For Central Alabama
Of course the big weather story of the day is Tropical Storm Gordon, which is expected to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane before making landfall later this evening. Continue reading
Impacts On Central Alabama From Gordon
The good news is that the impacts on much of Central Alabama will be very small as much of the activity from Tropical Storm Gordon should stay well south of the area. Most of us will only see an increase in cloud cover throughout today and Wednesday. Continue reading
