UPPER HIGH BUILDS: A strong ridge in the upper atmosphere will continue to build across the Southeast U.S. in coming days… producing warm afternoons for January, and keeping the cold and ice issues north of our region. We will forecast … Continue reading →

WARM JANUARY DAYS: A strong upper high continues to build across the Gulf Coast region, and will keep temperatures across Alabama spring-like through early next week. Lots of clouds are over Alabama this afternoon, but there is little on radar, … Continue reading →

CLOUDS, NOT MUCH RAIN: The sky will feature more clouds than sun across much of Alabama through tomorrow, but we don’t expect much rain. Best chance of showers will come across the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama, but even … Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Just a few sprinkles/patches of light rain across Alabama this afternoon… the sky is mostly cloudy. Temperatures have pushed into the 70s in a few spots; Tuscaloosa is a warm 74 degrees this afternoon. TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: … Continue reading →

WARM NOVEMBER DAY: Birmingham, Anniston, and Tuscaloosa were all at 79 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon, very close to record levels for November 17. Birmingham’s record high today is 82, set in 1958. Today is the 60th consecutive day without … Continue reading →

ACTIVE WEATHER: The advertised “pattern flip” of mid-November will bring lots of changes and interesting weather to Alabama for the rest of the month. On the positive side, we have three opportunities for rain for our state over the next … Continue reading →

PLENTY OF RECORDS YESTERDAY: Birmingham’s official high yesterday was 89 degrees… that was a new record high for October 18… the old record was 86 set in 1947. It is our first daily record high during the month of October … Continue reading →

NEW RECORDS LIKELY TODAY AND TOMORROW: We are projecting highs in the 87-90 degree range across North/Central Alabama both days, and a very good chance we establish new daily record highs. The record high for Birmingham today is 86 set … Continue reading →

WE NEED RAIN: Today is the 29th consecutive day with no measurable rain there, and drought conditions continue. The good news is that some rain is likely here before the end of the week. RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE: We will be … Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: We have the classic case of totally random, scattered showers and storms on a late summer afternoon across Alabama. Some spots getting heavy rain, many spots with nothing…. Showers and storms are moving slowly to the west, and … Continue reading →