Cool Air Roundup--Friday Morning in Alabama

Many places in Alabama had low temperatures this morning that were close to those yesterday morning. But there were some variations and the valleys were the coolest. For example:

61 atop Mt. Cheaha (33/40 Skycam) but
56 at Anniston Airport

Here we go...

ALABAMA
50 at Cullman Airport, Valley Head, Black Creek (49.6 at BC)
51 in Crossville
53 in Wedowee
54 at Desoto State Park, Fort Payne, Muscle Shoals, Pinson, Jasper, Talladega, Ashville, Heflin and Cullman Agricultural Station
55 at Courtland, Huntsville, Alabaster*, Centreville, Dearmanville
56 in Anniston, Evergreen, Alexander City
57 in Albertville, Decatur, Meridianville, Troy, Heflin
58 in Alabaster*, Clanton, Wadley
59 in Auburn
60 in Montgomery
61 in Birmingham, Calera, Rock Mills, Mt. Cheaha
62 in Selma and Tuscaloosa
63 in Mobile and Prattville
64 in Dothan
71 in Gulf Shores (33/40 Skycam)

* We get two reports from Alabaster a couple of miles apart

OTHERS JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
48 in Maggie Valley, N.C
21 in Deadman Valley, NW Canada (private weather station)
40 atop Mt. Leconte, in Smoky Mountains
50 in Gatlinburg and Cades Cove
42 in Boone, N.C., and atop Mt. Mitchell
106 below zero at Vostok, Antarticia
1 above zero at Summit Greenland (on the ice cap) (waning days of Summer)

A WEATHER (HYDROLOGY FACT)
When rain seeps down through the soil because of gravity, it eventually reaches an area where the pores in rocks and sediments are saturated. This zone is called the "water table" It is the area where saturated and unsaturated zones meet. The water table fluctuates from season to season and from year to year. The table is not flat like a kitchen table. It is important to people who drill or dig wells to know about how far down the water table is.

AND FINALLY THIS JUST TO COOL YOU MORE
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT FALLS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN
437 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL MONTANA...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL MONTANA.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET
WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS THIS EVENING FROM NEAR 5000 FEET OVER
CASCADE COUNTY TO NEAR 7000 FEET OVER FERGUS COUNTY WILL LOWER TO
NEAR THE PLAINS BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AT THAT LEVEL
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE
SATURDAY COULD CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Posted by  
on September 15, 2006, 10:32 am
Hey JB it is fun to see the reports Stephanie and I give she lives atop a small ridge and I live just a little lower than she does. Can't wait untill winter will be fun to see the temperatures from us. I bet she will be a little warmer than me. :):)

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Posted by Matt Marshall  
on September 15, 2006, 12:08 pm
Hey J.B.,

We're looking at about 6" above 7500 feet tonight, with possibly more if the lake effect gets going. I'm even more excited about the cooler temps at 4800 feet...50s and 60s during the day, and upper 30s Saturday night. BTW, there was a good size fire started yesterday around noon on the Layton east bench. I understand that a person had some old wood that she thought was a fire hazard, so what did she do? She burned it to get rid of the hazard, and the brush fire started. Luckily, a nice rainstorm came over that area within a few hours and went a long way in stopping it.

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Posted by  
on September 15, 2006, 2:10 pm
Matt...I heard about that Layton area wild fire...glad the rain came...looks interesting for the weekend...maybe the radar site east of you will get about 10 inches...and, as you mentioned, some lake effect snow east and SE of SLC on the bench areas...will be looking forward to a report from you...

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