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Archive for July 16th, 2016

Watching the Radar

Watching the Radar

| July 16, 2016 @ 12:28 pm

During the morning hours, showers and storms began to develop across portions of Alabama and these are going to continue to expand in coverage the next several hours. There is the possibility of a few strong storms and once again today, the SPC has a “marginal risk” of severe storms defined for nearly the entire […]

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Additional Notes on Today’s Weather

Additional Notes on Today’s Weather

| July 16, 2016 @ 9:22 am

An important part of the forecast is looking at the latest data, especially the latest upper air sounding. The NWS at the Shelby County Airport launches a balloon for the 12Z observation around 6:00 am. The balloon takes about two hours, give or take a few minutes, to complete its run. So for a typical […]

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Storms Possible Again Today

Storms Possible Again Today

| July 16, 2016 @ 6:36 am

*** No Weather Xtreme Video this morning due to operational weather support for the Sloss Music and Arts Festival *** Most of Alabama is waking up to clear skies this morning, but the exception is across the northern third of the state where clouds from the convection to our west yesterday was producing mostly cloudy […]

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