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Archive for August 17th, 2015

Wet At Times Through Mid-Week

Wet At Times Through Mid-Week

| August 17, 2015 @ 3:24 pm

RADAR CHECK: As expected, rain and storms are rather widespread across Alabama today… Storms are well below severe limits, but the stronger ones are producing torrential rain and a good bit of lightning. Rain and storms are moving northeast, and we will maintain a good chance of rain at times through the night. Temperatures are […]

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Tropical Action

Tropical Action

| August 17, 2015 @ 9:10 am

It has been very, very quiet across the Atlantic basin this season, which is expected during an El Nino year. But, we have a wave in the far eastern Atlantic with a good chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next five days… The wave will move to the west/northwest… And, most […]

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Remembering 1969’s Hurricane Camille

Remembering 1969’s Hurricane Camille

| August 17, 2015 @ 7:00 am

THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANE CAMILLE FROM 1969 Pete Wentzell was 10 years old. He lived in Biloxi, in a one story ranch home directly across Highway 90 from the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. His memories are of an idyllic childhood on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, until August 17, 1969. He remembers the sugar […]

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Summer Rain

Summer Rain

| August 17, 2015 @ 5:00 am

WET PATTERN SETTING UP: An upper low has formed just west of Alabama, and that feature will just hang around much of the week, setting up a wet and unsettled weather pattern. We expect mostly cloudy weather statewide through tonight, with periods of rain and a few thunderstorms. Nothing severe, but a strong storm is […]

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