The NWS in Birmingham prepared the Public Information Statement that I have posted below which details the reports of the snow amounts by county. If there is one thing that everyone should take away from this is that snowfall is not usually uniform with sizable variations across relatively short distances. Please note the caveat at […]
WeatherBrains Panelist Rick Smith, who is the outstanding Warnings Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, has been working with a couple of very bright OU senior met students on their Capstone project, which involves learning how people process and respond to severe weather information. They developed a quick survey and are […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today; need to take time to review the many thousands of great snow images sent in over the past 24 hours!** DRY THROUGH SATURDAY: Most of the sun across Alabama today has been over the southwest part of the state… A secondary surge of colder air will drop down into […]
I sat down this morning to pen a short note to my wife and daughter about the snow storm yesterday and my exploits with Meaghan Thomas for ABC 3340. I did not intend for it to become a novel, but it came close. After emailing it, I thought this might prove an interesting read for […]
This is the final forecast graphic I put together for yesterday’s snow event Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. GRADE: A- The biggest forecast miss was the amount of snow in the heavy snow zone along the US 278 corridor. Instead of 3-6″ with isolated amounts to 8″, it turned out to be 6-9″, with isolated […]
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. EPIC WINTER STORM: Some communities in North Alabama received one foot of snow yesterday; we will compile a list […]
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.
