Snow showers are increasing to the northwest, and a winter weather advisory has been issued for much of West Tennessee and North Mississippi. See the Memphis radar… With extremely cold air aloft moving into North Alabama this afternoon (500 mb temps near Memphis are at -30 C), convective type snow showers are likely, and some […]
Mark your calendars now for Saturday, March 13th. The National Weather Service Birmingham will be holding their annual open house from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., rain or shine. The event will be held at their office at the Shelby County Airport in Calera. The big news is that the NOAA C-130 Hurricane Hunter plane […]
Bridges across North Alabama, including the Birmingham metro, are extremely icy and dangerous. These reports are being compiled by our scanner guys on the Skywatcher chat… thanks to John Talbot and Bryan Falls… *4th ave & Division St in Bessemer is Bad Icy *280 & Lakeshore, Traffic backed up and road is Icy, *Jeff Co […]
Here is the snow cover in Haleyville this morning, in Winston County… (from Twitter)
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Much colder air has overspread most of North and West Alabama. Just before 5 am, the main band of precipitation was over East Alabama and down into South Alabama. Temperatures were as cold as 23 in Haleyville. A number of reports from Skywatchers of some snow accumulation mostly over the north and west parts of […]
A mixture of snow, sleet, and rain has been falling here in Trussville for the past couple of hours. The temperature is down to 35 in the BHM metro, 32 in Tuscaloosa, 30 in Parrish, and in the mid 20s as close as Haleyville. With strong north winds, temperatures will drop below freezing quickly in […]
…31F with snow in Cullman now. Snow on vehicles and grass. …38F in Birmingham. Band of heavy rain about to move across Metro. …Down to 25F in Haleyville…not much snow…but ice on roads will be a problem all across the area in the morning as moisture remains and freezes. …28F in Florence…snow has ended. 1 […]
It looks like the significant snow will be limited to the Tennessee Valley area of North Alabama. Accumulations have been reported in the Florence area. The precip has now changed over to snow in the Huntsville area. That is where the best radar echoes and coldest temperatures profiles are early on this Presidents’ Day morning. […]
The main area of rain ahead of the cold front has moved into east Alabama, and now we are watching the precipitation in the cold air, in eastern MS and northwest AL. Reports of snow covering ground in Marion County, and snow is moving toward Moulton, Double Springs, and Carbon Hill. As this snow band […]
A little sleet starting to fall now in Marion County. Melissa Wilson in Hamilton reporting a rain/sleet mix and Alan in Bear creek reporting sleet falling. Snow is starting to mix with the rain in Florence. 37F with light snow at Tupelo, but the rain has not changed over at Columbus. Rain should transition to […]
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.
