Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Lightning at Orange Beach
This lightning shot was captured from video taken at Orange Beach, Alabama on July 17, 2009. We were at the Gulf State Park Romar Beach public beach area near the Phoenix V condos, looking north.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Cool July Temperatures
I just got home from the beach to Huntsville, Alabama. At 5:50 p.m. on July 20, 2009 the temperature here is 77.4 degrees. I feel like I accidentally bypassed Huntsville and ended up in Canada. The low here this morning was 58 degrees.J.B. Elliott of Alabamawx.com posted his usu…
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Blast from the past...
I was honored that weather legend Tom Skilling of WGN in Chicago commented on this video when I shared it with him via his page on Facebook. He said, "Tom Skilling at 11:20pm July 15Oh wow, Michael! Very cool--and a bit disconcerting! God bless You Tube for showing back in the d…
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Weather Insiders
Here is a great, new weather webcast produced by Kevin Selle, Weather Insiders....
Monday, July 13, 2009
Big Thunderstorms
3:00 PM Sunday 7/12/09, Mooresville, AL3:02 PM Sunday 7/12/09There have been countless lightning strikes in severe storms during the past 24 hours in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee. Last night I was awakened to some of the loudest and most frequent thunder and lightning I ha…
Friday, July 10, 2009
Answer to yesterday's question...
Bill Murray contacted Matt Solum, forecaster and webmaster for the NWS Billings, Montana, who said, "This is some sort of radio interference. Unless it is consistent or reoccurs over a long period of time, there is no possibility of us finding the source and resolving the proble…
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Attention Weather Geeks.......
I have seen images like the attached "spike feature" from Billings, MT Nexrad in the past and they usually seem to coincide with sunrise and sunset. This one was closer to Noon Billings time on July 2, 2009.Do any of you weather geeks know what caused this?I will post an answer …
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
2009 Alabama Rainfall Totals
For the first half of 2009...Huntsville---Since January 1, 2009: 32.42" Annual average: 32.17"Departure from average: +0.25" Last Year: 22.24"Muscle Shoals--- Since January 1, 2009: 27.66" Annual average: 31.39" Departure from average: -3.73" Last Year: 22.23"Birmingham---Since …
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday's Tornado in Marshall County, AL
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL447 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM MARSHALL COUNTY...A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS MARSHALLCOUNTY HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND M…
Monday, June 29, 2009
A Warm Dry Day in Alabama
Looking SE from Decatur, AL. This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!