Frost Everywhere---Updated 8 am, CST

December 22, 2005, 5:45 am
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Winter Weather
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Yep, it is another cold morning across Alabama as the month of December continues to average more than five degrees colder than normal.

Some of the coldest so far this year.

You can be sure that will show up on your heating bill.

A ray of hope, some moderating temperatures into the 50s until it turns colder again Christmas day.

+++At Black Creek, in NE Etoway County, Vic Bell reports 14 which is the coldest since last January 24.

++Low of 17 in Hueytown and Rainbow City. Other lows:

18 in Anniston, Fort Payne and Gadsden
21 in Cullman
23 at Birmingham Airport
22 in Tuscaloosa
24 at Shelby County Airport
29 atop Mt. Cheaha (Alabama's highest elevation at 2407 feet)

It is interesting to note that Mt. Cheaha is 11 degrees "warmer" than Anniston Airport which is within sight. It is the old temperature inversion that we talk about so much.
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Posted by John T.  
on December 22, 2005, 6:05 am
A Merry Christmas morning to yaw JB. Its 17' at my house in Hueytown. Thanks for being up with us.

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 6:24 am
I think all the cold air in the state must have drained into Black Creek last night. I'm usually about one degree warmer than Fort Payne, but this morning I'm sitting on 14.4° and still falling.

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 6:43 am
17 here and the heat hasnt shut off all morning :(

Stay warm Vic !)

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Posted by   www
on December 22, 2005, 7:11 am
My low was a bone-chilling 14° even, coldest since an 11.1° on January 24th.

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 7:20 am
Hey Margie my low was 19 and it still is 19:D I guess Alabaster would get cold soon enough:) I know what you mean about the heat ours has run all night:( and we have a heatpump they don't heat very well when it gets this cold!)

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 7:42 am
I'm ready for the warm up. If we can't have snow for Christmas it might as well be 60 so the kids can play outside


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Posted by   www
on December 22, 2005, 8:35 am
I have noticed that the old inversion works well in Clay. My elevation is 1032, and I live at the top of a small hill. The cold air drains into the valley. Low this morning was 27.6F at 6:20am.

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 9:42 am
19.6 in Vinemont. We are at about 970' in northern Cullman County.

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Posted by Jason  
on December 22, 2005, 9:46 am
Vic I bet u got to freezing pretty early last night. How long did you stay below freezing?

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Posted by Vic Bell  
on December 22, 2005, 2:37 pm
Jason, it dropped below freezing just after sunset and fell like a rock. It was down to 25.7° at 7:17pm, 23.2° at 8:57pm, 21° at midnight and 14.9° when I awoke at 4:19am. It would have been below freezing from about 5pm - 9am (16 hours).

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 10:15 am
Hey Jason I don't know about Vic but I got below freezing at 8 P.M. :):)

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 10:16 am
I forgot I live in Alabaster :)

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 1:06 pm
how can you forget that you live in alabaster michael, your here every day!! J/K!!!

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 5:12 pm
do what??!!! did I miss something?? this is what happens when the kids are left home alone.........

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Posted by  
on December 22, 2005, 5:59 pm
thanks guys for erasing that :)

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