NOAA released the annual hurricane season outlook today… here is the release: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that’s no reason to believe coastal areas will have it easy. For the hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 to November 30, NOAA is predicting a […]
Today is my favorite baseball day of the year! It is the day that one of the best sporting events of the year in all of world occurs. An event that ESPN says is one of the 100 Things That a Sports Fan Has To Do Before They Die. The Birmingham Barons and Jacksonville Suns […]
On Sunday night, May 27, 1973, I saw serious tornado damage for the first time in my life, and it changed my life. The sights and sounds are still fresh in my mind; almost like it happened yesterday. I was wrapping up my junior year at Tuscaloosa High School, and on that Sunday night we […]
AT DAYBREAK: It is a quiet late May morning across the great state of Alabama; nothing on radar… the sky is mostly cloudy, and temperatures are mostly in the 65 to 70 degree range. The high resolution HRRR model suggests the best chance of rain today will come this afternoon with a band of showers […]
RADAR CHECK: Some light rain lingers over East Alabama this afternoon, but the stronger storms are now over Georgia. The sky is mostly cloudy, and temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 70s. TOMORROW: Showers and storms remain possible, but it won’t rain all day, and the sun could peek out at times. We […]
Our line of showers and storms has been fairly well behaved this morning. There was one severe thunderstorm warning for Jackson MS overnight, with some tree and power line damage reported there, but the line continued to slowly weaken as it moved into Alabama early this morning. The line has been nearly as straight as […]
RADAR CHECK: The band of severe storms that brought serious flooding and some wind damage to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana last night, as expected, has been steadily weakening early this morning, and is entering West Alabama as I write this around sunrise. We will forecast a good chance of rain and thunderstorms […]
WeatherBrains Episode 487 is now online (May 25, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! This is the longest running podcast on weather having been on the air for nearly 10 years. Tonight’s show will be a little different as we pay tribute to our friend, JB […]
It has been a rough afternoon and night to the west of Alabama with a huge squall line producing tornadoes in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Tornadoes have threatened the Shreveport Metro, the Little Rock Metro and menaced Denison, Texas. A flash flood emergency has been in effect for Austin, Texas, where catastrophic flooding […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today; we will resume the “two a day” schedule tomorrow** RADAR CHECK: The stronger storms have shifted into East Alabama this afternoon… Storms in East Alabama are not severe, but they are producing a good bit of lighting and heavy rain as they move east. A few passing showers and […]
Here is the radar at noon: Strong thunderstorm continue late this morning over Northeast Mississippi into Northwest Alabama, from Monroe County MS into western Marion County in Alabama. An areal flood advisory was just posted for Marion County where minor flooding is likely. Others are moving through Lawrence and Limestone Counties. Further southwest, other strong […]
LATE REPORT From the NWS Memphis: Smithville [Monroe Co, MS] public reports TORNADO at 09:03 AM CDT — smithville marina reports boats toppled over and buildings demolished. definite path of destruction. ORIGINAL POST That impressive little mesoscale convective vortex over Northeast Mississippi that prompted the tornado warning for the Amory and SMithville areas weakened as […]
A potent little mesoscale convective vortex is rotating into Northwest Alabama early on this Memorial Day. There is very little instability ahead of the system, but it is ingesting unstable air from the south on a strong low level wind. So it is uncertain how long it will be able to maintain itself, but it […]
8:45 a.m. Monday As expected, the first line of storms weakened as it crossed into Alabama overnight, but stronger storms are over Northeast Mississippi at this hour, poised to enter West Alabama within the hour. A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Aberdeen area in NE Mississippi. This is for a pronounced bow […]
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.
