From Steve Jones… “The seismogram and epicenter location map for the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that occurred this morning at 09:08:37 UTC (4:08:37 am CDT) just off the East coast of Honshu, Japan, have been posted to the “Huntsville Seismograms” and “Recent Earthquake Maps” pages at https://alabamaquake.com/. The seismogram shows a two-hour window of time during […]
* NWS, Huntsville continues a Flash Flood Warning for South Lawrence County until 7 pm. Two to three inches of rain fell this afternoon between Mount Hope and the Bankhead National Forest. * At 3:27 pm, large hail, the size of quarters, fell north of Mount Hope, in Lawrence County. * Hail 13/4th inches in […]
There is a warm and humid airmass in place across the state this afternoon. Instabilities have risen to 2,000-3,000 j/kg over northern Alabama. There is no cap in place. But there is very little wind shear to organize storms and no real trigger except for the heating. There is a strong storm over southern Lawrence […]
The NWS Huntsville has issued a severe thunderstorm and flash flood warning for this storm south of Moulton. Like a summer day… very isolated, not moving much, and producing lots of rain over a small area, and potential for hail and gusty winds. Most of Alabama, however, is rain-free…
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. THIS AFTERNOON: We have a classic case of widely scattered showers and storms across Alabama this afternoon. The air […]
I continue to get occasional requests to post more of these, so here we go with the first one in a long, long time. Hope this is not boring. * 38 below zero was the coldest in Alaska overnight at Nuiqsut. * 57 below zero was the wind chill at good ole Deadhorse with an […]
Fog has been widespread this morning with very low visibility in many areas. Truly a time to slow down and allow extra driving time regardless to where you are heading. Visibility is already improving in many areas. A small family of showers has been moving slowly across North Central Alabama for several hours. Nothing widespread […]
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. WARM IS THE WORD: The warmest weather so far this year will headline our forecast through the weekend and […]
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.
