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Dry Air For North Alabama; Colin To The South
EYES ON COLIN: Tropical Storm Colin is in the eastern Gulf of Mexico early this morning, and will bring lots of rain to parts of Florida today and tonight. But, dry air is working into North Alabama, and most communities … Continue reading
Concerning The Gulf Tropical Low
A few quick notes to answer your questions about the tropical system that will develop in the Gulf of Mexico tonight/tomorrow… LATE UPDATE: This system is now Tropical Depression Three. *The rain across Alabama today doesn’t have anything to do … Continue reading
Wet At Times This Weekend
RADAR CHECK: So far most of the showers and storms today across Alabama have come over the far northern counties, over the Tennessee Valley… We will maintain the risk of a few scattered showers and storms tonight as the upper … Continue reading
Showers/Storms Increase Tomorrow/Sunday
UPPER LOW APPROACHING: On the maps this morning, there is a well defined upper low over Texas, and that feature is drifting eastward. For today, the weather won’t change much across Alabama with a mix of sun and clouds and … Continue reading
Showers/Storms Increase This Weekend
RADAR CHECK: Another afternoon of random, scattered showers and thunderstorms in a hot, humid airmass over Alabama. The most numerous ones are north of I-20 at mid-afternoon… These storms will fade later tonight. TOMORROW: Not much change. Mixed sun and … Continue reading
Scattered Storms More Numerous This Weekend
RADAR CHECK: We have a few scattered showers and storms early this morning over Northwest Alabama… moving northeast… The weather won’t change much across Alabama through tomorrow; a mix of sun and clouds both days with scattered showers and thunderstorms, … Continue reading
Shower Coverage Higher By The Weekend
SCATTERED STORMS: Today is the first day of meteorological summer, and we have a very summer feel to the weather today. Hot, humid, a partly sunny sky, and a handful of widely scattered, but strong storms. Most of the storms … Continue reading
Hot, Humid, A Few Storms
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER IS HERE: Those of us in the meteorological world consider summer the calendar months of June, July, and August. Makes for better and cleaner record keeping. The astronomy guys prefer to wait until the solstice, on June 20 … Continue reading
Sun, Heat, Storms
**We apologize for the blog outage this afternoon… admins have been working hard, dealing with malware issues. We are back in service now** A FEW STRONG STORMS: While most Alabama communities are hot and dry with temperatures up in the … Continue reading
Hot, Humid Weather Continues
LAST DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SPRING: But, it will feel more like the middle of meteorological summer. Not much change in our weather today and tomorrow… hot and humid afternoons with highs in the low 90s, and only isolated showers and … Continue reading
