(UPDATED at 10:15 AM for additional Alabama low temperatures)
This was the coldest morning so far this season for parts of Alabama. However, in other parts of the state it has been colder earlier.
The 26 low at Birmingham Airport was the first time this season with freezing or lower. A quick look at some lows reported so far:
21 in Hamilton
23 in Ellisville
24 at Heflin, Black Creek, heavy frost (NE Etowah County)
25 at Gaylesville
26 at Vinemont, heavy frost and at Birmingham Airport
27 in Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Fort payne, Meridianville
28 at Moody (5th freeze so far) Anniston, Cullman, Decatur, Alabaster (Najho Pines)
28 atop Mt. Cheaha 2ith 27 mph winds and a wind chill of 19
29 at Alexander City, Clanton, Rock Mills, Cordova, Crossville, Muscle Shoals, Alabaster Highlands and Greystone Farms (lowest so far this season at Greystone)
30 in East Trussville, DeSoto State Park, Centreville, Heflin (1,000 ft elevation), Childersburg, Ashville
31 in Mobile
32 at Wadley, Prattville, Selma, Troy and Shelby County Airport (NWS)
34 at Montgomery, Albertville, Dothan
USA EXTREMES
High Monday 94 at Woodland Hills, Calif.
Low this morning 8 at Alamosa, Colo. (Lower 48)
Low in Alaska 38 below zero at Fort Yukon and 33 below at Arctic Village
A WEATHER RUMBLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
Major low pressure area forming off the Georgia-South Carolina Coast
High winds already howling. Look at these 8 am reports:
37 with light snow in Charleston, north at 25 mph (see special discussion below)
45 on Hilton Head, S.C., wind north gusts to 32 mph
37 and a cold driving rain at Myrtle Beach, north 25, gusts 39, wind chill 26
38 mph wind gusts from the NE at Norfolk
37 mph gusts from the NE at Cape Hatteras, N.C.
NORTH CAROLINA OFFSHORE
Diamond Shoals…wind NNE 45, gusts 54 mph…12 foot waves
Frying Pan Shoals…wind north 49, gusts 60 mph…15 foot waves
NOTE: This is not tropical in nature. If it was, both of the above reports would qualify for a tropical storm!
HOW ABOUT CHARLESTON!
Check out this updated discussion from the NWS Office:
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
711 AM EST TUE NOV 21 2006
…THUNDERSNOW REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND ACROSS CHARLESTON
COUNTY…
UPDATE
SNOW/SLEET HAS BEEN MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS
CHARLESTON COUNTY…INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. THUNDERSNOW HAS
EVEN BEEN OBSERVED…INCLUDING HERE AT THE OFFICE IN NORTH
CHARLESTON. THIS IS A REMARKABLE EVENT…CONSIDERING THIS IS TO THE
BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL EVER IN CHARLESTON!
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE FREEZING…GENERALLY IN THE
MID 30S…VERY COLD AIR ALOFT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE…ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION. HAVE ALREADY
ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CHARLESTON AND COASTAL
COLLETON COUNTIES…AND WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST SHORTLY. THE KCHS
HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THUNDERSNOW.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NO ACCUMULATION OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL
OCCUR…ALTHOUGH TRAVEL WILL STILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS.
