The NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in Birmingham is back on the air. I’ve posted the statement below.
-Brian-
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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 A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 LOCATED IN BIRMINGHAM
ALABAMA…IS BACK IN [...]

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 [...]

The National Weather Service is working on the next generation of warning system. In December 2008, the National Weather Service and the University of Oklahoma hosted a meeting of partners in the warning partnership. It included members of academia (physical and social sciences), private enterprise and broadcast media, Federal Government (NOAA, FEMA and [...]

Our Fall severe weather season got off to a bit of an early start yesterday. The NWS at Birmingham has confirmed at least one tornado in Marion County. Here is there Public Information Statement about it. It takes a good deal of time to survey these storms, so additional findings may be [...]

Last Sunday evening, I had a fun opportunity to visit the National Weather Service Forecast Office at the Shelby County Airport.
Here are some photos from the visit. Be sure to read the descriptions on each photo for the story.

We have one of the best National Weather Service offices in the country [...]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
331 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009
CAZ034-035-039>041-087-300430-
CATALINA ISLAND-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
CENTRAL COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
331 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009
…TSUNAMI ADVISORY [...]

Concerning NOAA Weather Radio…
This is an announcement for everyone…we are currently having problems with our weather radio equipment here at our office, and we will have to shut down the system and reboot…right now it looks like about 30 minutes until we can get the equipment back up and running. If we have any [...]

I thought only our Great American Weather Legend J.B. Elliott was capable of poetry in a forecast…but Storm Chaser Brian Barnes (http://www.stormchase.com) pointed out that Chicago NWS forecaster Gino Izzo won poet laureate honors for today’s afternoon forecast discussion:
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
218 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2009
.DISCUSSION…
242 AM CDT
…ODE [...]

This release just in from NOAA
El Niño Arrives; Expected to Persist through Winter 2009-10
NOAA scientists today announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries. El Niño, the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters, occurs on average every two to [...]

Are there too many severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings? This has been a big question in recent days. It is a complex issue that encompasses many issues. There are many variables that relate to technology, data and societal response.
Between 1986 and 1993, the National Weather Service in Birmingham [...]