* In the mid-20s across North and Central Alabama at 5 am, with winds still brisk enough to produce wind chill in the teens. (James Span will have a complete discussion soon)
THAT DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA
* It is moved out of Maine into New Brunswick in SE Canada this morning. Central Pressure a very low 977 millibars.
* Big high (1035 millibars) centered near Omaha.
* An example of how rough it was off the New England Coast. Late yesterday, a weather buoy SE of Cape Cod had WSW winds gusting to 43 mph with 18-foot waves!
* Finally, atop Mt. Washington, New Hampshire at 5 am today (CST):
Temperature 20 below zero
Visibility zero in blowing snow
Wind west 101 mph with gusts to 108
Peak gust of 117 mph during the last hour
Wind Chill 66 below zero
Enough said…coffee just finished brewing…
