The official rainfall total at the Birmingham Airport for 2010 stands at 31.47, which is 1.97 above normal. Other locations in Central Alabama are not as fortunate in the precipitation department. Anniston is nearly six inches below normal, Tuscaloosa nearly four. All of Alabama is free of drought currently, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. [...]
LAWN WATCH: Despite some rain at most locations across Central Alabama in the past seven days, the heat is drying out our lawns and hardens and short term rainfall deficits are showing up again. Most spots could use between 0.5-1.5 inches of rain right now. CHANCES: Cooling showers will be few and far between to [...]
It’s warm and muggy across Central Alabama this afternoon. Temperatures are in the middle 80s and dewpoints are around 70 degrees. No showers showing up on radar yet, and we don’t expect many if any this afternoon. Skies are partly cloudy. Birmingham actually crawled back into the surplus category in the rainfall department for the [...]
Rain gauges all across Central Alabama are gathering dust right now. It’s likely that a spider has dropped taken residence in your rain collector. Each week, I look at the Birmingham rainfall total, and this week, the only thing that moved was the deficit total. When that happens for too long, we start to think [...]
(SE River Forecast Center) It’s not like you needed me nor the government to tell you, but the drought is now officially over for practically all of the Southeastern United States. Even in Florida, the drought is mainly gone due to heavy rains last week. (NOAA) So far this year, the Birmingham Airport has received [...]
Fay is the type of system we have been longing for. A slow moving rain maker. Just as long as she doesn’t overdo it. The Palmer Drought Index is how long term droughts are measured. 0 indicates normal. -2 indicates moderate drought. Here is the amount of rainfall needed in one week to lower the [...]
This very interesting statement from Jason Elliott, forecaster with the NWS/Huntsville. Jason and I both grew up in West Alabama (Fayette and Hale) No kin, but I wish I was. ——————————————————————————————— PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 800 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008 ..2008 STILL DRY SO FAR IF YOU THINK 2008 [...]
According to the latest survey, rain reports are now more popular in Alabama than football scores so here we go with another list. The storms yesterday dumped rain so fast in some areas that visibility was just a few feet. A lady driving from UAB to Odenville said she could only see about 10 feet [...]
Is rain sometimes worth its weight in gold? Well, maybe not, but sometimes we probably think that way. People in the Midwest would not be willing to pay one cent for any more rain at this time. Ottumwa, Iowa was drenched with an additional 3.17 inches in the last 24 hours and Quincy, Illinois 1 [...]
* 79% is how much of Alabama has adequate top soil moisture, quite a change from a year ago at this time. These numbers courtesy the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alabama Field Office, Montgomery, released this afternoon. They issue a Crop Progress and Condition Report each Monday afternoon. * 2% is all of the state [...]