At 948 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong storms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Oakman to near Berry to 7 miles west of Samantha. Movement was east at 45 mph.
As of 9:20 am this morning, we have a line of showers and storms moving through the northwestern parts of the area with the southern part of the line moving into the west and southwestern parts of Central Alabama.
At 925 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lynn to 6 miles south of Glen Allen. Movement was northeast at 50 mph.
At 904 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Bluff to Millport. Movement was east at 40 mph.
ACTIVE PATTERN: We will have a very active weather pattern across Alabama and the Deep South over the next seven days, with strong to severe storms, heavy rain, and much colder air along the way. This morning, we have some light rain over West Alabama, with a band of heavier showers to the west over Mississippi. This activity will diminish over the next few hours; then showers and heavier thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon and tonight ahead of a cold front.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded new grants to four Alabama conservation projects intended to continue to remedy the harmful effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Alabama’s Gulf Coast.
BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON: Temperatures are in the 60s over most of Alabama this afternoon with a good supply sunshine. Clouds will gradually increase tonight; the low will be in the 50s.
AstraZeneca has announced its COVID-19 vaccine had an average effectiveness of 70% in trials, but given according to a certain regimen its effectiveness is 90%.
Skies across Central Alabama are mostly clear to sunny as it is a very nice and cool last Tuesday for the month of November. Temperatures as of the 1:00 pm roundup were in the lower 60s to the lower 70s across the area.
We are taking a look back at the August 10th, 2020 Derecho! Nick Stewart from Iowa’s News Now will join us to tell us his experience with this historic storm and how the recovery is going. Terry Swails will be on talking about his new book “Derecho 911 – Iowa’s Inland Hurricane”!
Maxwell Air Force Base is in line to be the home for the MH-139A Grey Wolf Formal Training Unit, a strategic and economic coup for the facility as another base mission fades away.
If you have even a remote interest in weather, understanding the weather at your location is critical. Being able to measure and record it presents countless doors to an understanding of how the atmosphere works, down to our neighborhoods.
SHOWERS/STORMS RETURN: Tomorrow will be a cloudy day with a high in the low 70s; showers and storms will likely begin to develop by afternoon ahead of a cold front. SPC has identified a low end, “marginal risk” (level 1/5) for much of North and Central Alabama.
As the holiday shopping frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday is upon us, what can brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers expect this season?
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.
