A cold front moved through the area overnight, and the weather today, will be cooler. The sky will be mostly sunny across the area, daytime highs will make it into the mid 60s and our winds will mainly be out of the north at 5-10 MPH. The sky will continue to me mostly clear throughout the overnight hours, and lows…
FOR FRIDAY: A sun-filled sky will greet you outside all day. Our winds will shift back around from the south, so we are going to be dealing with warmer temperatures as we should see afternoon highs in the mid 60s. Overall, a fine-looking Friday. LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT: The full Moon will lose some of its usual luster on Friday night…
The cold front has pushed through the area overnight and has brought a cold snap to end the work week. Today should be mainly sunny, with blustery conditions and colder temperatures. Highs will only be in the upper 50s, and a brisk northwest wind, it will be feeling much colder. We drop to near freezing by early tomorrow morning. Then,…
Shortly after 6 o’clock tonight CST, the U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to become the nation’s next Attorney General. The vote was 52-47. The vote came after a bitter debate. Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said Sessions is “honest” and “fair” — but Democrats questioned his civil rights record, and said he wouldn’t be willing to stand up…
February 7, 1967 will forever be remembered as one of the most tragic days in Montgomery history. It was the day that 26 people were killed in a massive fire inside the upscale Dale’s Penthouse restaurant. That night, fire broke out in the coatroom of the restaurant, which sat on the top floor of what is now the Capital Towers in…
Dense morning fog throughout Central Alabama this morning. It will be a very warm day with highs in the 70s. The air mass has not changed all that much from yesterday. The main surface front pushes through the state late tonight and the front will provide some uplift for a relatively unstable air mass. However, a very strong capping inversion…
Our Golden Apple Award winner this week comes from the Marengo County School System in West Alabama. As a 3rd grade teacher at K4-12 Sweet Water High School, Tanya Williams, leaves a tremendous impact on the lives of her student’s, early and then is able to see them continue to grow and develop as an individual. She offers these words…
STORMS IN THE FORECAST: As we roll through the next 36 hours, we are going to see a couple of rounds of strong to potentially severe storms that could impact Alabama. Today, we are going to see a deep surface low move across the Great Lakes, between Chicago and Detroit. This low will have a trailing cold front across the…
Former Gov. Don Siegelman has been told that he will be released from a federal prison in Louisiana on Wednesday, according to an email provided to Alabama News Network from his friend and former aide Chip Hill. Hill says Siegelman will be on very restricted supervised probation for an initial period of time, expected to be about six months.  Following that,…
Light showers from overnight will continue to lift northward through the morning hours along with the warm front. You will notice the warm up today behind the warm front, with readings rising into the lower and mid 70s for most of South Alabama. STORMS IN THE FORECAST: Tonight, a surface low will form over southeastern Kansas. It will begin a…
