Early Thursday Spot Reports

It has turned much colder over much of Alabama since you went to bed last evening. Even though the precipitation is mostly over, remember there is still some leftover moisture on the roads--especially the poorly drained ones. With temperatures in the 20s, watch for some spots of ice this morning--including the Birmingham Metro Area. As of 7 am, it looks like this:

ALABAMA
Fort Payne 30, cloudy
Cullman 27, cloudy
Muscle Shoals 22, cloudy
Huntsville 24, cloudy, wind chill 12
Gadsden 28, cloudy
Tuscaloosa 27, cloudy, 20 MPH winds
Birmingham 27, cloudy, north wind averaging 20 MPH, wind chill 13
Montgomery 37, cloudy
Anniston 34, cloudy, falling fast
Mobile 32 cloudy, wind chill 21
Dothan 46, cloudy

REGIONAL
Clarksville, Tenn., 15, cloudy
Knoxville 37, rain
Nashville 19, cloudy
Memphis 18, clear
Atlanta 46, cloudy
Jackson 27, cloudy
Little Rock 16, clear
Harrison, Ark., 7 above zero, clear
Louisville 21, sleet

A national scan (excluding Alaska) shows that 7 am temperatures varied from 29 below zero at Cook, Minnesota to 75 at Boca Raton, Florida. We will surely see lower temperatures later this morning when all the reports are in. Don't be surprised to hear of about 35 below in places like Embarrass or Tower, Minnesota. The highest pressure in the "Lower 48" at 7 am, CST, was 30.83 inches (1044 millibars) at Wolfe Point, Montana. That is out on the open plains of NE Montana where there is nothing to slow the cold north wind.

We will update our travel forecast a little later this morning