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Kentucky Ice
Thanks to J.B. for forwarding these images from Peggy LoPresti, who writes: “Here’s some pictures of the Kentucky ice storm. They were taken in Madisonville, KY. My favorite is the “more cardinals.jpg.” If it hadn’t presented such hardships on so … Continue reading
Live Stream From The Air
Lets try a fun experiment. Going to stream video and audio from my MacBook Pro… we will be flying from Hoover to Jasper in Airlink 33/40 at about 1,500 feet. The video should be good over Birmingham; when we drop … Continue reading
More Quick Changes Ahead
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. STORM ALERT 2009: Don’t forget our show tonight is in … Continue reading
Fine February Day
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. VERY COMFORTABLE FOR WINTER: With a sunny sky, we figure … Continue reading
Oxford Rainbow
Thanks to Davey Leverett for these images… he writes: “We caught these pictures of a beautiful rainbow literally SECONDS after the rains and winds passed through the Coldwater community this afternoon. One end of the rainbow was behind the Winn … Continue reading
Nice Rainbow
Thanks to Eric Lee for this image… he writes: “James, Attached, is a picture of a rainbow at the back edge of the rain that moved through the Cropwell area this afternoon. The cloud in the picture was followed by … Continue reading
Windy Day
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Michelle Miklik for these images… she writes: “This was a flag and pole here at work where the flag wrapped itself around the poles with the winds today. This was about 20min interval between pictures… … Continue reading
From Huntsville
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for these images… he writes: “James, I took these photographs looking southwest from Chapman Mountain over the city of Huntsville early this afternoon as a line of strong storms came through. I estimate … Continue reading
Calmer Weather Ahead
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today due to ongoing weather issues** HANG ON TO YOUR HAT: The big story today has been the gradient wind across Alabama; winds on the ridge tops have gusted to well over 50 mph at … Continue reading
Afternoon NWS Discussion
From the Birmingham NWS “Mesoscale projections for 21Z (3 p.m.)…0-6 km wind shear will continue to increase over the northern counties…to an unbelievable 90+ knots. However…instability (MUCAPE) is projected now to weaken over the northern counties (to less than 100 … Continue reading
