It’s a new month and now that we have made it past the coldest part of the winter on average, February usually promises gradually warmer weather for North Alabama. Average high temperatures climb from the low 50s at the beginning of the month to near 60 by the end. The record high for [...]

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One of the major threats from this system will be localized flooding.  Rain will continue to fall across many portions of the region through tomorrow morning with more isolated strong storms tomorrow afternoon.  The stronger storms will likely track across areas north of I-20 tomorrow afternoon.

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This morning was our coldest morning of the year and of the 2009-2010 winter season! We reached 14 degrees early this morning (FYI – we haven’t reached 14° since January of 2003). Despite the bitter cold temperature, this was no where near the record low of 4 degrees set back in 1982. As we go [...]

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.5″ in Childersburg – mainly in grassy areas (currently snowing as of 6:55pm)
1″ in Ashland
Bad roads conditions continue to come in from Blount and Etowah Counties. Be careful late tonight and tomorrow morning.

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It’s been a cold 2010 so far and it’s about to get even colder. Another surge of arctic air will push into the area on Thursday…this one even colder than what we have been dealing with the last few days. Light snow arrives with the colder air (check out all the numerous posts [...]

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If you thought we had a lot of rain this year, you we’re right. 2009 will go down in the record books as the 7th wettest year in Huntsville. With last night’s rainfall, the grand total for this year recorded at Huntsville International Airport is…drumroll please…67.70″…almost a foot more rain than we see [...]

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Since yesterday people have been asking me if it’s going to snow on Christmas or Christmas Eve.  At this point, I’m not going to say a White Christmas is impossible – it’s just not likely.  We are talking about a forecast that is over 200 hours out.  I’ve missed snow forecasts within 8 hours of [...]

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You may have noticed a strange ring around the moon tonight.  We’ve already received a number of calls from viewers noticing the same thing.  Here’s the explanation.  The ring is caused by the refraction of moonlight (which is reflected sunlight) from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.  The hexagonal shape of these crystals is focusing [...]

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I stopped along AL-119 between Hwy. 280 and Leeds today and snapped this picture.  The Fall colors were awesome and the canopy of trees provided a very scenic drive.  I was enroute to Moody Elementary School for Celebrity Reading Day.  I had a great time reading to the kids.  If you’d like me or any [...]

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