Alabama Current Watches and WarningsYet another storm system will spread another band of clouds across the area tonight. Light rain is possible late tonight, but rain is much more likely during the day Tuesday as a strong cold front marches eastward across the southern states. It will turn sharply colder behind the front with lows falling to the 20’s [...]
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The same powerful storm that brought 2-to-3 inches of rain to much of our area on Friday and dumped record snowfall on the mid-Atlantic continued on Saturday to generate windy conditions for us even as it departed off the East Coast. The steep pressure gradient between that exiting low-pressure area and the incoming high-pressure resulted [...]
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It seems that it has been raining cats and dogs every other week. Well in fact, it has! The last thing we need is more rain. However, the numbers are slightly deceiving because it’s the beginning of the year, and the beginning of the a new month.
For the month of February we are in a [...]
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Look for a very rainy night ahead across the state. Rainfall will be locally heavy at times. Rainfall amounts of 2-3″ are likely in many Alabama communities, and there could be some flooding issues in localized areas.
The wet weather will end from west to east across Alabama tomorrow, exiting the state into Georgia sometime early [...]
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For those interested in learning more about forecasting Winter weather and its challenges. You should read this post from meteorologist Scott Unger at the National Weather Service office in Birmingham.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=weatherreview_01292010
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It was a nice Wednesday, as expected, but more big changes are ahead. The latest in a series of Gulf storm systems will spread a band of rain into south Alabama in the overnight hours tonight. Soaking rains are a good bet for Thursday, Thursday night and even much of Friday, before the rain begins [...]
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After a cloudy start, we had a nice Tuesday afternoon across the area. Our dry weather will continue through at least Wednesday evening. Tonight, look for a few clouds along with patches of fog developing across the area. Lows will fall into the lower 30’s
Tomorrow, after a foggy start in spots, look for a pretty [...]
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Thought this update from the Tennessee Aquarium would be very appropriate on this Groundhog Day:
The Tennessee Aquarium’s groundhog, Chattanooga Chuck has issued the following Groundhog Day Forecast:
I strolled within the Tennessee Aquarium’s halls,
To chat about weather with the animals.
The penguins were the first to step up and speak,
“More winter chill would suit our flippers and [...]
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It was a wild Month of January, incuding the coldest first 15 days of the month since weather records began 138 years ago.
…THE MONTGOMERY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2010…
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2010
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH [...]
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Seems like January flew by, as we are already gearing up for Groundhog day tomorrow. So what does the forecast look like in Punxsutawney, PA? (By the way, Punxsutawney is a little north of a half way point between State College and Pittsburgh)
For now, the forecast is looking cloudy and bitterly cold in Punxsutawney. In [...]
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