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Archive for January, 2017

Let it Snow!  Let it Snow!  Let it Snow!  The Montana Edition

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! The Montana Edition

| January 31, 2017 @ 4:38 pm

A major winter storm is affecting the western United States this week, including the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies, extending into the Plains States. Areas from eastern Washington and Oregon through parts of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming into extreme southwestern South Dakota are under winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather […]

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Spring-Like Afternoon; Changes Ahead

Spring-Like Afternoon; Changes Ahead

| January 31, 2017 @ 3:22 pm

SPRING FEVER: Temperatures have blown past the forecast highs today, and most places are in the low to mid 70s this afternoon, 15-20 degrees above average for the last day of January in Alabama. The sky is sunny, and we have no rain anywhere near our state. TONIGHT: Look to the west immediately after sunset […]

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January 31st:  Special Sky Show After Sunset Tonight!

January 31st: Special Sky Show After Sunset Tonight!

| January 31, 2017 @ 2:40 pm

Look to the west immediately after sunset and you will be wowed by the show that the moon, Venus and Mars will be putting on for your viewing pleasure. According to WeatherBrains’ Resident Astronomer Tony Rice (@RTPHokie), the trio will form a nearly right triangle in the western sky this evening. The weather will be […]

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An Awesome Tuesday At Late Midday Across Central Alabama

An Awesome Tuesday At Late Midday Across Central Alabama

| January 31, 2017 @ 2:16 pm

The sun is out in full force, not only for all of Central Alabama, but for pretty much all of the southeastern U.S. with the exception of southern Louisiana and western parts of North Carolina. With those clear skies and ridging in place over the southeast, comes warm temperatures. Skies will remain clear for the […]

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Beautiful Day To Wrap Up January

Beautiful Day To Wrap Up January

| January 31, 2017 @ 6:02 am

WILD JANUARY: We have seen some remarkable swings in the weather across Alabama this month. Snow and ice the night of January 6 gave way to Arctic cold the following two days; colder spots like Black Creek reported lows in the single digits the morning of January 7… Birmingham’s official low was 13. Then, just […]

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Turning Warmer Tomorrow; Rain Later This Week

Turning Warmer Tomorrow; Rain Later This Week

| January 30, 2017 @ 3:28 pm

BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE: A lovely late January day across Alabama. With sunshine in full supply, temperatures are mostly in the upper 50s… a few spots in West Alabama have reached 60 degrees. The sky will stay clear tonight, and it won’t be as cold as last night with temperatures holding well above freezing in […]

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A Beautiful & Cool Midday For Today, A Much Warmer Day on Tuesday

A Beautiful & Cool Midday For Today, A Much Warmer Day on Tuesday

| January 30, 2017 @ 11:42 am

It’s a beautiful but cool day out there across Central Alabama at this midday hour. On the visible satellite, there is not a cloud over any part of the state. There may be a few small clouds out there, but they are too small to show up on the satellite. The nearest shower activity to […]

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The Rest of the Story:  Alabama’s Coldest Morning on this Date in 1966

The Rest of the Story: Alabama’s Coldest Morning on this Date in 1966

| January 30, 2017 @ 10:00 am

Early on the morning of Friday, January 28, 1966, cold high pressure covered Alabama and the Deep South. The morning low at Birmingham was 22F. The low the previous morning had been 16F. The month had turned very cold after a warm start. The 70F reading on January 2nd was but a distant memory as […]

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Rain Returns Later This Week

Rain Returns Later This Week

| January 30, 2017 @ 5:20 am

CHILLY MORNING: Temperatures are generally in the 26-31 degree range across Alabama early this morning with a clear sky; we project a high today in the mid to upper 50s with a good supply of sunshine. TOMORROW/WEDNESDAY: The weather will turn warmer on these two days; the sky will be partly to mostly sunny with […]

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1/29/1936:  Birmingham’s Second Biggest Snowfall

1/29/1936: Birmingham’s Second Biggest Snowfall

| January 29, 2017 @ 1:30 pm

On January 18, 1936, a swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One person died from a tornado in Dale County. The activity was ahead of a powerful […]

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Sunday Late Morning Update:  A Little Light Rain Over Areas North and East of Birmingham

Sunday Late Morning Update: A Little Light Rain Over Areas North and East of Birmingham

| January 29, 2017 @ 11:34 am

An upper level disturbance pushing into Alabama from the northwest is triggering some patches of very light rain over Northeast Alabama in areas north and east of Birmingham. No first order reporting stations are seeing any rain at this hour, but there was one MPING report of some light snow south of Florence around 10:30 […]

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Weather Xtreme Video for Sunday, January 29th

Weather Xtreme Video for Sunday, January 29th

| January 29, 2017 @ 6:00 am

It’s my pleasure to sit in again for Brian this morning as he is at a storytelling festival. JANUARY NUMBERS: We’re starting to wind down January, so I thought we will take a sneak peek at how January is turning out from a climatological standpoint. Projecting out to the end of the month with our […]

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Sun-Filled Saturday

Sun-Filled Saturday

| January 28, 2017 @ 3:26 pm

Most of us are enjoying a day with a mainly sunny sky, and temperatures are in the lower 50s for most of us as well. It is another breezy day a times, which makes it feel cooler, but overall not a bad final Saturday of January. COLD TONIGHT: Clouds will slowly increase after midnight, but […]

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Saturday Weather Xtreme Video and Discussion for January 28th

Saturday Weather Xtreme Video and Discussion for January 28th

| January 28, 2017 @ 6:00 am

It is a chilly morning out there across Central Alabama as a piece of the big high pressure over the western United States gives us tranquil conditions for late January. Temperatures are in the upper 20s to lower 30s at most reporting locations. Lots of high clouds are streaming across the southern half of the […]

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