Early Afternoon in Alabama
The sun was shinning over most of Alabama very early this afternoon. A welcome relief when compared to our recent weather.
However, it is still quite cold. Temperatures were only in the mid 20s across much of the Tennessee Valley. However, the thermometer has fought its way to just above freezing across Central Alabama including the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston areas.
The entire state was a deep freeze overnight, well below freezing all the way to the coast. The coldest reported in the state was a low of 6 above between Hytop and Skyline on the higher terrain of NE Alabama. (Thanks to Mike Wilhelm for that report)
The NWS in Huntsville has a Winter Weather Advisory posted for tomorrow over Extreme North Alabama. Includes all of the Tennessee Valley and counties as far south as Cullman. For a possible mix of light, sleet, freezing rain or snow.
We will try to zoom in on that potential when we post our Afternoon Edition around 2:30 or so this afternoon.
Lets look at some morning lows not only in Alabama but some other areas also:
ALABAMA
6 above zero between Hytop and Skyline, higher terrain NE Alabama (Thanks to Mike Wilhelm)
8 Hamilton, Petersville (just north of Florence)
9 Monte Sano State Park, Hayden
10 Addision, Haleyville, Russellville Airport, Hokes Bluff, Bankhead National Forest
11 Centre, Gaylesville, Sayre, Lizard Lope (on Lookout Mountain), Decatur, Huntsville, Scottsboro Airport, Meridianville, Cullman Airport, Oneonta
12 Dora, Sylacauga, Talladega, Dearmanville, Heflin, Bremen, Cedar Bluff, Clay/Pinson (Womack Road), McCalla, Pinson, Courtland, Ft. Payne Airport, Cullman, Fayette, Ft. Payne, downtown Florence, Vigo
13 Clanton, Ellisville, Rockford, West Trussville, Anniston Airport, Huntsville, Muscle Shoals, Cullman Ag Station, Muscle Shoals/TVA, Valley Head, Springville, Concord/Hueytown
14 Blue Pond, Munford, Southside, Albertville, Center Point, Birmingham Airport, Jemison
15 Alexander City, Bessis, Livingston, Birmingport, Guntersville, Coker, Cottondale
16 Centreville, Childersburg, Jackson Shoals, Alabaster/Navajo Pines, Clanton, Pelham
17 Cordova, Coker, Tuscaloosa, Shelby County Airport
18 Clayton, Auburn, Troy
20 Dothan, Montgomery, Selma
21 Evergreen
22 Foley
24 Mobile Regional Airport, Brookley Field/Mobile
USA EXTREMES
88 yesterday afternoon in the San Diego area
33 below zero this morning at Embarrass, Minnesota
29 below at Ft. Yukon, Alaska
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS:
Gatlinburg (Park Headquarters) High 19 yesterday, low this am 10, five inches of snow
Cades Cove…High 16, low 4 above, six inches of snow
Mt. LeConte…High 5 below, low 9 below, 21 inches of snow on the ground
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Beech Mountain…18 inches of snow
Marshall (Madison County)…6 inches of snow
Boone…High 14, low 6, with 11 inches of snow
Mt. Mitchell…High zero, low 9 below, 16 inches of snow
Comments
Category: Alabama's Weather
Mr Elliott…
Growing up in Alabama in the 60′s there were only 2 voices on the radio when I was channel surfing that I new instantly who it was…John Forney the long time play by play man for Alabama football….And you sir, The Voice of WEATHER…. J.B. ELLIOTT …..Thank you for providing me with so many weather memories and all of the time you have served notice of warning to millions of people all over Alabama…THANK YOU, MR ELLIOTT
Had 12 degrees at 5:30AM here, Bibbville area of North Bibb County
Roy,
That is one of the nicest compliments I have ever received. I deeply appreciate it! It has been a long, long haul and there has been many, many changes. If you had mentioned the word “doppler” to me in 1957, I would have thought you meant something medical!
The coldest I have found was at the station between Hytop and Skyline that reported 6.3. http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=HTPA1
I have a quick question! I teach 5th grade at Oakman Elementary. We are supposed to go on a field trip tomorrow, and we are trying to decide if it will be safe to travel tomorrow. What do you think? We are traveling to Birmingham, and we should be back on the road home at around 1:30. Should we cancel?
wow its 31 outside and it feels like 55 getting used to the cold i guess
Low of 13 here in Moody this morning.
Hello J.B.,
Have there been any reports from Mt.Cheaha? Just wondering if the sky cam will be back up. Have a good day.
Jessica…we can give you a more definitive answer later this afternoon when we finish the new forecasts. We do expect below freezing temperatures again tonight but we thunk the BHM temperature will slowly rise to 38-40 during the day and hang steady. At this time, this does not look like a significant wintry event for the BHM area,
I forgot to ask…when is the latest you could cancel?
What do you think for the northern part of Calhoun county in East Al? We have several activities planned for tomorrow and are trying to decide how to adjust our schedule. Thanks for all the hard work! Praying for just RAIN! But, a nice snow would be nice.
I was wondering about the curry/arley area in walker county…
NOTE TO JESSICA, ASHLEY AND T.WILLIAMS…Wish we could give you a specific answer but very difficult to do right now. I would suggest check in first thing tomorrow for another weather check. We believe the light freezing rain will start more to the north, even the extreme north. However NWS has Tuscaloosa/Jefferson/Shelby included.
Regardless, the scattered light rain could still cause some patchy ice even with the temperature 2 or 3 degrees above freezing, That is because the infrastructure is very cold (bridges, overpasses, elevated roadways) and at first those could be colder than the surrounding air and the rain could freeze on impact, Don’t think that will be a lot of that.
Thanks! What’s the thinking on Saturday’s storm? Thought the temps were too warm.
Thank You!!!