Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 551 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2009 BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…ANNISTON…CENTRE… HEFLIN…PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND… ROANOKE 551 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2009 PATCHY SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS … Continue reading
More From NE Alabama
* Vic Bell, 33/40 Skywatcher at Scrougeout in NE Etowah County reports a high today of only 32.8 and now down to 32. Occasional periods of snow and sleet this afternoon. This included one two-minute burst of heavy snow with … Continue reading
A Few More Reports . . .
* Cherokee County EMA reports light sleet. Was a small amount of light snow earlier. * Around 4 this afternoon there was about a 10-minute period of light sleet in the Gadsden/Rainbow City area. 34 degrees at the time. * … Continue reading
Freezing Rain Advisory
A Freezing Rain Advisory has been issued for three Extreme Northeast Alabama counties until midnight. Issued by NWS/Huntsville for: Jackson Dekalb Marshall Includes places like Scottsboro, Fort Payne and Guntersville. NWS advises pockets of light freezing rain and/or sleet will … Continue reading
Story of a Thermometer Flip-flop
At 3 o’clock this afternoon, Alabama time, it was 39 degrees at good ole Deadhorse, Alaska very close to the Arctic Coast. That was nine degrees warmer than Haleyville, Alabama where it was 30 and seven degrees warmer than Gadsden … Continue reading
Final Edition of Low Temperatures
This is quite a round up of low temperatures–state, regional and national. Hope you don’t get bored reading through all of this. Two things to remember. We get more than one report from different sources in the same community. The … Continue reading
More Notes to Make You Shiver
THESE ADDITIONAL ALABAMA LOWS 8 Moody, Scrougeout 11 Argo 9 Huntsville 10 Hokes Bluff, Cullman Airport 11 South of Ohatchee 12 Roebuck, Crestline, Pinson, Birmingham Airport* 14 Million Dollar Lakes (SW Jefferson, west of McCalla) 17 Tuscaloosa 21 Montgomery 13 … Continue reading
Coldest Ever in Maine?
This interesting email from Rob Lightbrown, Caribou, Maine. He operates Crown Weather Services: Good morning JB from the frozen tundra!!! The state of Maine may have a new all-time record low temperature: Big Black River, which is in far northwest … Continue reading
Deep Freeze Early Look
This is a quick look at some 5 am temperatures. Final lows this morning will will probably not occur until between 6 and 7 am, so these are not final. Will try to post a list of the finals later … Continue reading
Light Snow Aloft
Radar late this morning was painting a patch of light snow across Central and East Arkansas, West Tennessee and a small part of North Mississippi. A small part of that has edged into Extreme NW Alabama. It appears that virtually … Continue reading
