We’re just a few more days away from Christmas, and that means everyone is going to be caught up in plans for parties, family get-togethers, church services, travel plans, etc. We’re going to take the time today to break down the forecast for the Christmas holiday weekend here locally, as well as give an overview […]
Christmas Weekend Forecast and Travel Weather Read More »
Whew, it was a COLD start to the day across the Tennessee Valley! We dropped down into the upper teens and lower 20s. We will not get very warm this afternoon, with highs just in the low to mid 40s. Keep your warm weather gear handy for the rest of today and tonight. Lows tonight
Warmer temps build up ahead of Christmas Weekend rain. Read More »
After the recent rainfall events across the area, we wanted to provide an update on where we stand in terms of the rainfall deficit/surplus across the Tennessee Valley and how that factors into the ongoing drought across the area. We had some weekend showers move through the region, but the heaviest rain stayed well off
An update on recent rainfall and ongoing drought conditions across the TN Valley Read More »
Our next weather-maker is here – mostly. Through the first half of today, a few showers have been lingering in the general vicinity of the TN Valley (and especially off to our SW), but some relatively drier air has kept the more notable rain totals at bay, and will likely continue to do so. Granted,
Hit or miss showers this weekend – and some serious cold inbound Read More »
This week had provided the Tennessee Valley with fantastic weather, but all good things must come to an end. Enjoy this evening, because rain moves in by Saturday. We say goodbye to the clear blue sky from this morning and trade it in for cloud cover by tonight. Clouds will gradually increase through the rest
Weekend woes: breezy with a few showers. Cold next week! Ready for it? Read More »
We’ve discussed several times before just how many various ways we have at our disposal to investigate radar data to find possibly dangerous areas of rotation – be it from analyzing the structure of storms on radar, or their doppler velocities, these tools have proven invaluable since their nationwide rollout some 35 years ago. In
Correlation Coefficient: How Radar Tracks Debris in Tornadoes Read More »
The overnight update from the NWS Storm Prediction Center raised a large part of our viewing area to a Level 2 of 5 risk of severe storms for Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. The overall forecast thinking hasn’t changed. This is an eastward shift in their risk areas that we had been expected, and that
Strong to Severe Storms Possible Saturday Afternoon into the Overnight Read More »
Across the world, every culture has it’s wives tales – from the old saying “red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning“, to the myth that woolly caterpillars can predict snowfall totals in the months ahead, we’ve all probably quoted one at one point or another. But there’s one in
Persimmon Seeds – Are They Reliable Forecasters? Read More »
The title says it all – when you have this gray, rainy type of weather like we’ve had for the last day or two, all you want to do is grab a coffee and a blanket and lay by the window all day. Thankfully… it’s the weekend, so do it! It’s a fairly typical December
More “sleeping weather” through today – but a great end to our weekend in store. Read More »
Rainfall still ran below average for the month of November across the Tennessee Valley. For regional stats, our closest reporting site is the climate reporting station at the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals. That location measured 2.36 inches of rain for the month of November. While an improvement from the weeks before, that
December Climatology in the Tennessee Valley Read More »
