NOAA Still Expects Active Atlantic Hurricane Season; La Niña Develops The Atlantic Basin remains on track for an active hurricane season, according to the scheduled seasonal outlook update issued today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. With the season’s peak just around the corner – late August through October [...]
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 330 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ..THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK TODAY’S TOPIC IS OUTDOOR LIGHTNING SAFETY. LIGHTNING KILLS–PLAY IT SAFE! MANY LIGHTNING DEATHS AND INJURIES OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS AT ITS PEAK. DURING THIS TIME, PEOPLE TAKE [...]
NOUS41 KWBC DDHHMM PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…COMMENT REQUEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 115 PM EDT FRI MAY 28 2010 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK -NOAAPORT OTHER NWS PARTNERS…AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: JASON TUELL ACTING CHIEF…PERFORMANCE AND AWARENESS DIVISION SUBJECT: Soliciting Public Comments Through September [...]
NOUS44 KBMX 211834 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-220645- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 134 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010 …PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT… ALL COMMUNICATIONS ARE DOWN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CURRENTLY THE PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA FORECAST OFFICE IS [...]
Now you can send storm reports to the NWS using Twitter… glad our friends are getting into this game; it has been extremely helpful for us over the years. The NWS asks you use the tag #wxreport for all storm reports, and be sure geotagging is enabled in your app used on your iPhone or [...]
This week, I have been at the National Severe Weather Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma. This is the tenth year of the annual event that brings together representatives of the National Weather Service, emergency management, academia and the media in order to improve the severe weather enterprise. Here are a few notes from the conference… The [...]
The National Weather Service in Birmingham is having an open house on Saturday, March 13. You can read about it here. Unfortunately, the scheduled visit from a Hurricane Hunter is off. Got this note today from John De Block of the NWS: “Just received some bad news that the Hurricane Hunter will not be able [...]
Mark your calendars now for Saturday, March 13th. The National Weather Service Birmingham will be holding their annual open house from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., rain or shine. The event will be held at their office at the Shelby County Airport in Calera. The big news is that the NOAA C-130 Hurricane Hunter plane [...]
The NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in Birmingham is back on the air. I’ve posted the statement below. -Brian- NOUS44 KBMX 051937 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-052130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 936 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2010 …BIRMINGHAM NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS BACK ON THE AIR… THE BIRMINGHAM NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER…KIH-54… TRANSMITTING ON [...]
There are several weather advisories that were issued over the years that have been phased out of service, some for no apparent reason. J.B.’s favorite of course is the cold wave warning. It was issued when a large drop in temperature was forecast to occur in a short period of time. Another old time favorite [...]