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Evaluating The Forecast
This is the final forecast graphic I put together for yesterday’s snow event Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. GRADE: A- The biggest forecast miss was the amount of snow in the heavy snow zone along the US 278 corridor. Instead … Continue reading
Calmer Days Ahead For Alabama
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. EPIC WINTER STORM: Some … Continue reading
Midday Forecast Update
No change in our forecast; so the event is behaving as expected. Rain was forecast this morning, changing to snow along and near, or just south of I-20. The rain/snow line this afternoon will be just south of I-20, generally … Continue reading
When To Get Off The Roads
The biggest question today… And the answer is different for different cities and towns. CURRENT RADAR: This is mostly rain, with some sleet mixed in, over West Alabama. REMEMBER: We forecast this event to begin as rain, with the change … Continue reading
Morning Notes
Scroll down for a full meteorological discussion of today’s winter storm in Alabama. Light rain is pushing into West Alabama early this morning… Snow is increasing west of Alabama; we note a good bit of lightning over the ArkLaTex region, … Continue reading
Big Snow For North Alabama
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. Let me say up … Continue reading
Pre-Dawn Update
I will have a full discussion and a new Weather Xtreme video shortly… *NWS is not changing the winter storm warning… *Our forecast for now remains unchanged *Rain begins later this morning, changing to snow this afternoon along and north … Continue reading
Snow Update For Alabama Tomorrow
New data is rolling into the office tonight. A few notes… *We have forecast this, but we want to stress it looks like the precipitation will begin for many in the form of rain tomorrow morning, with a quick change … Continue reading
Evening Update
A winter storm warning remains in effect for much of North Alabama tomorrow. The warning is from Aliceville, Tuscaloosa, Brent, Calera, Sylacauga, Ashland, Roanoke, and points north. To the south, tomorrow will be just a cold, rainy day. Our forecast…. … Continue reading
Winter Storm Warning
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today; having to spend most of my time dealing with TV!** WINTER STORM WARNING: NWS offices in Birmingham and Huntsville have issued winter storm warnings for much of North and down into Central Alabama. Winter … Continue reading
