It’s almost hard to believe the year has flown by as it has, but here we are making our way out of September and we begin October tomorrow! We are now firmly within the early portion of fall, and our weather here in the Tennessee Valley typically responds accordingly. Our average temperatures change pretty quickly […]

We’ve got a busy week of weather ahead for the Tennessee Valley! The two main instigators: an approaching cold front and a tropical system expected to become a gulf hurricane by mid-week. There is a lot to unpack, so let’s dive in chronologically. As of this morning, there is a cold front to our west

Well, it’s safe to say most of us are sick and tired of the rain! Francine’s remnants brought us a ton of it. While it was much needed, the heavy rainfall did cause some flooding issues across the area. We also have a broken record! Muscle Shoals, Alabama has a new record daily maximum rainfall

After becoming a hurricane early last evening, Francine has continued to intensify overnight with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as of the 4am advisory this morning. A little additional strengthening is expected before wind shear and dry air entrainment increase this afternoon before the system makes landfall, and Francine is officially forecast to become

All eyes in the weather center continue to be on the tropical disturbance in the Bay of Campeche and western Gulf of Mexico. This is actually the same system that we’ve been tracking across the Atlantic and through the Caribbean for over a week now! Now that it has moved over into the southwestern Gulf

I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend! Hopefully it was filled with good food, good company, and much-needed rain. Over the last 3 days, the Tennessee Valley saw anywhere from about 1-2 inches of rain. We have more rain on the way this week, plus a NICE cool down! As for today, expect

The Doppler on Wheels team, headed by Josh Wurman & Karen Kosiba, announced Wednesday on the FARM website the establishment of a new partnership with the University of Alabama Huntsville. The partnership comes after several years of intense and focused research in the Southeastern United States by both organizations in an effort to better understand

Not everybody got rain yesterday, but several locations did, and it actually overperformed a little bit compared to forecast expectations. Here are Doppler Radar dual-pol estimated rainfall totals from the past 24 hours. Areas in green are estimated to have seen as much as a half inch or more! Where the rain happened yesterday, it

Heat safety is crucial during these forecasted high temperatures! Those most vulnerable to experience adverse effects from excessive heat are those who are considered infants, children, elderly, pregnant or experience a chronic illness.  Even if you do not fall within the categories listed above, you do still need to be aware of heat safety. It

We continue to wake up to comfortable morning temperatures across the Tennessee Valley. We’re hanging out in the 60s across the area as of the 5:00am hour. High pressure is in firm control of the weather across our region, both at the surface, and aloft, and this means quiet weather is ahead for now. Don’t