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Archive for August 21st, 2015

Humid Weekend Ahead With Scattered Storms

Humid Weekend Ahead With Scattered Storms

| August 21, 2015 @ 3:35 pm

RADAR CHECK: As you expect on an August afternoon, we have a number of showers and storms in progress in scattered, random locations. Heavier storms are producing torrential rain, gusty winds, and lots of lightning as they move to the east. Temperatures are in the 70s and 80s… this is the 6th consecutive day with […]

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More Good News About Our State from the Alabama NewsCenter

More Good News About Our State from the Alabama NewsCenter

| August 21, 2015 @ 2:04 pm

Here are some of our favorite stories from our partners at Alabama NewsCenter from the past week, August 14 – 20. Can’t Miss Alabama: Concerts, festivals, fishing and more – Here’s your handy guide to weekend activities across Alabama. Deontay Wilder looks to make boxing big business in Alabama – Fight aims to top $1.5 […]

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Danny’s a Big Boy Now

Danny’s a Big Boy Now

| August 21, 2015 @ 1:12 pm

Not only is Danny the first hurricane of the 2015 season, he is also the first MAJOR hurricane of the season. At 2:00 pm AST, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami issued a tropical cyclone update announcing that the NOAA aircraft investigating the storm found maximum estimated winds to be 115 mph. This makes […]

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Scattered Afternoon Storms

Scattered Afternoon Storms

| August 21, 2015 @ 6:32 am

ON THE MAPS: A surface front is stalled near the Alabama/Tennessee border this morning; much of the state remains in a very moist airmass with precipitable water values of around 2 inches. This means we will deal with scattered showers and storms again, mostly this afternoon and early tonight. Like yesterday, the stronger storms will […]

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