The tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic approaching 30W longitude has a surface low associated with it now and it is increasingly looking like it will become tropical depression number four in the next couple of days. The NHC now puts the probability of that happening in the next 48 hours at 50 percent […]
On this date in 1969, National Hurricane Center Director Bob Simpson knew that he had a big problem. There was a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, some 360 miles south of Panama City, Florida. It was moving slowly toward the north northwest on an inevitable collision course with the northern Gulf Coast. The Weather […]
Showers and thunderstorms have developed in two main bands across Central Alabama as convective temperatures have been reached. They will continue to fire all across Central Alabama this afternoon . They will pack lots of lightning, some gusty winds and heavy rain as they push northward. Temperatures are in the middle to upper 80s. Additional […]
Thunderstorms were a bit more prevalent for the area of Alabama generally north and west of the Interstate corridor yesterday with a couple of storms packing a sizable punch. Today we will continue to deal with the upper level trough evident over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Radar this morning already shows some showers northwest of […]
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.
