In a moment of celestial serendipity, Cole Patterson, an engineering major at the University of Alabama, captured a breathtaking image earlier this week that embodies the beauty of the night sky over Tuscaloosa.
Thanks to AlabamaWX Astronomy correspondent Tony Rice for providing this image.
At 1211 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Winchester to Harvest, moving east at 30 mph.
A severe thunderstorm watch has just been issued for areas from North Alabama across Northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee into southwestern Virginia. It goes until 2 a.m. CDT.
Warning for Jackson and Madison Counties. Huntsville just issued a special weather statement for the storms in Cullman County. Check out these current heat index values, including 114F at Jasper, 112F at Calera, 111F at Gadsden and the Talladega Track, 109F at Anniston, Birmingham and Bessemer. It is 115F at Selma and Dannelly Fied in […]
Many people reported seeing a very bright fireball over Alabama and Florida tonight. You might be surprised at what it was.
One hour rainfall rates are approaching two inches generally between Dodge City and The Colony. Some places are approaching 3 inches.
Several counties across North and Central Alabama are now under flash flood warnings.
But there could be a tornado or two late this afternoon or early this evening in Southwest Alabama and later tonight in Southeast Alabama. For North and Central Alabama, there is no threat of severe weather north of a line from Monroeville to Troy to Eufaula with the best chance over coastal Alabama, Northwest Florida, and extreme Southeast Alabama.
Mars is shining brightly in the eastern sky as it comes its closest in years, a fact NASA uses to maximize the payload sent to the red planet.
60 years ago today (Sept 8), the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama was dedicated. The center has been involved in every major NASA propulsion system, the Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes, micrometeoroid and weather research and more.
NASA plans the launch of Perseverence and upgraded version of the Curiosity rover to continue our understanding of Mars and prepare for humans to one day live there.
Comet C/2020 can be seen in the northeastern sky about 2 hours before sunrise. on Monday it will be more visible in the evening sky about 2 hours after sunset.
As of 12:45 pm, we have numerous showers covering the radar across Central Alabama with about 75% of the area receiving rain at the moment. Where rain is not currently falling, skies are overcast.
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
