BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032010 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010 …CENTER OF BONNIE OVER BISCAYNE BAY…MOST OF THE WEATHER ALREADY INLAND… SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…25.4N 80.3W ABOUT 30 MI…45 KM SSW OF MIAMI FLORIDA ABOUT 130 MI…210 KM SE OF […]
Many of you have noticed the ABC 33/40 web site has changed this week. A few points that might help… *The weather blog has not changed at all…our format here along the the content is completely unchanged. *You can find the seven day forecast and discussion here; you might need to change your bookmarks. Again, […]
This is a week all of our kids and coaches, moms and dads won’t soon forget. Being at the home of baseball with a 12 year old team playing 103 other teams from around the nation, in a truly beautiful setting, is about as good as it gets…
Getting set for tonight’s opening ceremony at the Cooperstown Dreams Park. A total of 104 teams from around the nation are here to play in a week long tournament; we are the only team from Alabama. It took a 23 hour bus trip to get here!
We pulled out of Birmingham around 10:00… Our 12 boys on the Hoover East roster, four coaches, one umpire, and a bunch of parents. I am writing this as we drive through Knoxville shortly after 3:00 a.m. EDT. Thankfully I am used to little or no sleep; we are driving straight to Cooperstown, where we […]
I will be away from the weather business for the next 10 days… I am helping coach a 12 year old baseball team called the “Hoover East Heat”. We leave tonight for Cooperstown, New York, the home of baseball, to play in a week-long tournament at the Cooperstown Dreams Park. We will be there with […]
Working today in Gulf Shores on a prime time ABC 33/40 special that will air later this month. No oil smell, but clear evidence of oil in the surf at the public beach…
WeatherBrains Episode 232 is now online (July 6, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! This week’s Guest Panelist is author Ken Bass. Ken developed a lifetime love of disaster stories from the moment he read Disaster at Johnstown: The Great Flood as a fourth grader growing […]
(Following is a fictional scenario from a new disaster novel…) It’s Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010…and the city of New York is virtually isolated from the rest of the world tonight after a devastating encounter with Hurricane Nicole. Packing top winds of 140 mph, the Category Four hurricane made landfall near Sandy Hook, NJ just after […]
I saw a report last night that a New York man had blown off his arm shooting party fireworks Saturday night. Another too oft reported story. To help you celebrate safely this Fourth of July if you must shoot fireworks, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Council on Fireworks Safety offer the following […]
It’s a sad story that is oft repeated unfortunately. A Pelham woman drowned on Friday while trying to rescue a young child that was struggling in the surf at Orange Beach. The child drowned as well. Here are some rip current safety rules from the National Weather Service. When at the beach: * Whenever possible, […]
Author Ken Bass will be on WeatherBrains Monday night to talk about his novel Landstrike, about a Category 4 hurricane hitting New York City. Ken relies on extensive research to try to present an accurate but frightening portrayal of what would happen if this scenario unfolded. A great read. I will have a complete review […]
Just a little “inside baseball” news this afternoon… today is the last day that we will produce our daily WeatherFax forecast product. This started way back in 1993, before most folks used the Internet, and was one of our prime methods of distributing weather to businesses and institutions that really need detailed weather information for […]
As you would expect, July is the hottest month of the year in Birmingham. The average daytime high is 90.6F. The average overnight low is 69.7. There really isn’t much difference on average between July and August. The hottest day ever in Birmingham, occurred on July 29, 1930, when the mercury hit a sizzling 107F. […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
