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Archive for October 19th, 2012

Windy and Dusty

Windy and Dusty

| October 19, 2012 @ 2:01 pm

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** DEEP SOUTH HABOOB? The dust layer over North Alabama is left over from yesterday’s big dust storm over the Great Plains. The dust is generally below 5,000 feet… see the ceilometer plot from UAH… Here is a high resolution satellite image showing the dust… See how the dust looks […]

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AlabamaWX Team Welcomes Ryan Stinnett

AlabamaWX Team Welcomes Ryan Stinnett

| October 19, 2012 @ 1:00 pm

The content team here at AlabamaWX.com is pleased to announce that Ryan Stinnett has become a regular contributor on the blog. As you can see from his qualifications, he will bring tremendous experience to the team as he assists with severe weather on the blog and produces one of the weekend weather forecast packages here […]

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Waiting On The Haboob

Waiting On The Haboob

| October 19, 2012 @ 12:29 pm

(Well, at least as close as we’ll get to one in Alabama). Haboob is a fancy word for dust storm. A band of dust, which originated from the dust storm over the Central Plains Tuesday is over North Alabama today. An arc of it is slowly spreading south, approaching the Birmingham area at this hour. […]

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Dust In The North Alabama Sky

Dust In The North Alabama Sky

| October 19, 2012 @ 7:53 am

From the NWS Huntsville… PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 732 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012 …DUST STORM FROM THE PLAINS IS FILLING OUR SKY THIS MORNING… A HIGH WIND STORM THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEBRASKA…KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY PRODUCED A LARGE DUST PLUME WHICH IS NOW WORKING […]

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Fantastic Fall Weather

Fantastic Fall Weather

| October 19, 2012 @ 5:44 am

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. DRY DAYS: This kind of weather sure makes it easy on those of us in the forecasting business. A […]

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