A quick note on system outages here in our weather office at ABC 33/40…. *ABC 33/40 Pinpoint Doppler Radar: Still waiting on the needed components to get the system back on the air. A major C-Band Weather Radar installation is … Continue reading →

A blog reader sent this image to us this afternoon… he writes: “I took this picture in Vance today at 3:00 PM of a large dust devil”

The official high today in Tuscaloosa was 107 degrees… easily beating the old record of 102 from 1956. Now that is some serious heat… Birmingham’s high was 102, beating the old record of 100 from 1956. Anniston’s high was 102, … Continue reading →

Thanks to Jim Culpepper for these images… he writes: “The attached pictures are of a very large oak tree and the top of another that fell across my neighbor’s driveway during the storms that rolled across western Shelby County mid-afternoon … Continue reading →

From one of our Skywatchers… “These are from Fairfield, near Aaron Aronov Drive and E.J. Oliver Blvd, looking West about 3:30 pm August 10th. (Friday)”

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… The air between 7,000 and 10,000 feet is a little cooler overhead today, meaning the capping inversion is weaker, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to Randall Williams for these images… he writes: “James: Took these shots of a hazy sunrise in Kimberly, AL.”

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Anyone remember the movie Grease? How about this summer song from John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: “Summer lovin’ had me … Continue reading →

Nice shot from Wolf Bay, taken by Brad Lang of Calera… he writes: “Taken from the intercoastal waterway looking North on August 2nd as a thunderstorm rolled in.”

SXUS74 KBMX 092140 RERBHM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 0434 PM CDT THU AUG 09 2007 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT BIRMINGHAM… A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES WAS SET AT BIRMINGHAM TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE … Continue reading →