Month April 2019

Good Morning! Looks like the record high of 94 is safe today, but there’s a decent chance some of us will see 90 degrees for the first time today, on the last day of April.  (That’s roughly 6 weeks early)  …

Good Morning! Our string of storm-free days continue.  Not only that, we’re getting warmer and warmer each day.  We may tease 90 degrees a couple of days this week.  What about rain prospects?  A late week frontal system could bring…

Believe it or not, it’s snowing this morning in parts of the Great Lakes and the Midwest.  Meanwhile, in Alabama, we will be back in the 80’s again today, as our warming trend continues.  We will tease 90° for the…

We have a perfect weekend forecast, and even beyond the weekend, our nice string of days will continue well into next week.  Temperatures will be a little warmer.  Tuesday and Wednesday could be the warmest days so far this year. …

Happy Friday!  The storm system which brought some beneficial rain has departed. Today will start off cloudy, but sunshine will melt away the clouds, and it looks like we are in for a string of beautiful days, starting this weekend…

Good Morning! I’m on the road this morning.  This is just a forecast update.  There are no wholesale changes.  Today will be the last in a string of warm/dry days.  The storm system on the way will bring showers and…

Our remarkable warming trend continues today.  We had 78 Sunday, 82 yesterday and we should be in the mid 80’s today.  We do have a storm system to deal with by late Thursday into Friday.  Will there be any severe…

Good Morning! Our amazing warm-up, which started on Easter Sunday, continues today. We have a nice string of days to start this week. Will this be the first week of Spring without severe weather? Maybe. Not sure yet. There is…

Happy Easter!  Sure, it’s chilly on this Easter Morning.  With temperatures in the low 40’s at sunrise, we’re at least 10 degrees too cold. (Sunrise at 6:09AM)  But, there will be a remarkable recovery during the day.  It should be…

It’s late April but it feels more like March, this morning.  In the wake of the powerful storm which brought the severe weather to the South, chilly air is funneling into the state.  It’s cloudy and there’s still some showers…

Now that the severe weather risk is over — lets look ahead. Looks like several days without severe weather. That departing storm system will still have a big effect on our weather today.  It will be brisk — windy &…

NEW TORNADO WATCH (12:30AM 4/18/19) New Tornado Watch for much of east and southeast Alabama until 8AM. Damaging winds up to 60 mph and tornadoes are possible in the watch Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are also possible along…

’Enhanced’ Risk of Severe Storms & tornadoes this evening and tonight.  The set-up raises concern regarding tonight’s severe weather threat.  There’s some model differences on how it could unfold.  The threat includes severe storms with damaging winds and tornadoes.  The…

Good Morning! We are batting a thousand this week on the nice weather days, so far. Enjoy today! Because, the next system will affect the state by late tomorrow. This storm will produce tornadoes in the nation’s mid-section today, and…

Good Morning!  After a nearly perfect Monday, looks like we’ll do it again today.  We are enjoying a quiet/nice start to the week, but looming, is yet another severe weather threat arriving in Alabama by Thursday afternoon/Thursday night.  Once again…

Good Morning!  Alabama is enjoying a few, much deserved quiet days, with and sunshine and comfortable temperatures.  However, looming on the horizon, later in the week, is yet another Severe Weather episode, arriving by Thursday or Thursday night.  On this…

Tornado watches have been extended and now include MOST of the state, except for Southeast Alabama. Damaging winds to 60 mph and Tornadoes are expected.   The watch in the eastern and central counties continues until 9AM.   Watch across the rest…

All eyes on an approaching storm system, currently in Texas.  What could be a significant Tornado Outbreak, is expected today from eastern Texas into Central Mississippi.  The severe weather threat begins in Alabama in overnight hours tonight, and spreads eastward…

..All Eyes on Weekend Severe Weather Threat…  It should be a warm and relatively quiet today, and much of tomorrow, too.  Any shower activity will be widely scattered.  All attention continues to center on a developing storm system,  which threatens…

Good Morning!  We’re going to enjoy another quiet weather day today, with highs in the 80’s.  Meanwhile, all eyes are on the weekend storm system, which will bring a significant severe weather threat across the South, and into Alabama by…

Good Morning!  Enjoy a couple of quiet days today and tomorrow, because we have some ominous weather to deal with this weekend.  The stage is set for a potentially severe weather event, which could begin affecting the state by late…

Good Morning!  That slow moving storm systems continues to affect Alabama today.  The threat of showers and storms continues today, although the severe weather threat will shift east of the state.  We’ll look ahead to a nice Wednesday and Thursday. …