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Tornado Watch Issued
A Tornado Watch has been issued for these counties until 3:00 p.m… The watch should be cancelled in Alabama well before 3:00 as the storms move out of the state, however…
Storms Move Out; Cooler Moves In
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. SEVERE WEATHER A NO … Continue reading
Storms Finally Show Up
Storms have finally shown up across Alabama as the cap has eroded early this morning… but the air is relatively stable and it looks like we will get away with no severe weather issues. The storm complex near Smith Lake … Continue reading
Approaching The Midnight Hour
North Alabama remains quiet as a mouse, while showers have formed to the south… See the surface chart below… the cold front is past Memphis, and around here dew points in the 60s are now as far north as Huntsville… … Continue reading
Cap Winning So Far
Scroll down and see the upper air sounding from the Shelby County Airport, and you can see the capping inversion, which prevents parcels from rising into showers and storms, is still hanging tough, and radars are very quiet tonight. With … Continue reading
Upper Air Look
This is the new upper air sounding just in from the Shelby County Airport… As you can see the atmosphere remains strongly capped with a good bit of convective inhibition, thus the reason for the quiet radars tonight. We also … Continue reading
A Death In The Family
Tonight I am asking prayers for my long time friend and associate Bill Murray. Many of you know and appreciate his work here on the blog; he puts in long, tireless hours during active weather. He has a passion for … Continue reading
Calm So Far
The atmosphere across Alabama remains capped, and there are no showers or storms around the state this evening. Below is the current instability, in the form of surface based CAPE. Note just moderate values now that the sun is down… … Continue reading
Warm Late Winter Day
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. TOO WARM FOR FEBRUARY: … Continue reading
Early Afternoon Update
Below is a look at the current weather situation across Alabama at the lunch hour… Note that Tuscaloosa and Montgomery have soared to 75 degrees, with 73 at Anniston and Birmingham. We need to get to the low 80s today … Continue reading
