Good morning! Four ugly words this time of the year in this part of the world: Triple Digit Heat Indices . Yesterday we had a heat index of 103. We’ll be in that neighborhood today. Although storms will be few…
Good morning! Some of you had extremely heavy rain over the weekend. Other towns had hardly any. Today, with a big mound of high pressure building on top of us, showers should be rather scarce. That trend may not last…
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Hopefully, today’s grilling duties will be passed on to somebody else. But, we may dodging raindrops again. In fact, our better than normal chance of storms continues for one more day,…
Soon there will be days when the number of storms will thin out. Today is not that day. Once again, the radar will be very active, as a south Alabama disturbance hangs tough. That disturbance begins to fade by tomorrow,…
Happy Friday! Once again today, the radar will active and colorful with scattered to numerous storms again, as a stubborn upper low persists. But, on this video, I’ll tell you about a big change of pattern in the works, as…
Good Morning! We have another busy thunderstorm day ahead. We may, in fact see a couple rounds of storms. But, the news on this video is about a much anticipated pattern change, as storms thin out in number, and abundant…
Good Morning! News from the Tropics this morning as the Caribbean “area to watch” becomes Invest 91-L and heads for the Gulf. For us another active thunderstorm day again. Wait until you see Future Radar. How long will we stay…
Good Morning! Once again, radar will be active and colorful. Deep tropical moisture is locked in and we should see a series of very similar days with a wealth of random storms each day. But, for how long? I’ll bring…
Good Morning! Heat, humidity and more hit or miss storms. Our forecast is going to start sounding like broken record. Tropical moisture remains in place. We are deep into the summertime pattern, and we are still 10 days from the…
Some of you experienced a violent thunderstorm yesterday. Many of you didn’t get a drop of rain. It was routine summer day in Alabama. Big heat can produce big storms. Today will be no different. In fact, this pattern is…
Summer officially begins in 11 days, but classic summer heat & humidity is in place, and is hear to stay, far into the future. Looks like we are headed to the low mid 90’s again today. Yesterday’s high was 95.…
Happy Friday! Heat, humidity and the return of random storms are the main headlines as we head for the weekend. I’ll update the rain chances for here and the beaches and we’ll look well into next week. Will this tropical…
Good Morning! Ready or not, here it comes. Heat and humidity are making a big comeback to our forecast. And, before too long, those random “hit or miss” storms will dot the radar screen again. I’ve made some adjustments on…
Good Morning! Today is a transitional day, as we work our way to early week “nice air” to late week heat & humidity. We’ll look ahead to the returning summertime pattern. When will the random storms be back? What about…
Good Morning! We are still enjoying this brief but nice June Break. Great Election Day weather. On this video, I’ll show the trend, later in the week. First comes the humidity, then comes the return of those familiar summer random…
Good Morning! ..and it is a GOOD morning. Our wait is over. Drier air is overtaking the state. Finally, much lower humidity and some nice days and cooler nights. But, for how long? We’ll look at the week ahead, and…
Hang on. This oppressive humidity is about to go away soon. Relief is on the way. Storms will disappear from the radar. An important and very rare June front will move through the state today, on it’s way to the…
More heat & humidity today and tomorrow and there could be a few random potent storms roaming around here and there. The Heat index will be into the triple digit range again, but stand by. A frontal system moves through…
UPDATE: 5:30PM GOOD NEWS: NWS cancels Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Lee, Macon, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa counties MORNING VIDEO HEAT and HUMIDITY…
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT POTENTIAL: Cluster of strong to severe storms will enter NW Alabama shortly and slide east and southeast. The atmosphere is primed for action with all the heat and humidity and we could even severe storms into central…
Good Morning! Today the tropical downpours, finally, start to thin out in number. We’ll talk about a trend to fewer storms and hotter days. What about the weekend? A new wrinkle has developed. I had to adjust the rain chances. …
A complex of thunderstorms moving across central Alabama. I’m becoming increasingly concerned about the flash flood potential for the next few hours. After the excessive rainfall overnight, this next complex of storms will further exasperate the situation. Some serious flash flooding…
Early this morning the National Hurricane Center says Depression Alberto is just west of Montgomery and moving northward. It will, obviously, have a big impact on our weather today, and lingering impact even tomorrow. Who get’s the heaviest rainfall. The…
NHC says as of 3:40PM: “CENTER OF ALBERTO MAKING LANDFALL NEAR LAGUNA BEACH FLORIDA” Winds with Alberto at landfall estimated at 45 mph. Moving north at 9 mph. Pressure 994 mbs. Here’s the satellite loop as Alberto makes landfall a…
