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Archive for August 18th, 2016

Unsettled Summer Weather Through The Weekend

Unsettled Summer Weather Through The Weekend

| August 18, 2016 @ 3:15 pm

RADAR CHECK: As expected, showers and storms have become more numerous across the great state of Alabama this afternoon. Some spots are getting very heavy amounts of rain and very frequent lightning as they move east/northeast… We will maintain the chance of showers and storms tonight as the upper ridge continues to weaken across the […]

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Scattered Strong Summertime Storms Across Central Alabama

Scattered Strong Summertime Storms Across Central Alabama

| August 18, 2016 @ 2:20 pm

A strong thunderstorm is over northern Jefferson County at this time. It is strongest from just north of downtown up through Tarrant, Fultondale, Gardendale and Mount Olive. Nothing severe at this time, just lots of heavy rain, wind gusts to 40 mph and dangerous lightning. John Talbot reports a large tree and power pole down […]

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Midday Nowcast: Radar is Clear Now, Won’t Be That Way In A Little While

Midday Nowcast: Radar is Clear Now, Won’t Be That Way In A Little While

| August 18, 2016 @ 11:07 am

Skies are mostly clear to clear across Central Alabama at this hour, with the only thing showing up on radar is ground clutter. And with those clear skies, temperatures are already in the mid to upper 80s for the most part, with a few locations in the low 90s. The look of the satellite and […]

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Showers/Storms Becoming More Numerous

Showers/Storms Becoming More Numerous

| August 18, 2016 @ 6:29 am

RADAR CHECK: We have some thunderstorms on the radar early this morning over West Alabama… moving northeast… The pre-dawn activity in August is usually a sign that showers and storms should be pretty active later in the day, during the peak of the daytime heating process, and we do expect that today with the upper […]

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