Just within the last hour, sleet and freezing rain has started falling in many locations in the western 2/3rds of the area, including Center Point, Pinson, Vestavia Hills, Deatsville, Altoona, Pell City, Alabaster… just to name a few. A sleet/freezing rain mix is now moving into eastern parts of the area, starting to affect cities […]
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the Winter Storm Warning into Greene, Marengo, and Sumter counties. All of the counties under the Winter Storm Warning will be in the warning until 9:00 AM CST on Saturday morning. We are already getting several reports of roads starting to get slick in the western parts […]
It is currently a mostly cloudy day out there across Central Alabama at this time, but we do notice that there are some breaks in the clouds allowing some sun to reach the surface. Those breaks in the clouds are not helping the temperatures out at all at this point. At 9:15 AM, temperatures are […]
A large area of sleet and snow is about to enter West Alabama… With temperatures dropping below freezing, icy spots will develop on bridges soon after the precipitation begins, and driving conditions will worsen this afternoon and tonight as snow/sleet continues to increase. *Initially ice will form on bridges, but all roads have potential to […]
WINTER STORM WARNING EXPANDED: The NWS has expanded the Winter Storm Warning; it now includes the larger cities of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, and Gadsden through early tomorrow… Winter Weather Advisories include much of the rest of Alabama, all the way down to the northern part of Mobile and Baldwin Counties in Southwest Alabama. Only the […]
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.
