Some wintry weather in the Good Ole USA (especially since it is still autumn. Some notes from all over:
ALABAMA
Quite chilly in Gulf Shores and Mobile tonight with a low near 50 with upper 40s inland. But north winds will be as high as 25 mph at times tonight and Saturday making it feel colder. Only 48 degrees at noon in Cullman.
EAST TENNESSEE
Showers and snow showers after midnight Saturday night and Sunday morning in Mountain City. Freeze warning after midnight with temperatures as low as 25. Some snow accumulation above 3,000 feet Saturday night. Some snow accumulation also Saturday night above about 3,000 feet in the Gatlinburg area in the Great Smoky Mountains.
MAINE
15 degrees this morning at Allagash–the lowest in the USA. There was a hard freeze over North and Central Maine.
CAPE COD
Temperatures in the 40s over the entire area at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Wind gusts over 30 mph with rough seas. A data buoy SE of Cape Cod was reporting gusts to 36 mph and 15-foot waves.
THE BIG APPLE
(Sometimes known as New York City.) A very raw weekend and extending into early next week with a cold rain every day and brisk NE winds.
PENNSYLVANIA
The snow came while leaves were still on trees (autumn color at that). The snow was heavy and wet causing widespread tree damage and widespread power outages across North/Central Pennsylvania. Some reported amounts:
* 9 inches on the ground at Centre Hall (Nittany Mountain Summit)
* 6 inches Stormstown (from NWS employee)
* 6 inches at Park Forest (large limbs broken off)
* 5 inches at Penn State University (they play football there tomorrow)
