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Severe Storms Possible Today
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… A number of weather parameters will come together today for the possibility of strong to severe thunderstorms across Alabama. Based … Continue reading
Stormy Spring Weather
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 to read J.B.’s excellent post on the April 3-4, 1974 Superoutbreak of tornadoes. Great stuff… … Continue reading
A Few Severe Storms Later Today?
A quick peek at the 12Z NAM shows these parameters for 6:00 p.m. (at Birmingham) today: Surface based CAPE 1906 j/kg 0 to 3 km helicity 249 m2/s2 STP (Significant Tornado Parameter) 2.17 Those numbers sure get your attention… and … Continue reading
Severe Weather Threat Tomorrow
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Today is the 34th anniversary of the largest outbreak of tornadoes on record in the U.S… the “Superoutbreak” came on … Continue reading
Active Weather Before The Week Is Over
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Looks like our surface boundary is just north of Birmingham at mid-afternoon… the dewpoint at the Birmingham SKYCAM site is … Continue reading
Severe Weather Potential Friday
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… This morning a weak front is nearly stationary between Birmingham (dewpoint 52) and Montgomery (dewpoint 64). Sure looks like any … Continue reading
Unsettled Weather
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… The sun has popped out across parts of North Alabama this afternoon following the morning round of rain and storms. … Continue reading
April Snow In Alabama
Thanks to Dave Jones of Woodstock for these images… he writes: “JB had an article on the blog about a week ago on the snow of April 3rd 1987. I was able to find these two photos from that day.”
Wet Is The Word
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Nice to have a non-severe, pre-dawn round of thunderstorms pass through here. The storms have been steadily weakening since they … Continue reading
Unsettled And Active Weather
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… No shortage of issues to deal with here during the next five to seven days. But then again, this is … Continue reading
