Variety of Notes on This Cold December Day

The lowest temperature I have found in the "Lower 48" this morning was 42 below zero at West Yellowstone, Mont., which tied the December 8 record. Yesterday they had -45. Here is a look at some frigid spots:

42 below zero in West Yellowstone
35 below in Big Piney, Wyo., breaking the old record of -27.
24 below in Stanley, Idaho
29 below in Jackson, Wyo., just south of the Grand Tetons
22 below in Laramie, Wyo., where the wind never stops blowing
24 below in Pinedale, Wyo.
23 below in Alliance, Neb.
25 below at Old Fort Laramie, Wyo.

Pinedale is in West Central Wyoming, in a valley. However the highest point in Wyoming, Gannett Peak, elevation 13,804 feet, is only 45 air miles to the NE. One of the ladies that posts on this blog reported yesterday that she lived in Pinedale for two years and that it was really beautiful.

ILLINOIS
Low of 2 above zero at Chicago O'hare this morning.
Snow cover across North and Central Illinois generally between 1 and 3 inches.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
19 degree low in Gatlinburg and Cades Cove
17 atop 6400-foot Mt. Leconte
No snow at any of those locations

BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
Winter Storm Warning 6 pm today through noon Friday
2 to 4 inches accumulating tonight
1 to 2 inches additional accumulating Friday
Snow will be mixed with freezing rain/sleet after midnight and tomorrow
Low tonight 25, High Friday 32.

TEXAS
10 degree low in Abiline
7 in Haskell
11 in San Angelo, coldest weather since 1996
3 below zero in Amarillo, record for December 8
6 in Midland, also a record
9 in Wichita Falls, a record
23 in Del Rio, way down on the Rio Grande

OKLAHOMA
4.5 inches of snow on the ground at Osage
3.5 inches in parts of Tulsa

ALASKA
9 below in Deadhore was the state low this morning
Amazing warmup, 50 below at several places in the last few days
34 inches of snow on the ground at Valdez

WARM WEATHER FANS
83 yesterday in Marathon, Fla.
80 in Naples
82 North Miami Beach

FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
It is for Epsilon. (see post by Brian Peters below)
He, she, or it (don't know which) breaking up rapidly
Last advisory issued
Forecaster at NHC said "It's about time" in the headline of advisory!
Many cheers from all quarters

Also scan down to see some nice snow pictures that james posted from OU University at Norman.


Posted by  
on December 8, 2005, 10:45 am
Some snow mixed in the middle of cold rain in SW Cullman County.



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Posted by  
on December 8, 2005, 11:16 am
I have not commented here before, but I have been reading your weather blog since you started it, and I have to say that I am really impressed with the way 33/40 has embraced and taken advantage of new technologies.

I get your updates through my RSS reader, and also recently noticed that you now have a podcast, and I think it is great that you do that.

The best thing of all, is how you use this new technology to update us on every little change that occurs.

I know weather people take a lot of slack for what they do, because sometimes you are wrong, but it is important that people remember as James often says, our weather is just simply hard sometimes, to pin down.

You guys do a great job, and I personally thank you guys for keeping me updated like you do, both on the air, and on my computer and iPod. It's an incredible time we live in, and it's nice to see a television station take advantage of the technology available to it for the public interest.

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Posted by  
on December 8, 2005, 4:18 pm
J.B.,

The Middle Sinks made it to -54F night before last. We were 0F last night at our house near HAFB.


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