A cold front will be moving slowly but steadily across the Southeast US today and Wednesday. This will produce a rainy day for today and usher in some colder weather for Wednesday. Fortunately for us, colder does not mean extreme cold as the upper flow does not become strongly northwesterly. Temperatures will be held down […]
Hey WeatherBrains Fans! Tonight’s show has been postponed til Wednesday night due to the big nor’easter on the East Coast. No, not really. The show has been postponed til Wednesday night because the Eveready Bunny that is our host is under the weather. Yes, you heard me right. James is under the weather. He should […]
THIS AFTERNOON: While clouds are increasing, we have enough sunshine available to make this a very pleasant day; many places have risen into the low 60s this afternoon. Clouds thicken tonight, and rain pushes into the northern counties after midnight ahead of a cold front. WET DAY TOMORROW: Rain becomes widespread tomorrow, with amounts averaging […]
Here is a recap of the good news from the past week from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide found on the streets of Jerusalem Is Nick Saban knocking on Bear Bryant’s door? Jacksonville State’s John Grass recognized as FCS 2015 AFCA National Coach of the Year Order on […]
Just perusing a variety of weather resources this morning, and I happened upon another view of the snowfall from the storm that dumped so much snow on the Mid-Atlantic states. This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument around 1815Z (12:15 pm CST) on January 24, 2016. Over the last decade, NASA […]
NICE WARM-UP TODAY: The colder temperatures are over Northeast Alabama this morning, where we are seeing mid 20s around Gadsden and Fort Payne, but we expect a very nice warm-up statewide today, with highs in the mid 50s for most communities. But, clouds will be increasing as well, and some rain could reach the state […]
With clear skies covering most of the eastern half of the country, it gives us a great view of the snow cover across the large area of the US impacted by the storm on Friday and early Saturday. Here is the Southeast US view annotated with some arrows pointing to the snow cover. Even the […]
Starting out once again on a very chilly note with morning lows ranging from 17 to 22. But with a nice dose of sunshine today we should see our afternoon highs climb nicely into the upper 40s – that’s a good 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. For those south of the Birmingham area at places […]
Here is an update as of 6:27 p.m. from the NWS in New York City: Good evening, The storm total at Central Park, NY up to 7 pm is 25.1 inches. The liquid equivalent for the event is 2.19″ This snowfall ranks #3 since records have been kept in 1869. ORIGINAL POST The huge snowstorm […]
We are seeing our sky clear today, but oh boy it remains a down-right miserably cold day across the state. Temperature are just above freezing in Central Alabama, while locations in the Tennessee Valley remain in the 20s. Our winds continue to blow out of the north-northwest which just adds insult in injury, and wind […]
The week ahead is going to seem really quiet compared to the weather events of the last couple of days. But sometimes quiet is good, so we can get rested up for the next big event! Today will be cold with highs not getting out of the upper 30s for much of Central Alabama. Clouds […]
Things are going downhill quickly over Northeast Alabama tonight. Roads throughout Etowah County are reported to be icy according to EMA. The NWS maintains a winter weather advisory for Cleburne, Calhoun, Etowah, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall, Cullman, Morgan, Madison Limestone, Lawrence, Franklin, Colbert and Lauderdale. The winter weather advisory has been cancelled for all the […]
Widespread very light snow continues across much of Central Alabama tonight, generally east of I-59 and across North Alabama east of I-65. The snow is accumulating lightly on exposed surfaces like cars. Temperatures are in the lower 30s along and north of the I-20 Corridor. It is now 32F at the Birmingham Airport. Roads are […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** WINTER WEATHER IS HERE: The rain/snow line has been progressing steadily across Alabama this afternoon, pretty much in line with our morning forecast. It should reach the Anniston/Gadsden area by late afternoon. So far, roads are just wet, and there have been no travel issues in Alabama. Our overall […]
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.
