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Archive for August 5th, 2016

Scattered Summer Storms

Scattered Summer Storms

| August 5, 2016 @ 5:43 pm

RADAR CHECK: We have the classic case of random, scattered storms on a summer afternoon today. Storms that have formed are producing torrential rain, lots of lightning, and gusty winds, but many other communities are just hot and dry… Temperatures are generally in the low to mid 90s, and the storms will end later tonight […]

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Midday Nowcast: Hot With Scattered Showers

Midday Nowcast: Hot With Scattered Showers

| August 5, 2016 @ 1:19 pm

Scattered showers and thunderstorms have popped up on radar, mostly above the I-20 corridor in the northern half of the state. There are a few isolated showers in the southern parts of Central Alabama, around the Troy area, and around Tuskegee and Alexander City. All of these are pushing to the southeast at 15-20 MPH. […]

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More Reasons to Take Pride in Our State – Good News From Alabama NewsCenter!

More Reasons to Take Pride in Our State – Good News From Alabama NewsCenter!

| August 5, 2016 @ 12:18 pm

Getting Google, bigger Benz, touting tourism, bankrolling Blazers, persuading Pokemon and a basil breakdown are part of this week’s good news from Alabama NewsCenter. How Google came to choose Alabama for its $600 million data center Alabama back-to- school shoppers find tax relief this weekend Gathering backpacks and notebooks, APSO volunteers supply students with school […]

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The Weekly Gardener for August 15th

The Weekly Gardener for August 15th

| August 5, 2016 @ 9:00 am

Each week, we sit down with Andy Hanna of Hanna’s Garden Center to talk about Central Alabama gardening. Here is this week’s Q&A. Q. What are most people planting right now? A. Ground covers and most evergreen trees or shrubs do fairly well throughout the year.  Conifers tend to do better in cooler weather. A lot of […]

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Higher Rain Coverage Possible Next Week

Higher Rain Coverage Possible Next Week

| August 5, 2016 @ 6:31 am

STILL HOT, STILL HUMID: Alabama’s weather won’t change much through the weekend. After all, this is August. Partly sunny, hot, muggy days with “scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms”. Best chance of a passing storm will come between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m… and some could be strong. We note we had a couple […]

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