A Cool Saturday Morning in June!

I, for one, appreciate these few cool mornings that we have in summer. Sure beats lows in the 70-75 range with high dew points. Let's celebrate these lows this morning. No surprise that Valley Head, a legendary cool spot in NE Alabama was the coolest with 51. Even in the Greater Birmingham area it was a nice 55 in Pinson.

51 in Valley Head
52 in DeSoto State Park and at Fort Payne Airport
54 at Russell Cave National Monument
55 in Pinson and Meridianville
56 at Crossville, Russellville and Hytop
57 at Gadsden, Hartselle and Cherokee
58 at Decatur, Hazel Green and Cottondale
59 at Anniston, Birmingham and Cullman Airport
60 in Huntsville and Muscle Shoals
62 in Tuscaloosa, Harvest and Highland Home (south of Montgomery)
63 at Greenville and Shelby County Airport
67 in Evergreen and Selma

This was one of those mornings when, under clear and still conditions, the cooler air slides or drains into the valleys leaving the ridges warmer. As a result, the low on Alabama's highest point, Mt, Cheaha, elevation 2407 feet, was only 64.

In NE Alabama, it was 51 at Valley Head, while just a few miles away on Lookout Mountain it was 63 at Mentone--a difference of 12 degrees in about three air miles!

Even in the Birmingham area, it was 55 at Pinson, while not for away it was 63 in Trussville at a private weather station on a higher elevation of 935 feet.

Down on the coast, those SE moving thunderstorms yesterday dumped 1.60 inches of rain on Pascagoula, Miss., and an even inch near downtown Mobile at Brookley Field.