The University of Alabama won the 2020 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive for the fourth year in a row, raising 291,047 pounds of food over Auburn University’s 259,160 pounds of food.
COLD AGAIN: Despite a bright sunny sky this afternoon; temperatures are about 15 degrees below average for the first day of December… mostly in the 42-47 degree range. Once the sun goes down, we will drop quickly into the sub-freezing range tonight. We project lows early tomorrow in the 20-25 degree range over the northern half of the state; another freeze is likely down to the Gulf Coast.
Mask orders. Constant cleaning. Quarantine. The pandemic has completely changed how many people live. This can be especially true for older adults.
Despite sunshine full supply today, it remains a cold December day for Alabama as temperatures this afternoon are not making it out of the 40s in most locations. In fact, at midday, may spots across the northern half of the state were still in the 30s.
Oak Mountain State Park (OMSP) could soon add more than 1,600 acres to its massive 9,000 acres if a proposal being considered by Alabama Forever Wild is accepted.
Barb Mayes Boustead, meteorologist instructor with NWS Warning Decision Training Division joined us this week! Learn about the accuracy of the Long Winter of 1880-1881 in historical fiction including that of Laura Ingalls Wilder!
SUB-FREEZING START: Temperatures are in the 20s all the way down to the Gulf Coast this morning; Mobile reports 28 degrees just before daybreak. The sky is clear, but a west wind persists, keeping temperatures in the mid 20s over North Alabama. Today will be sunny with a high between 45 and 50 over the northern half of the state.
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
