The Tuesday morning edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: First off this morning… we have had to put all comments on “moderation”. This means someone will look at it … Continue reading →

What a great sky today.. these are shots of “hole punch” clouds today. The first image was taken by Russell Thomas in Chelsea, the other shots were taken by Lorraine Alexnader in Selma, and were relayed to us by David … Continue reading →

The Monday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: To me, the easiest part of this forecast in recent weeks has been pattern recognition, and the ability to make … Continue reading →

Nice shot of the fountain on the square in downtown Eutaw this morning… thanks to Leslie Wilson for sharing it… Lots of data rolling into the office… we will review and have a full discussion by 3:00 to 3:30 this … Continue reading →

Interesting output from GrADS… The Grid Analysis and Display System. This comes from GFS data, and this shows accumulated snow as of 6am Thursday: This suggests snow accumulation of two inches over the Tennessee Valley of extreme North Alabama, with … Continue reading →

The Monday morning edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: A quick look at observations from the ABC 33/40 SKYCAM Network, as well as our Skywatchers, at 5:30, as I … Continue reading →

The pattern continues to look cold and unsettled for the next few weeks. I continue to stand by the statements: *Much of the nation east of the Rockies will have come of the coldest air in many years (in some … Continue reading →

Anytime we write about winter weather issues here, it stirs up more passion than the Alabama-Auburn football rivalry (well, maybe not quite that much!). Nothing has changed in our thinking about the pattern in coming weeks… it can all be … Continue reading →

Thanks to Bill and Brian for their excellent posts below. This blog is giving you a real window into the forecast process. I sure wish I had something like this to read when I was as child growing up; I … Continue reading →

Here is your weekend reading assignment… this excellent paper on determining winter precipitation type from the NWS office in Louisville. This is very well done and I strongly recommend it as we head into next week. Have a great weekend!