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It is causing misery over a wide area. The crippling storm will hang in there unto the weekend. The intense low was in the general vicinity of the New England Coast this evening. It will loop inland and curve back toward the SE. This is quite unusual. Heavy rain was falling on the New England [...]

So, “what is new about that” you say. It has been that way many times this winter. Our forecast low for BHM this morning was very accurate. However, we feared some colder temperatures because the models were on track about the invasion of some very low dew points between 10 and 13 degrees. So, here [...]

MID MORNING SPOT REPORTS Huntsville…34 light snow Decatur…30 light snow Muscle Shoals…30 light snow Memphis…32 light snow Jackson, Tenn.,…30 light snow, visibility down to 1/2 mile Tunica, Miss.,…32 light snow, one inch on roads OTHER REPORTS * One inch of snow has accumulated on roads and bridges in and around Tunica, Miss., just south of [...]

It would be interesting to know what the total bill for this winter will be for all the damage to forests from freezing rain, the utility companies and also the municipal governments for snow and ice removal. I heard some press reports several weeks ago, that a number of the cities in the Midwest and [...]

Many square miles of the South Central USA eastward now under the gun for a serious winter with major icing problems. This includes near blizzard conditions in places like Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle. A mid-morning surface analysis shows that the low pressure area is already under development over South and West Texas with a [...]

Bad, bad weather in the Far West and covering a wide area. Here are some examples: CALIFORNIA * Gust to 50 mph at mid-afternoon yesterday east of Lakeside in San Diego County. One person was killed and another injured. Several weather stations along the San Diego County Coast reported gusts over 50 mph as a [...]

Here we go with another list of low temperatures around the great state of Alabama, home of the Paint Rock River Valley, DeSoto State Park and Demopolis. Hope you don’t mind that I occasionally roam far and wide. ALABAMA (Thanks to Jason for helping) 11 Oneonta 12 Russellville Airport, Jasper 13 Valley Head 15 Scrougeout, [...]

Seems to be some doubt from readers that there could be ice skating on the Black Warrior during the January, 1940 cold wave and during the (Mother) (Father) (Grandfather) of all cold waves in February, 1899. First this link: (Thanks to Jason for finding this) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alwalker/Picturesinhistory.htm The average low for all 31 days of January, [...]

Another very cold morning across the great state of Alabama, home of Mt. Cheaha, Little River Canyon and Havana Junction. Here we go with another list of lows and thanks to Jason for assisting with the 33/40 Skywatcher reports: 11 Oneonta, Jasper, Broomtown 13 Scrougeout 14 Moody, Decatur, Gaylesville 15 Dearmanville 16 Roebuck, Camp Comfort [...]