Thursday, March 25, 2010
Alabaster, AL Tornado Video
Videos were taken by Heather Bates. Thanks to Stephanie Honeycutt for sharing them!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
CAPE is the Question
RUC 0-3km MLCAPE, effective at 5 p.m.CAPE stands for convective available potential energy. Essentially, CAPE is a measure of the instability in the atmosphere which is one of the main ingredients for severe weather. Warm, moist air near the surface, combined with cooler, dry ai…
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Latest on Severe Potential
Excerpt from the SPC....BY EARLY AFTERNOON...A STRONG DRY SLOT OVER TX WILL ROTATE NORTHEASTWARD INTO MS/WESTERN TN. A PERIOD OF SUNSHINE IN THIS REGION WILL HELP TO STEEPEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS WITH POCKETS OF MUCAPE OVER 1000 J/KG EXPECTED. OVERNI…
Thursday, March 25, 2010
On the road....
4:223:262:13 - Storms Developing / STS Watch - Sun in North Alabama...
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 150 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA SMALL PARTS OF NORTHE…
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Severe Weather Tomorrow
SPC Day 2 Severe Weather OutlookSPC/SREF Supercell Composite Index, Valid 3 PM 3/25/10SPC/SREF Significant Tornado >1 Index, Valid 3PM, 3/25/10Severe weather, including a few tornadoes, is possible in Alabama tomorrow afternoon and evening. Despite some lingering cool air at the…
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Morgan County Snow Showers
On 3/22/2010, the first full day of spring, snow showers associated with an upper level low pressure system moved across North Alabama resulting in a dusting of snow in higher elevations.One of my co-workers, Debbie Blevins, took the video and the pictures seen below in the Oden…
Monday, March 22, 2010
Snow Showers in North Alabama
8:40 UAH ARMOR Radar ...
Monday, March 22, 2010
Snowing in the Bradford Pear Blooms
Decatur, AL 10:15 a.m.This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickT…
Friday, March 19, 2010
Perfect Weather Warning....
ALABAMA REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUPNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL200 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEETWITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.THE REMARK "TC" DENOTES TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES CELSIUS.NORTH ALA…