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Archive for August 2nd, 2016

Strong Storms in the Birmingham Metro, Not Severe, But Lightning, Gusty Winds, Rain

| August 2, 2016 @ 1:58 pm

Strong storms across the Birmingham Metro area are producing heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds. The strongest storms are south of Pell City right now with others extending from Bessemer to Homewood, and east of US-280 southeast of Lake Purdy. Significant weather alerts are depicted as peach colored polygons on the radar image. The storms […]

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Midday Nowcast: Will A MCS Bring Much Needed Rainfall to Central AL?

| August 2, 2016 @ 11:19 am

Thunderstorms associated with an MCS are continuing to push south-southeastwardly across North Alabama and is now entering the Central Alabama area. Heaviest rain on radar at this point is located in the northwestern part of the state just west of Florence and Muscle Shoals. There is some development out ahead of the MCS, and places […]

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Storms Pushing Into North Alabama

| August 2, 2016 @ 10:34 am

Even though skies are mostly clear for all of Central Alabama at this time, we have some thunderstorms making their way into the state from Tennessee. These storms are pushing mainly to the south-southeast around 25 MPH, with development spreading to the south. Some of these storms could pack a punch as CAPE values are […]

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Air Force Hurricane Hunters Find TS Earl; Advisories Starting Soon

| August 2, 2016 @ 10:25 am

The NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Storm Earl before 11 a.m. today. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter found a 34 knot surface wind and a defined center just before 9:45 on the inbound leg in the northwestern quadrant of the storm. The center is southwest of Jamaica. The plane is on the outbound […]

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The MCS is Coming, the MCS is Coming!

| August 2, 2016 @ 7:08 am

Most of Alabama waking up to clear skies with only a few spots here and there with some clouds to report. The upper ridge was becoming established just to our west, so Alabama will be on the eastern periphery of the ridge today. There appears to be a small short wave embedded in the upper […]

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WeatherBrains 550:  You Can Log Back In Honey

WeatherBrains 550: You Can Log Back In Honey

| August 2, 2016 @ 5:30 am

WeatherBrains Episode 550 is now online (August 1, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Our guest WeatherBrains tonight is the WCM from WSFO Honolulu, Charlie Woodrum. Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like: Extremes: 123 at Death Valley, CA, and 32 at Stanley, ID […]

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