People gathering at Adams Drugs in Millbrook to see the eclipse. Alabamians across the state are stopping what they’d normally be doing on a Monday afternoon to witness the solar eclipse. In Montgomery, roughly 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon around 1:34 PM CDT. At the W.A. Gayle Planetarium, crowds are gathering to see the eclipse…
THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE: Well, the time is here for the biggest celestial event of the year, and the first total solar eclipse for the U.S. since 1979. Good news, the dry weather pattern holds for the event and it looks like a good day to watch a solar eclipse. We are forecasting a partly to mostly sunny sky, with…
The upcoming solar eclipse is getting a lot of hype with safety glasses selling out at just about every store. Some people are excited about seeing the phenomenon. “I think it’s going to be good. It’s not something that our children see a lot of and we are going to take our children, my grandchildren, down to Tennessee to see…
LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE AUGUST TO ME: It will be hot and humid across Alabama, with a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the lower 90s and the heat index will be over 100° in spots. We are going to see a weak frontal boundary push south through the state, and it will likely produce…
On the heels of the deadly Charlottesville rallies, Prattville community leaders, church members and law enforcement gathered at Ward AME Church Thursday evening. It was a time to discuss issues especially those that involve the youth. “We want to affect change. Be a change agent in our community. We want to stop the pipeline to prison. We want to do…
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…
It’s been busy at the Montgomery planetarium lately as people get ready for the solar eclipse production and come to find out a little more about it. “I’ve seen so many pictures. I always wondered what it would feel like, so it would probably be cool to see with my own eyes, but I probably can’t look for long,” said…
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…
