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Rain Returns To Alabama Wednesday
AS DRY AS IT GETS: Dewpoints are in the single digits now across parts of Central Alabama, and the relative humidity has dropped to 8 percent at the Shelby County Airport and Montgomery at 3:00 CT. In fact, the air … Continue reading
Frigid Morning; Rain Wednesday
VERY COLD MORNING: The average low for Birmingham for November 21 is 40 degrees… needless to say we are well under that value early this morning. Here are some temperatures just before daybreak… Black Creek (just northeast of Gadsden) 19 … Continue reading
Drought Update – November 20
Alabama remains in a serious short term drought; about one third of the state is in an “exceptional drought”, as defined by the U.S. Drought Monitor… Since the first of October, a total of 1,844 wildfires have destroyed over 22,000 … Continue reading
Showers Late Tonight; Much Colder Tomorrow
RAIN GETTING CLOSER: A strong cold front will push a band of showers, and maybe even a thunderstorm, into far Northwest Alabama tonight. The SPC outlook suggests no severe weather threat, but a chance of some thunder over Northwest Alabama … Continue reading
Showers Late Tonight; Much Colder Tomorrow
COULD THE STREAK BE ENDING? Today will be the 61st consecutive day without measurable rain for Birmingham; we blew past the old record of 52 dry days in a row (set in 1924) earlier this month. Could we get 0.01″ … Continue reading
Showers Move In Late Tomorrow Night
WARM NOVEMBER DAY: Birmingham, Anniston, and Tuscaloosa were all at 79 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon, very close to record levels for November 17. Birmingham’s record high today is 82, set in 1958. Today is the 60th consecutive day without … Continue reading
Big Warm-Up Today; Weekend Chill
ACTIVE WEATHER: The advertised “pattern flip” of mid-November will bring lots of changes and interesting weather to Alabama for the rest of the month. On the positive side, we have three opportunities for rain for our state over the next … Continue reading
Warm Tomorrow/Friday, Then A Chilly Weekend
WARM, THEN COLD: Get ready for a ride on the Alabama weather roller coaster. We project a high at or just over 80 degrees tomorrow; both the NAM and the GFS are now printing 81 for Birmingham. Makes sense with … Continue reading
Friday Night Showers; Chilly Weekend
DRY STREAK ROLLS ALONG: A number of West Alabama communities did see enough rain to measure yesterday; Demopolis reported 0.26″. In the Birmingham metro, our Skywatcher team reported 0.02″ at Bessemer, and 0.01″ at Helena, but where the records are … Continue reading
Next Round Of Showers Friday Night
RADAR CHECK: Quite the excitement across West Alabama this morning when rain was falling… a few raindrops were even seen across the Birmingham metro… Hey @spann there is water falling out of the sky in Hoover. I am confused and … Continue reading
