Tag Archives: storms
Showers/Storms Tomorrow; A Drier Weekend
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: Not much change in the weather situation tomorrow; the sky will be occasionally cloudy with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. The high will be in the mid to upper 80s, below average for mid-August in Alabama. Then, the upper trough will move east of Alabama tomorrow night, and the weekend will be considerably drier thanks to sinking air motion. Continue reading
Scattered To Numerous Showers/Storms Later Today
UNSETTLED THROUGH TOMORROW: A broad upper trough is forming over the eastern U.S. today, and will make the air more unstable across Alabama. This will mean scattered to numerous showers and storms over the next 36 hours… most of them coming from 12:00 noon until 10:00 p.m.. but late night or morning shower is possible as well. A few showers are forming over East Alabama as I write this around 6:00 this morning… mainly over Calhoun, Cherokee, and DeKalb Counties. Continue reading
Unsettled Weather Through Friday
RADAR CHECK: Showers and storms are becoming numerous over the northern half of Alabama this afternoon… heavier storms are producing strong gusty winds, heavy rain, and lots of lightning as they move northeast. Continue reading
Shower/Storm Coverage Headed Higher
RAIN CHANCES UP, HEAT LEVELS DOWN: The upper ridge across the Deep South will weaken in coming days, making the air more unstable, and opening the door for an increase in the number of showers and thunderstorms across Alabama. While most of the rain will come from roughly 1:00 until 11:00 p.m… we can’t rule out a late night or morning shower as well. In fact, we have a few showers over West Alabama early this morning as I write this discussion. Continue reading
Showers/Storms To Increase In Coming Days
RADAR CHECK: As expected, we have a number of random, scattered, showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon. They are moving little, and are producing heavy rain, lots of lightning, gusty winds, and some small hail. They will fade away once the sun goes down. Continue reading
Hot, Humid, Random Storms
CLASSIC DOG DAY AFTERNOON: Today’s weather is just what you expect in early August in Alabama. It is hot, humid, the sky is partly sunny, and we have a few random, scattered storms in progress during the heat of the day. Most of the storms are over North and West Alabama, they are moving very little, and will dissipate once the sun goes down later this evening. Continue reading
Looking At The Situation For Later Today And Tonight
FORECAST NOT GETTING ANY EASIER: An unusual pattern for July continues over the eastern U.S., with strong jet dynamics coming into play thanks to a deep upper trough digging southward. The strong wind fields aloft, along with the usual summer instability, will keep the risk of severe storms in the forecast through tonight. And, as we have pointed out in recent days, these “northwest flow” events are challenging to forecast. Computer models are of little use, and we don’t have much experience since almost all of our organized severe weather days in Alabama are “southwest flow” events. Continue reading
The Midnight Hour (Almost)
Anyone remember the song by Wilson Pickett? “I’m gonna wait ’till the midnight hour That’s when my love come tumbling down I’m gonna wait ’till the midnight hour When there’ no one else around I’m gonna take you, girl, and … Continue reading
Waiting And Watching
QUIET SO FAR: Despite a very unstable environment, so far severe storms are a no-show across Arkansas, West Tennessee, and the northern part of Mississippi and Alabama despite the current tornado watch in effect. Seems like a capping inversion (a “cap”) a few thousand feet off the ground is keeping air parcels from rising to the level of free convection, when storms would then go up. Continue reading
Severe Storms Possible Tonight/Tomorrow
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT: SPC maintains an enhanced risk (level 3/5) of severe storms for parts of Northwest Alabama, with the standard “slight risk” (level 2/5) down to Demopolis, Prattville, and Roanoke. There is a marginal risk of severe storms as far south as Evergreen and Troy. Continue reading
