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One More Very Cold Night

The Friday afternoon edition of the Weather Xtreme video is available on the player below, and on iTunes: Be sure and scroll down and read all of the reports from J.B. and our blog family concerning the cold this morning. … Continue reading →

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Big Time Cold

The Friday morning edition of the Weather Xtreme Video is available on the player below, and on iTunes: Here are some observations from our SKYCAM network as I write this at 5:30 this morning… Mt. Cheaha 12 (wind chill -3) … Continue reading →

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A Hard Freeze Tonight

The Wednesday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and also on iTunes: The leading edge of the coldest air of 2006 is moving into the Birmingham metro area right now. To … Continue reading →

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Hole Punch Clouds Over Helena

Thanks to Ben Clements for these shots… always interesting to see images of these “hole punch” clouds over Alabama: “Hi James, Last Saturday afternoon In Helena while putting up Christmas lights, The high, thin clouds were being “punched” from above. … Continue reading →

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December Sunset

Yet another great digital picture from one of our readers: “James, I took this picture this past Saturday, off of Highway 119 in Shelby County. We were up in Oak Mountain that afternoon, and we got some other good photos, … Continue reading →

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Coldest Air So Far This Year On The Way

The Thursday morning edition of the Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: Observations around this part of Alabama right now are generally in the low 40s, well above freezing. Temperatures should rise into the … Continue reading →

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Sprinkles/Sleet In Scattered Spots

Getting a few reports of sleet and sprinkles from our Skywatchers within the last 30 minutes… “It has been sleeting off & on in Homewood now since about 5:15. At times it is quite heavy, but melts on contact. Guess … Continue reading →

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Another Cold Air Blast Tomorrow And Friday

The Wednesday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme Video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: Some clouds have invaded the northern half of the state this afternoon; you can always get a quick peek at … Continue reading →

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A Temporary Warm-Up

The Wednesday morning edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme Video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: We are forecasting a high of 62 degrees today; that will be like a tropical heat wave compared to the … Continue reading →

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More Cold Air By Thursday

The Tuesday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available on the player below, or over on iTunes: Nice to see temperatures rising up into the low 50s after the very cold start this morning. Scroll down … Continue reading →

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