Even from 438 miles above the Earth, you can tell that something very significant happened around Tuscaloosa and Birmingham April 27th. For the first time, an energy-sensing instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has been used to identify tracks left by the devastating tornado that tore through central Alabama. Here’s what the damage path looks like […]
Credit: Wikipedia Commons, photographer Andre Natta The national weather community will be coming to Birmingham October 15-20, 2011 as the National Weather Association brings its Annual Meeting to Birmingham and the Wynfrey Hotel. The program committee will be really active over the next month, finalizing the theme for the meeting, making final additions to the […]
Skies are completely clear across the entire state of Alabama early on this Sunday afternoon. On the weather maps, every station in the state has an empty circle at the center of its observational plot, indicating clear skies. If you go north, you would have to go all the way to station CYAM to find […]
Widely scattered showers continue to develop in the unstable air over Alabama. The atmosphere is very cold, and we have received reports of ice pellets in the Birmingham metro area within the hour. We have have reports of a few snow flakes from Blount and Cullman Counties. The best chance of snow flakes will remain […]
The International Space Station makes a pass over Birmingham early this evening, and a combination of factors suggest we’ll have a great chance to see this marvel of technology. The ISS is scheduled to approach from the west-southwest and, at its maximum elevation, will be very high in the sky, at 84 degrees elevation (90 […]
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.
