TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER: Hazy, hot, and humid across Alabama today. We are going to see more sun than clouds with temperatures in the lower and mid 90s, and the heat index will be climbing to the 100°-105° in spots. We will be watching the radar this afternoon as showers and storms are expected to pop up over portions of the…
You know the drill by now, as it is the same song and dance every afternoon this time of year; dry mornings, then the afternoons are highlighted by an active radar with pockets of convection that can produce lots of lightning and those intense tropical downpours. With the surplus of rain across the area it will not take much to…
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore finished on top of a crowded field in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. However, he did not receive enough votes to avoid a runoff with second-place finisher U.S. Sen. Luther Strange. Moore says he wants to fight the political establishment in Washington. He voted Tuesday morning by riding a horse to his polling…
U.S. Sen. Luther Strange may have finished second to former Chief Justice Roy Moore in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, but that was good enough to make the Sep. 26 runoff. Second place is where the Strange campaign told Alabama News Network they thought they would be. Â For his supporters at his watch party in the Birmingham suburb of…
U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks failed to win enough votes to make it to the runoff in the special election for U.S. Senate. He finished third in the Republican primary behind former Chief Justice Roy Moore and U.S. Sen. Luther Strange. Brooks told Alabama News Network the loss was a bit disappointing. He even had a few things to say about…
Doug Jones, a lawyer and former U.S. attorney under the Clinton administration, has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He easily beat the other candidates in the race and will go on to face the Republican nominee in the general election on Dec. 12. Jones is perhaps best known for leading the prosecution of two Klansmen for the 1963…
Polls have closed across Alabama in the special election for U.S. Senate. Click here for live election results from the Associated Press. The special election is to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Jeff Sessions, who resigned earlier this year to become Attorney General under President Trump. Then-Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange to fill the seat….
TYPICAL TUESDAY IN AUGUST: Hot and humid today with highs in the lower and mid 90s, and heat index values will be over 100° at times. The only heat relief will come from scattered afternoon showers and storms. Storms will be capable of producing lots of lightning, and once again, tropical downpours as a very tropical air mass is in…
To our west, an upper-level feature is going to eject out of the Plains and move along the boundary across the state. Our Monday looks to be a bit wetter than our Sunday, with widespread and numerous showers and storms across the state especially this afternoon and evening. Of course, we will be watching for localized areas of flash flooding…
FOR FRIDAY: Little change in our forecast as we are going see more rain and storms. Rain will be possible at anytime due to the very moisture-rich air mass, but greatest coverage will occur during the afternoon and evening hours due to heating with scattered to numerous showers and storms. With our precipitable water values above 2 inches, heavy showers…
