As we get ready to cross the noon hour on this mid-July Sunday, it’s hot. Temperatures are climbing into the lower 90s now with heat index values climbing over 100F. A nice cumulus field was developing, especially along and north of I-59. To the northeast, thunderstorms were sliding southeastward across eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee, […]
Headlines on Saturday, July 12, 1980 focused on the Iranian hostage crisis, which was in its 292nd day, The GOP was putting the finishing touches on its platform prior to their national convention in Detroit. There were fears that Mt. Hood in Oregon was getting ready to erupt, a la Mount St. Helens, since quakes […]
Short Version: Repeat yesterdays discussion and weather! A little tongue in cheek there with the fact that the overall weather pattern is not changing much as heat levels gradually climb and parts of Central Alabama come under heat advisories for the next couple of days. Graphic from NWS Birmingham. Another warm morning to start the […]
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.
