Alabama’s sales tax holiday weekend is underway on back-to-school items and other merchandise, such as diapers and some computers. From Friday, August 5 until midnight Sunday, August 7, the state is waiving its 4% sales tax on eligible clothes, school supplies and electronics. In addition, many cities and counties are waiving their local taxes. To get a complete list…
FINALLY FRIDAY: Very little change in our weather forecast for today as we continue to deal with hot and humid weather. Highs will be in the upper 90s again today and we are once again under a Heat Advisory as heat index values will range from 100°-109°. Heat relief will come from showers and storms that pop-up across Alabama, mainly…
HEAT ADVISORY: Temperatures are well into the 90s and heat index values will be well over 100°, and some heat index values will be as high as 109° at times. For that reason, a Heat Advisory continues for much of the area through 9PM this evening, as dangerous heat levels are expected. This afternoon, clouds will be on the increase…
Another hot and humid day, as we continue to see an upper-level ridge to the west of the state, and with Alabama on the eastern periphery of this ridge, we are seeing our upper-level flow out of the north. This allows clusters of storms to move out of the Midwest into the Southeast, and that is what we saw on…
Exit 38 along Interstate 85 is starting to look a little different as crews break ground on a new development. “We are breaking the ground on the infrastructure, which is the basic foundation and I can tell you its been a long time coming,” said Mayor Johnny Ford. Mayor Johnny Ford says it will be on the site of a…
Hot and humid weather continues across the state, and we just don’t see much change in the overall weather pattern this time of year as we stay in the doldrums of summer. For today, the sky across Central Alabama will be partly to mostly clear with the typical cumulus clouds overhead that form during a summertime day. By this afternoon,…
HELLO AUGUST: With a surface boundary stalled out across southern portions of the state, we will keep our chances of showers and thunderstorms around 50%. Otherwise, the sky will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 90s for the most of South/Central Alabama. Showers and storms could last well into the evening, and overnight lows will be…
The Montgomery Ballet performed for hundreds of fans on the lawn of Blount Cultural Park Friday evening. The show featured students from the Montgomery Ballet school as well as the ballet’s summer intensive program. It was choreographed by Patric Palkens, the principle dancer of the Cincinnati Ballet. The performance gave people the chance to see the dancers taking part in…
FINALLY FRIDAY We are seeing a weakness in the upper ridge across the Deep South which is allowing many of us in Alabama to have better rain chances today and for the near forecast as well. For the last day of the work week, expect the sky to be partly cloudy across South/Central Alabama, with scattered showers and storms from…
Nanny the Goat is getting quite a lot of attention around downtown Montgomery. “We’ve observed just seeing people as they walk by and see Nanny. They see her, they kind of laugh and they say this is neat I wonder what that is about,” said Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Tourism Director Meg Lewis. And Nanny’s getting some funny reactions…
