When it comes to heat waves in Alabama, there have been some doozies. But the 1925 one is the Mother of all Alabama Heat Waves. It had started to heat up in Birmingham late in August, when temperatures would normally be expected to begin dropping. But the heat really started in earnest in early September. [...]

WeatherBrains episode 181 is now online. This week’s guest is Lt. Col. Roy Deatherage of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) based out of Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. Roy discusses the demands of a typical Hurricane Hunter mission, how Hurricane Hunters fly through storms to gather information and what his most memorable missions [...]

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