Author Archives: spann
Manhattan Tornado Warning
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 516 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW … Continue reading
Tropical Storm Fay Forms
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… **NHC upgrades the tropical wave near Hispanolia to Tropical Storm Fay at 3:30** Here is the NHC track, just out: … Continue reading
Late Morning Tropical Thoughts
Lots of buzz about the 12Z model set shifting west: Just a few quick notes… *The models are having a hard time initializing this tropical wave since there have been multiple centers in the last two days. Good initialization won’t … Continue reading
Eyes On The Tropics
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… The weather headline for the next seven days will be Fay… our weather looks pretty benign. Today will be dry … Continue reading
Tropical Update
00 WONT41 KNHC 142039 DSAAT SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008 DATA FROM NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT… ALONG WITH SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY…INDICATE THAT … Continue reading
Tropical Trouble
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Sure looks like the attention will be on the Atlantic basin in coming days as our weather stays quiet. We … Continue reading
Mostly Dry Through The Weekend
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Dry air is the story for much of Alabama through the weekend, with mostly sunny warm days and clear pleasant … Continue reading
29 Great Years
We are fast approaching the 29th anniversary of my entry into Birmingham television. In August 1979, I was working at Y-102 FM in Montgomery, playing rock and roll music on the radio. I had worked at WSFA-TV in Montgomery from … Continue reading
Watching The Tropics
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Be sure and scroll down for J.B.’s extensive rainfall roundup. I do believe we have a problem with rain data … Continue reading
Drier Days Ahead
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… What a remarkable August day yesterday. An all-day rain; maximum temperatures in the 70s. Scroll down for rain totals from … Continue reading
