Click here for presentation. Allow 2-5 min for download. Be sure to turn on your speakers. Click here for presentation. Brian Peters and I attended the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Atlanta yesterday. I was giving two presentations, and out of the whole week they scheduled mine within one hour of each [...]
Bunches and bunches of folks (better known as football fans) headed west today for the BCS National Championship game between Texas and Alabama Thursday evening. Most will be flying today since time is very short to drive that far before the game. At mid-morning, there was no precipitation between Birmingham and Los Angeles. The low [...]
Got plans to head to the Alabama vs. Arkansas game Saturday in Tuscaloosa? You may have to rethink your parking plan if you usually park in the grassy areas on campus. Just got this note from Shane Dorrill at UA Media Relations: “Due to tremendous rains in Tuscaloosa over the past two weeks, one of [...]
For sure, June 6 is a landmark day in the history of the good ole USA. It is the 65th anniversary of D-Day when thousands of U.S. Troops died on the beaches of Normandy. We can’t ever, EVER, forget that and we should all eternally thankful. Two other events happened on June 6. 1. A [...]
If you are interested in American History, I have a fun upcoming event for you. The Trussville Historical Society and Trussville City Schools have landed a major coup with the only southeastern U.S. showing of For A Better America: The New Deal on Film. This film festival is produced byy the National Archives and Records [...]
NATIONAL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME The Oklahoma Sooners will be in a huge clash with the Florida Gators tonight in the Miami Orange Bowl for the national championship. Great weather, not only to arrive there today where it will be mostly sunny and in the 70s. FOR THE GAME TONIGHT Clear and cool with NW winds [...]
Autumn (or as we all say it for real, Fall) offically starts today at 10:43 am CDT (1543 GMT). This is the time when the earth’s tilt and revolution around the sun allow the entire world to have 12 hours (+/-) of daylight and 12 hours (+/-) of dark. The view below is a satellite [...]
Haven’t done this in a long time but I love numbers and stats. Have tried to cut down on my number of posts lately because of the high traffic tropical material. * 4 is how many named storms in progress at one time in recent days, including Gustav after he made landfall. (Gustav, Hanna, Ike [...]
* 245 is the average number of days Juneau, Alaska gets precipitation at the airport in a wet year. Only 3 days (on an average) gets more than one inch in those type of years. Juneau Airport is near sea level in Coastal Southeast Alaska. Precipitation is much, much heavier not far east of Juneau. [...]
Got a semi-chuckle recently when we were remembering (and discussing) a “storm report” that came over the NWS teletype circuit that was reserved mostly for severe weather. It was a long time ago and I don’t remember who filed the report. (It was not me!!!) But the report described hail the size of “chigger eggs.” [...]