Bitter cold continues to spread south. At 6 o’clock this evening the cold air was pushing into South Alabama. We had estimated that temperatures across Central Alabama (Birmingham Metro) would be below freezing about 15 hours tonight and early tomorrow morning. That forecast appears to still be on track. Over North Alabama, it will be longer than 15 hours in some areas. Spot reports at 6 pm, CST:
ALABAMA
27 in Huntsville with a wind chill of 16
29 in Muscle Shoals, wind chill 19
30 in Gadsden, wind chill 21
30 in Cullman, wind chill 23
30 in Albertville, wind north, gusts 28 mph, wind chill 18
33 in Birmingham, wind chill 24
45 in Montgomery
The weather is generally clear. This is an exceptionally dry airmass. The dew point over a large part of North Alabama had dropped to between 5 and 10 early this evening.
REGIONAL
26 in Memphis
23 at Olive Branch, Miss., wind chill 12 (Extreme NW Miss.)
26 in Nashville, wind chill 14, dew point zero
20 in Clarksville, Tenn., wind chill 8
NATIONAL
16 in Kansas City
14 in St. Louis, wind chill -1, high today was 18*
13 in Chicago, wind chill 1, high today 15
11 in Rockford, Ill.
7 in Rochelle, Ill., wind chill -5
* The St. Louis region still has thousands without power following their big winter storm almost a week ago.
Columbia, Mo., still has 4 inches of snow on the ground
