Published on: April 20, 2011 at 10:47 PM
…SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS…
…WINDS UP TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE…
The above radar pictures show a bow echo rotating around a mesoscale vortex. This is producing winds at radar level (2,000 ft.) of near 75 mph along the Warrior River, so winds at the ground could be 50-60 mph.
Get ready for trees and power lines to go down. People can be injured, especially in cars and mobile homes.
September 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
We have to endure a few more days of summer-like weather here in Alabama before a pattern change to cooler and drier weather occurs later this week. The upper-level ridge responsible for our extended hot temperatures will keep its influence over the Southeast through Tuesday, then upper-level troughing from the northeast will dig into the Southeast, pushing a cold front through the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Continue reading
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September 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The weather over the next week will be slightly rainier than it has been recently, and although this weekend and early next week will be hot, we’ll start to see a cooling trend toward the end of next week. Higher rain chances this weekend are due to an upper-low in the Gulf increasing moisture and the upper-level ridge moving westward some. The “cooldown” next week is thanks to an upper-level trough that will dig into the Southeast. Continue reading
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