(UPDATED 10:30 AM TO ADD REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL NOTES)
We had it all.
Cold temperatures
Lots of frost
Even some dense fog
…and a huge temperature inversion
We also had the fairly unusual occurrence of the fog freezing on plants and trees giving some places a winter wonderland appearance. Be sure and scroll down to see some pictures made by Vic Bell, 3340 Skywatcher for Black Creek in NE Etowah County.
We look at some of the lows–just the ones freezing or lower:
25 in Black Creek with very heavy frost and some freezing fog
26 at Crossville, Little River Canyon, Valley Head, Heflin (Alabama Power)
27 in DeSoto State Park and Munford, Rainbow City*
27 also at Heflin (thanks to ham operator Steve Jones,K4KM)
28 at Anniston, Talladega, Pinson, Huntsville, Hanceville, Centreville, Owens Crossroads
29 at Decatur, Muscle Shoals, Alabaster, Vinemont, Jasper, Russellville
30 at Evergreen, Montgomery, Cullman, Fort Payne, Meridianville, Albertville, Scottsboro
31 in Troy and Helena (Brian Peters)
32 in Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Albertville, Trussville (900 ft. elevation) West Hueytown and in the Bankhead National Forest
ADDITIONAL NOTES
* About that marked temperature inversion. It was a cold 28 at Anniston Airport, but not very far away, atop Mt. Cheaha at the 3340 Skycam, the low was only 50. According to my 4th grade math, that is a difference of 22 degrees. On mornings like this, there is always a quick warmup as soon as the inversion is wiped out.
* We think the hot chocolate headquarters for the world is in Rainbow City where 3340 Skywatcher, Margie Richardson, says the HC was flowing this morning and “plenty for all.” She reports that some dense fog rolled in over the heavy frost…always an interesting sight. There was also heavy frost in Munford.
* Driving in to work this morning, Mile Wilhelm, Vinemont, reported very dense fog from his home northward to the Tennessee River. There were many wrecks on area roads of the Tennessee Valley. Fog was also freezing on trees in Morgan County. Visibility was less than 1/4 mile in many areas.
