TUESDAY MORNING SNOW PATROL

You may or may not be interested in all of these snow reports, but we have found that people log on and read this material from all parts of the nation. So, let's do a roundup of Tuesday morning snow depths on a state-by-state basis.

ALABAMA
At 10 this morning, snow flurries were reported in extreme NE Jefferson County at Clay and at Springville in St. Clair County. At Meridianville, north of Huntsville...visibility at 10 was 4 miles in a nice snow shower....the AP reports a light dusting in parts of Franklin County and 1/4 inch accumulation at Bridgeport in extreme NE Alabama's jackson County...in the Tennessee Valley, temperatures were barely above freezing with winds gusting as high as 30 MPH...Fort Payne Airport had gusts to near 30 which means up on Lookout Mountain at places like Mentone and Desoto State Park...it is really windy...Jason Simpson's dad reported from Holly Pond that there was a dusting on grassy areas. Holly Pond is located in East Cullman County on US-278. Undoubtedly, there is no other town in the USA that size that has produced so many meteorologists...also in Cullman County, Mike Wilhelm, the 33/40 weather watcher who lives on a ridge top in Vinemont, reported a dusting on cars this morning. There was another nice snow shower at 7:30 a.m. Mike said it made a great birthday present for his 9-year-old son--and for Mike himself. Flurries were also reported at Cullman Airport at 1:00 a.m., at Black Creek in NE Etowah County and a few as far south as Trussville.

TENNESSEE / WEST VIRGINIA
At the highest town in Tennessee (Mountain City, elevation 2,499 feet), it was 20 degrees and snowing this morning with a wind chill of 8. Johnson County schools are closed today as a heavy snow warning is in effect until 4:00 p.m. As much as 3-6 inches may fall in upslope areas. This is in the NE corner of Tennessee...further up the Appalachian Mountains, Snowshoe, West Virignia got 10 inches of new snow bringing their total for this winter to 97 inches! The average base on the ski slopes is 50-72 inches.

EAST TENNESSEE / WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
14 inches atop Mt. Mitchell with a temperature of 7
9 inches at Jefferson and Beech Mountain
8 inches at Boone
5 inches at Spruce Pine
10 inches atop Mt. LeConte (inside Smoky Mountain National Park)
There are probably several inches on the ground at Newfound Gap, however, their report was missing.

NEW YORK
8 inches at Lockport (Niagara County)
8 inches in New York City at the Central Park Zoo
7 inches at New York's La Guardia Airport
5 inches at JFK Airport
6 inches at Upton (That's where the New York City NWS office is located.)
11 inches at Canastota (Madison County)

NEW JERSEY
8 inches at Lodi
9 inches at Newark
7 inches at Jersey City
9 inches at West Milford

CONNECTICUT
8 inches at New Fairfield
7 inches at Danbury
6 inches at Winsor Lock
As much as 9 inches fell in Newport and Washington Counties.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Generally 4-6 inches across the state.

MASSACHUSETTS
11 inches at Barnstable, Randolph, Taunton and Beverly
12 inches at East Raynham
10 inches at Norton, Sumerset and Brockton
9 inches at Gloucester
8 inches at Foxborough
13 inches at Plymouth
2 inches out on Nantucket
8.5 inches at Boston (Back Bay)
8.5 inches also at Boston's Logan Airport
6 inches at Worcester Airport