Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Brett Adair and the Alabama Storm Trackers may be going on a chase in Arkansas on Tuesday. Contact Brett Adair for more information if interested at brett@livestormsnow.com.

   SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS
   STORMS DEVELOP/INTENSIFY WITH TIME.  EVENTUAL WW ISSUANCE IS
   POSSIBLE.
  
   LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE AND RADAR LOOPS SHOW CONVECTION SLOWLY
   DEVELOPING ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA…BOTH INVOF A SEA BREEZE
   BOUNDARY NEAR THE SERN TX/SRN LA COAST AND ALSO FARTHER N INTO SRN
   MS NEAR THE SYNOPTIC-SCALE FRONT.  THE CONVECTION IS INITIATING
   WITHIN A THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT FEATURING VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES
   THROUGH A DEEP LAYER…AND A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER.  THIS
   COMBINED WITH DIURNAL HEATING IS YIELDING MIXED-LAYER CAPE VALUES
   NOW AS HIGH AS 3500 J/KG FROM SERN TX EWD ACROSS SRN LA.
  
   AS HEATING/DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES…AND AS A COMPACT UPPER
   LOW/VORT MAX SHIFTS SEWD OUT OF OK INTO THE ARKLATEX
   REGION…LARGE-SCALE ASCENT SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE DISCUSSION
   AREA…SUPPORTING AN INCREASE IN BOTH STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.
   WHILE PROFILER/VWP DATA AND MORNING RAOBS REVEAL MODEST FLOW ALOFT
   — AND THUS SHEAR VALUES GENERALLY UNSUPPORTIVE OF
   SUPERCELLS…DEGREE OF INSTABILITY APPEARS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME
   THIS LIMITATION AND YIELD AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND
   LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  WHILE WW IS NOT
   IMMINENT…INCREASING POTENTIAL MAY EVENTUALLY WARRANT WATCH
   ISSUANCE.
  
   ..GOSS.. 09/28/2011
  
  
   ATTN…WFO…MOB…JAN…LIX…LCH…SHV…HGX…

Don’t worry about any falling sattelite hitting you, Alabama. NASA says the odds are one in 21 trillion! However, if you do beat the odds, NASA urges you not to touch it. Here is the current UARS sattelite location.

Tropical Storm Maria has formed in the Atlantic. Maria looks like she could impact the continental US. Stay connected to AlabamaStormTrackers.com and LiveStormsNow.com for the latest on Tropical Storm Maria and all tropical activity in the Atlantic basin.

Stay connected to Alabamastormtrackers.com and Livestormsnow.com for the latest on Irene, and contact Brett Adair at brett@livestormsnow.com for information on a tropical tour.

Severe Thunderstorms are impacting Jefferson, Marion, Blount, Walker, and Winston counties.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Dallas County. The warning includes Selma.

Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Madison County in North Alabama. 1-3 inches of rain is possible.