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Archive for June 21st, 2016

Midday Nowcast: Hot And Dry For The First Full Day of Summer

Midday Nowcast: Hot And Dry For The First Full Day of Summer

| June 21, 2016 @ 11:39 am

Across much of Central Alabama at this time, skies are mostly clear and temperatures are already well up into the 80s. Up in the northeastern counties of the state, there are a few isolated showers that are falling up in Madison and Jackson counties. These are moving to the southeast and could affect the towns […]

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Dancing With the Stats:  Western Heat Wave Edition

Dancing With the Stats: Western Heat Wave Edition

| June 21, 2016 @ 9:00 am

The huge ridge of high pressure continues to bake the southwestern United States. 1000-500 mb thickness values, a measurement of the distance between those two pressure levels aloft, are running 594 dkm over the Four Corners region of the Southwest, which is top of the scale for the parameter. Some of the models had been […]

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Here come the 90s

Here come the 90s

| June 21, 2016 @ 7:03 am

The high in Birmingham yesterday was 89 degrees, and that was probably the last time we’ll see values under 90 degrees for at least a week. There are some high cirrus clouds across Alabama this morning from convection that went on yesterday well west of us. A cold front dropping into Kentucky this morning may […]

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WeatherBrains 544:  Pushing Buttons in the Elevator

WeatherBrains 544: Pushing Buttons in the Elevator

| June 21, 2016 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 544 is now online (June 20, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Show was actually recorded on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Our guest WeatherBrain for this show is Dr. James Fleming, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College. […]

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