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Alabama Newscenter — Auburn University Researcher Co-Authors Study Finding Deciduous Trees Offset Carbon Loss From Alaskan Fires

Alabama News Center | April 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Heather Alexander, assistant professor of forest ecology in Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, is co-author of a new study published this week in the journal Science that finds deciduous trees replacing burned spruce forests more than make up for carbon and nitrogen loss, storing more carbon and accumulating it four times faster over a 100-year fire interval.

Frost Possible By Thursday Morning

James Spann | April 19, 2021 @ 3:07 pm

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY: The sky is sunny across Alabama this afternoon, and temperatures are mostly in the 67-72 degree range. The average high for Birmingham on April 19 is 75. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low between 46 and 52 degrees.

Alabama Newscenter — PRWeek Names University of Alabama Senior Outstanding Student

Alabama News Center | April 19, 2021 @ 2:00 pm

The University of Alabama’s Kathleen McManus won the 2021 Outstanding Student award from PRWeek for her public relations campaign for a recyclable sneaker. The school’s public relations and advertising program won top five placement for the 10th time.

Alabama Newscenter Remembers — Ten Years Later, April 27 Tornado Outbreak Still Scars Alabama Landscape and Hearts

Scott Martin | April 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm

It is a day etched in the psyche of Alabamians who lived through it. A day that literally altered Alabama’s landscape and affected, forever, countless families.

Midday Nowcast: Ample Sunshine Across Alabama Today

Ryan Stinnett | April 19, 2021 @ 10:41 am

A dry air mass is in place across the state to start the week, and the weather today and tomorrow will feature dry and pleasant conditions. Today features ample sunshine with temperatures in the low 70s.

Alabama Newscenter — Recipe: Caramel Pecan No-Bake Cheesecake

Alabama News Center | April 19, 2021 @ 10:00 am

Often when warmer weather rolls around, my mind goes to the fun summer shindigs where layered desserts are the desserts of choice – at least in our family.

Mostly Dry Week Ahead; Frost Possible Early Thursday

James Spann | April 19, 2021 @ 5:50 am

PLEASANT SPRING WEATHER CONTINUES: Dry air covers Alabama this morning… we expect a good supply of sunshine today with a high in the low 70s. Tomorrow will be partly to mostly sunny with a high in the 72-75 degree range, still a little below average for mid-April.

Moisture to the North, Moisture to the South

Bill Murray | April 18, 2021 @ 2:06 pm

Skies have been mostly sunny, although a nice field of cumulus clouds has developed over the northwestern quarter of the state, in the vicinity of a slug of low-level moisture passing overhead at 850 millibars.