The legendary KIH-54, NOAA Weather Radio, Birmingham is out of service. Don’t know for how long.
Untimely to say the least, However, we will try to offer some help by having more frequent updates here on the 33/40 Weather Blog today, including current temperature and weather roundups. I have bailed out of Sunday School and church today to help the other guys when needed.
It appears that the chance of snow about Thursday and Thursday night has increased. But possibly even more serious is the good chance of a damaging freeze every night this coming week. Here is the statement from NWS, Birmingham:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010
..BIRMINGHAM NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS OFF THE AIR
THE BIRMINGHAM NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER, KIH-54 TRANSMITTING
ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550, LOCATED IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, IS OUT OF
COMMISSION, BROKE…WORK EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE TRANSMITTER TO FULL
OPERATIONAL STATUS WILL BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FOR
WEATHER INFORMATION…TRY SCANNING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES
OR CHANNELS ON YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PICK UP
THE BROADCAST FROM ONE OF THE SURROUNDING TRANSMITTERS. STAY TUNED
FOR FUTURE UPDATES ON THIS OUTAGE.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS OUTAGE MAY CAUSE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
(KIH-54 was a big part of my life for a number of years!)
