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Alan Sealls is retired TV Chief Meteorologist after 37 years & 16 Emmys. BS Cornell, MS FSU, AMS Fellow, Adjunct Professor, Author, Consultant, Expert Witness

Mobile, Alabama, USA
Joined May 2011
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Tonight I was awarded another regional Emmy Award, in the @SuncoastEmmys for a weather segment I did explaining the forces of a tornado. This makes 14 career Emmy Awards.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Back down memory lane... 35 years ago today, my first professional broadcast at @WALBNews10 in Albany, Georgia #gawx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
Finally, the answer to the question, "Which station are you going to?" Thanks for your support! #mswx #alwx #flwx #weather #meteorology #twitterlessalansealls
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Breaking weather news...
@mynbc15
NBC 15 News
4 years
Congratulations, Alan! Chief Meteorologist Alan Sealls received a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award Saturday night for his excellence as a weather anchor.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
My new evening News crew at @mynbc15 I start on-air Jan 20th.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
View of double waterspouts over Mobile Bay around 11am, by Kathleen Corelli Schneider on Fowl River in south Mobile County #alwx . These type waterspouts dissipate if they reach land
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Alan Sealls
1 year
#SpaceX rentry seen in the @mynbc15 area of the central Gulf Coast, around 10pm, followed by a sonic boom. Video by BryanNAva Moore.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
A positive shout-out from my colleague @JimCantore yesterday. He and I go way back... Thanks, Jim!
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Sesame Street is adding a meteorologist to the cast! @ametsoc @nwas @noaa
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Thank you to @ALBroadcasters and judges. I was awarded an “Abby” for Best Weather Anchor in Alabama for 2022. #meteorology #broadcasting #awards #Alabama @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Just found out I won my 12th and 13th regional Emmy Award. @SuncoastEmmys . @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
LAURA-MARCO CONFUSION lingers over images like this. It's critical to know that maps showing an overlap are showing location overlap, NOT time overlap. In other words, Laura may cross the same area of Marco, well-AFTER Marco is gone. @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
10 months
I finally have prints available for sale with my #weather #photography exhibit at #Lupercalia @ArtSpeakeasy on Dauphin Street #Mobile #Alabama . Not sure that I'll make tomorrow's @MobileArts #LODA #Artwalk but stop by and see what catches your eye.
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Alan Sealls
1 year
Thanks for your votes ✔ in the #Lagniappe Newspaper readers' choice award "Nappies" for Best Meteorologist 🏆 🌩 in the Mobile Bay region, 8 years straight! @mynbc15 @lagniappemobile @saengermobile #mobilecounty #baldwincounty #Alabama
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Thanks, for your support, and your votes in the Lagniappe 2020 "Nappie Awards"!
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
I’m often asked where would if go if a tornado were headed to @mynbc15 . We have separate weather office, with no windows or glass doors, mostly below ground. Using remote PC access, & wireless microphone, I can track warnings & radar to continue storm coverage. #safeplaceselfie
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Dramatic mirage- The Cochrane-Africatown Bridge in Mobile, seen from Fairhope Pier, about 15 miles away, using telephoto lens. Photo by David R. Black. Light refracts, or bends, toward more dense, or cooler, air. Mirages are common along @mynbc15 area bays and coasts. #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
One down, one to go. We are all healthier when we vaccinate. Thanks @usaunivhospital Take that, COVID! @mynbc15 @ILoveMCHD
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Watching for lightning, this afternoon in Mobile #alwx on the tower of @mynbc15 #Hawks
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Trees in soaked soil were pushed over by steady wind, while others were snapped or had limbs taken off by high wind with wind gusts. Video by Debbie Beckham in Irvington #alwx #HurricaneSally2020 @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
8 months
Thanksgiving #weather starts with buttery sunshine, wind as light as whipped cream. We'll be cool as cranberry sauce. PM clouds spread like mashed potatoes on a plate, followed by a drizzling. Just like stuffing, clouds break up on Friday, giving a day as pleasant as pumpkin pie.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Calm landscape in Mobile #alwx . Cirrus #clouds and some #autumn color. @NWSMobile @CloudAppSoc @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
Tonight on NBC15, just a short visit before my official start.
@Kym_nbc15
Kym Anderson
5 years
It’s an exciting day! My good buddy will join us all on air tonight at 10:00! @AlanSealls is our new chief meteorologist at @mynbc15 ! I’m so glad to be working with such a weather expert and a great friend! Be sure to join us tonight at 10:00, after the Golden Globes Awards!
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
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I didn't make the 47th Annual Suncoast Emmy Awards tonight, but I did win my 15th & 16th Emmy Awards 🏆🏆 for a weather segment and a compilation of my year's highlights... Thanks to @SuncoastEmmys for promoting broadcast excellence, and to the other chapters who judged. @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
#Lightning last night over #Mobile #Alabama This type that crawls across the bottom of clouds is nicknamed spider lightning. #lightningstorm
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
I've been given the honor of serving as the Grand Marshal for the 2023 Gulf Shores Mardi Gras parade, on February 21st. Yes, I hope it doesn't rain, either! #GulfShores #alwx @City_GulfShores @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Moonrise motion. Watch the #moon shape and color change as it moves higher, in Mobile #alwx @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Before social media speculation takes you down the wrong path, the #earthquake today in southern #California is not related to Tropical Storm Hilary. Earthquakes are routine in that part of the world, although today's was stronger than typical. @natwxdesk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
Before you ask, I’m guessing it was a sonic boom felt in west Mobile, Alabama at 10:12am! @mynbc15 There’s rarely a way to confirm the cause. #alwx #mswx #flwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Another perspective of the 50,000' tall #cumulonimbus , just north of Pensacola #flwx , seen from Perdido Key, by Jeffrey Todd Nolan
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
#Hurricane Opal made landfall just southeast of Pensacola #flwx at Pensacola Beach in @weather_history 25 years ago today, leaving lessons for how hurricanes can rapidly form and change strength
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Paul T. Butler was at the right place at the right time to capture complete double rainbow, with anti-crepuscular rays. Anti-crepuscular are opposite the sun, crepuscular are looking toward the sun. @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
One of the @mynbc15 hawks in your #weather #forecast
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@AlanSealls
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5 years
Twas the night before the night before Christmas... and it is cloudy and mild in Mobile Alex
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
A "vapor cone" on back end of @BlueAngels jet, by Doug Walker, not a sonic boom! The fast speed of the jet squeezes air in front (high pressure), and leaves low pressure behind. In the low pressure, temperature falls and relative humidity rises to 100%, forming cloud.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
The #InternationalSpaceStation heading northeast over Mobile, Alabama. 30-second #photography time exposure, DSLR on tripod. #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
"Mare's tails" cirrus clouds today at Orange Beach #alwx , by Sherrill Ferazza @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Who saw the waterspout this morning over Mobile Bay? Karen Henriksen Wilson did. @ICWR #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Six years ago, today, an EF-3 tornado moved through northern Escambia County, FL, into Escambia County, AL, striking Century, FL. Statistics are here #flwx #alwx #tornado @weather_history
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Alan Sealls
1 year
#SpaceX rentry seen from #satsuma #alabama around 10pm, by Heme Nolfe. If you have a video, especially with sound, share it!
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
Just found out I'm a finalist for National Weatherperson of the Year. Vote, if you'd like #mswx #alwx #flwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Triple fair-weather #waterspouts , too tiny and low to be spotted by radar, sometimes happen in groups like these late-morning spouts near Coden #alwx Video by Sabrina Alexander @mynbc15 @ICWR @NWSMobile
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
The last sunrise of June, 2019 on Mobile Bay #alwx #twitterlessalansealls #Weather
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@AlanSealls
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4 years
One of the resident hawks at @mynbc15 acting as a feathered wind vane at sunset. #weather #hawk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
#waterspout yesterday, June 21, likely over Mobile Bay #Alabama , seen from #DogRiver marina (Mobile County) by Evan Bailey at 7:30pm. @NWSMobile @ICWR
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
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A long time coming, my three #weather books are now available, just in time for Holiday gifting. In the next few weeks, I hope to have them in local bookstores in the #mobilealabama and surrounding area Here's one of them...
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Clouds like these are part of the outer rainbands of #TropicalStormSally Here at @mynbc15 we already had 3/4 inch rain since midday. Photo by Renae English Fowler
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
I have the honor of being a featured subject in "That Could Be ME! Alabama: Journeys To STEM Careers" - a series of children’s books created by teens celebrating #STEM heroes of Alabama. I don't make any money from this! #education #Alabama #literacy
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
On the Mobile-Spanish Fort causeway, at 3:35pm. Thunderstorm with shelf cloud. Yet another reason for slow Bayway and Causeway traffic. ☹️ #alwx @NWSMobile
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
In case you missed it, a view of the color after #sunset , on Dauphin Island #alwx by Tammy Marie Sanderson
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Anticrepuscular rays (cloud shadows), by Mary Alms-Geram looking eastward, near sunset in Elberta #alwx @CloudAppSoc @NWSMobile @MYNBC15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Cat 4 #HurricaneDelta No one computer model is best in all storms and situations. Expect daily changes. Focus on what's most likely, not trivial. Pre-plan for various what-if scenarios. Don't think all social media posts with a lot of likes necessarily have value. Stay updated.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Another successful semester for #meteorology broadcast students at @UofSouthAlabama in METEOROLOGY 359. You may see these future forecasters on TV or online one day, giving your #weather report. @mynbc15
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9 months
These altocumulus clouds over #mobilealabama may soon give good sunset color.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Huge difference in AC filter after less than 10 weeks of use in 🥵 high temperatures. Don’t judge me! I normally change more frequently. Check yours and the gooey condensate buildup that causes clog, overflow and unneeded emergency HVAC call 📞 💸 !
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Friday's powerful tornado in #Mississippi left a mark seen by @MSEMA drone and by #USGS satellite, known as a tornado scar. #tornado aftermath #RollingForkStrong @natwxdesk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
After the #thunderstorms ⛈️moved south in Mobile County #Alabama , “spider lightning” ⚡️Not “heat lightning!” This video is slowed down to 1/3 actual speed. The clicking sound is a nearby camera shutter. Heat lightning is an old misnomer. @natwxdesk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
In my way at Pine Needle Drive East and Sprucewood in Hickory Ridge Subdivision of Mobile #alwx after #hurricaneZeta @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
You've seen a #raincurtain and you've seen a #rainshaft . Now you know they have names! #weather #watercycle #precipitation @natwxdesk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
5 years
Some of the BEST WEATHER PHOTOS of 2019, shared on my social media. Most were taken around the central Gulf Coast. #weather #photography #sky #sunset #alwx #mswx #flwx Be safe taking pictures. Never take pictures while driving a vehicle.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Another day, another halo, in Mobile. The dot in the upper right is a reflection of the sun inside the camera lens. @CloudAppSoc @mynbc15 #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
8 months
TORNADO or HURRICANE SAFETY in open floorplan home or home with no standalone interior room: You want to be in the smallest room, with the fewest outside walls, and no windows. That might be a closet or bathroom, or maybe a laundry area. #tornado #hurricane #safety
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Yard visitor, finding shade on sunny afternoon, in west Mobile #alwx . I think I’ll name it Myrtle... the turtle. @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Lunar eclipse, above Mobile, near sunrise by Don Davis via Chimein. #moon #astronomy #astronomyphotography @natwxdesk
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Evening thunderstorm shelf clouds cleared the beaches quickly. This photo by Lawana Madison at Fort Walton Beach, via Facebook.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Be sure to check out my four-part series on climate change, in @LagniappeMobile Pick up a copy, free in Mobile & Baldwin Counties, or subscribe online.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
“I love a rainy night,” said Eddie Rabbitt. Especially when part of the @mynbc15 area is in drought.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
A meteorologist is always looking up. Today I was looking down, around my yard, to see what was new. A good lesson for the kids- to see what's growing, budding, digging, and living in your personal ecosystem. @mynbc15 @mobilepublicsch @bcbeschools
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
And the sky said, “let’s get ready to rumble.”
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Is there a better time of year on the Gulf Coast? #mswx #alwx #flwx @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
15 years ago, @weather_history #Hurricane #Katrina made landfall as a Category 3, lowering from a Category 5 the day before. Record storm surge remained as what would have been expected from a Category 5. #lawx #mswx #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Highlights of this morning's #snow in inland counties of the @mynbc15 area #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
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Upcoming retirement. What now? An easy reader on #weather #meteorology for adults & teens, and another book on my #tv #broadcasting career. Third book soon on my weather #photography , hopefully by end of month. Keep checking... @NABJ @RTDNA @ametsoc @nwas
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
A great time earlier today in #gulfshores #alabama as 2023 #mardigras parade Grand Marshal. Thanks for all the smiles, waves, handshakes and hugs! @City_GulfShores
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Alan Sealls
3 years
Halo spotting in today’s thin cirrus clouds on the Gulf Coast. @mynbc15 @cloudappsoc @NWSMobile
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Moon sneaking up
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Water meets #water , on #MobileBay by Katherine S. via ChimeIn. Another view of the evening thunderstorm that moved southward on Mobile Bay to #FortMorganAlabama and #DauphinIslandAlabama #alwx @natwxdesk @NWSMobile
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Do not underestimate the range of possible impact with TS Sally in the @mynbc15 area. It will strengthen and slow, to make a turn tomorrow, making forecasts difficult. Hurricane Warnings now cover Mobile & Baldwin Counties
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
As #HurricaneDelta makes landfall, Lake Charles is without a National Weather Service Doppler radar, due to #HurricaneLaura . Nearby radars supply enough information to fill in the data gaps but there will be details missed. #lawx
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@AlanSealls
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1 year
After the evening #rain in @mynbc15 communities Lauren Furlong found a bunch of color at #sunset .
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Is it just me or do you see an elephant standing on its hind legs in the cumulus clouds? ...or maybe it's a dog?
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Incoming gust front... The view from Fly Creek marina in Daphne #alwx , by Patrick Gormandy. If you are along Mobile Bay, and haven't gotten wet yet, you will see this coming. @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
11 months
As of noon, #Mobile #Alabama is 100° and climbing. Yesterday, we set an all-time record high of 106° (Records go back to 1872). As of today, Mobile has hit 100° or above, 11 times this month. That is also a record number for a year. A typical year gets us to 100° once.
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Alan Sealls
3 years
Double #rainbow , by the Benken Family, in Beulah, FL (northwest of Pensacola, south of Cantonment) #flwx @mynbc15
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
3 years
Is that a shark in the clouds, or do you see something else? Photo at Orange Beach #alwx by @cityorangebeach
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
1 year
Today in #Mobile #Alabama #alwx , #pileus #clouds are not unusual on top of fast-growing #cumulus cloud turrets. They are a smooth veil of cloud that tells you that the clouds have strong updrafts. @natwxdesk @NWSMobile
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Alan Sealls
2 years
A miniature #RipCurrent ... It's not exactly the same as the #RipCurrents that pull you out into deeper water but it gives you an idea of what happens. Know how to escape a rip current #beach #safety #lifeguard @NWSMobile @NWSTallahassee
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
Who remembers? ...in 1995, on this day in @weather_history , Hurricane Erin struck Pensacola #flwx . It was the first direct #hurricane strike there since 1926.
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Alan Sealls
3 years
Didn't you want to do this today? It's Archie, the dog, in Orange Beach #alwx Video by Kimberly Clements.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Moonrise, looking like a pumpkin over Mobile #alwx @mynbc15 at 6:07pm
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
WIND ADVISORY for strong SE wind continues in @mynbc15 area. Expect coastal flooding, and eastbound Mobile-Spanish Fort Causeway flooding, especially as we near high tide in a few hours. Severe weather threat increases toward sunset. Stay alert.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
A pop of color in Mobile #alwx
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Morning reflections on Shelby Lake at Gulf State Park of Gulf Shores #alwx @mynbc15 Photo by Milton Rittelmeyer, via Facebook.
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
Pensacola, Florida, at Palafox and Romana, after #HurricaneSally and after the #Hurricane of 1906. #flwx @weather_history
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
4 years
We’re not closing down, we are getting ready. Join us right now on @mynbc15 News for an extended newscast on Hurricane #Sally .
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@AlanSealls
Alan Sealls
2 years
An even colder and longer stretch of frigid air around Christmas in 1989 left the nearshore of Mobile Bay #alwx frozen, and holding on to some of the snow that fell. It included two nights in single digits and two days stuck in the 20s. Point Clear photo by Emily Ellis Richards
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