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Archive for October, 2015

Daylight Saving Time Ends Tonight

Daylight Saving Time Ends Tonight

| October 31, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Tonight, Daylight Saving Time will end at 2 AM local time. We will fall back to Standard Time, so make sure you set you clocks back before you go to bed tonight. This will make sure you get that extra hour of sleep that you are allotted tonight. Returning to Standard Time means you will […]

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Rain Moving In

Rain Moving In

| October 31, 2015 @ 1:49 pm

Clouds continue to thicken and increase in coverage across the state today. It is a cool day with most location across Central Alabama in the 60s this afternoon. Through the morning hours, we have been watching light rain showers over much of West Alabama. The heavier rain and storms remains to the west of the […]

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Tropical Troubles in Arabian Sea

Tropical Troubles in Arabian Sea

| October 31, 2015 @ 10:15 am

I know that it is one the other side of the world, but while the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins were quiet, Tropical Cyclone Chapala was taking advantage of the warmest waters ever recorded in the Arabian Sea for this time of year to rapidly intensify overnight. Chapala topped out for the time being as […]

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You Have Got to See THIS ! !

You Have Got to See THIS ! !

| October 31, 2015 @ 9:42 am

I ran across this completely by accident, and I am so glad I did. I know it is NOT about weather, but it is about something we all should have – a caring spirit. I am so glad that I’m going to share this with the alabamawx.com family even without any connection to weather. Watch […]

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Turning Wet Yet Again

Turning Wet Yet Again

| October 31, 2015 @ 7:01 am

Additional delays with the video thanks to problems with YouTube. Let’s start off with a marvelous sunset picture over Weiss Lake taken by Teresa Sauls that James retweeted yesterday afternoon. What a great ending to a week that started wet. And unfortunately we are heading into another rainy period for Central Alabama with rain chances […]

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Rain Returns Over The Weekend

Rain Returns Over The Weekend

| October 30, 2015 @ 3:30 pm

FINE FALL DAY: As advertised, it has been a delightful day across Alabama. Sunshine through high clouds, a cobalt blue sky, and some really nice fall colors (photo below from Joey Amberson) Temperatures are in the 68-72 degree range in most communities. Tonight will be dry and cool; temperatures fall into the mid to upper […]

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More Good News from Our Friends at the Alabama NewsCenter

More Good News from Our Friends at the Alabama NewsCenter

| October 30, 2015 @ 12:20 pm

From monster makeup to Magic City Classic, here are some of our favorite stories from the past week from our partners at Alabama NewsCenter. Alabama has nation’s second-highest gains in graduating students – Here are key markers which contributed to the state’s education success.   Football preview: Bulldogs, Hornets battle in Magic City Classic; Auburn […]

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Pictorial Review of Recent Weather

Pictorial Review of Recent Weather

| October 30, 2015 @ 12:18 pm

As I was casually scrolling through my twitter feed yesterday, I became clearly aware of the number of people who were tweeting images that had some relationship to weather. So I thought I would put together just a few of those images. Let me be clear that I have not asked permission of any of […]

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Sunny Today; Rain Returns Over The Weekend

Sunny Today; Rain Returns Over The Weekend

| October 30, 2015 @ 6:29 am

CHILLY MORNING: Temperatures are in the 40s in most places this morning across North/Central Alabama, with 30s for colder pockets… Today will be a glorious autumn day, with a sunny sky, low humidity, and a high around 70. Clouds begin to return late tonight. OUR WEEKEND: Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, and rain will arrive […]

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Nice Tomorrow; Wet Weekend

Nice Tomorrow; Wet Weekend

| October 29, 2015 @ 3:20 pm

COLDER TONIGHT: As advertised, the sky has become partly to mostly sunny across North/Central Alabama following a cold front that moved through this morning. Temperatures are in the low to mid 70s, but tonight will be cooler. With a clear sky, most communities will drop into the mid 40s by daybreak tomorrow; colder pockets could […]

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Looking for Snow?

Looking for Snow?

| October 29, 2015 @ 9:21 am

Are you a snow lover? Looking for that first snow? Well, the NOAA Climate Center has created the perfect graphic for you. That graphic, shown below, shows the historic date of the first snow. Unfortunately for those of us who like to see a good snow, much of the Southeast US does not historically see […]

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More Rain Over The Weekend

More Rain Over The Weekend

| October 29, 2015 @ 6:26 am

RADAR CHECK: An early morning cold front is pushing a band of showers through East Alabama at daybreak; nothing too heavy or widespread… The sky will become partly to mostly sunny today with a high in the 72-75 degree range. We should point out today’s average high (based on about 100 years of data) for […]

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A Few Overnight Showers Possible

A Few Overnight Showers Possible

| October 28, 2015 @ 3:13 pm

THIS AFTERNOON: We do have some breaks in the overcast this afternoon across the great state of Alabama… There are a few isolated showers over the northern half of the state, but most places are dry with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. TONIGHT: A cold front will pass through early tomorrow, and will […]

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Interesting Look at Strong El Niño Years

Interesting Look at Strong El Niño Years

| October 28, 2015 @ 10:29 am

With the expected presence of a strong El Niño for the rest of Fall and into the Winter season, I’ve been trying to look at how the Alabama weather responded in past El Niños. But that is not an easy task with limited access to the tons of data available. Fortunately, the National Centers for […]

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