The National Storm Chaser Convention is happening this weekend in Denver. It is a great collection of speakers organized by storm chaser Roger Hill and researcher Tim Samaras, both who have appeared on WeatherBrains in the past couple of month. Erik Rasmussen is one of the most respected tornado researchers in the world. He appeared […]
Interesting to note that the 18Z model runs seem to have diverged a bit. Looking at the extract data, the NAM has gone much, much drier, while the GFS has gone a little wetter. Numerous winter weather watches, warnings, and advisories have been issued for the areas north and northwest of Alabama including some sizable […]
Since there is not normally an afternoon Weather Xtreme Video on weekends, I thought I might ramble a bit here on the prospects for another winter weather event for North and Central Alabama primarily on Monday morning. These are truly some ramblings, so I hope I don’t confuse anyone. Model consistency seems to be reasonably […]
The waters at Lay Lake open to Bassmaster Classic contestants for three days beginning Friday. Did you know that Birmingham was voted “America’s Bass Capital” by readers of Bassmaster magazine? The Magic City will be hosting the prestigious event for the seventh time since 1996. Highlights of the tournament are the daily weigh-ins at the […]
Lots of buzz about the Alberta Clipper that is heading our way. Could it bring another round of snow to North and Central Alabama Sunday night? The first question has been, “What is an Albert Clipper?” Well, it is a low pressure system that forms over the central provinces of Canada, and then sweeps rapidly […]
Wow… we have received literally thousands of your pictures from yesterday! About 1,000 are in the set below; see all of them on our Flickr feed here. Thanks to all of you for sending them; we have some very talented photographers around here. My favorites? The faces of the children….
The latest edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme Video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme Video on iTunes by clicking here. The winter of 2010 continues to be an unusual one for Central Alabama. We’ve just gotten a good dose of snow and another one could be […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
