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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Weathertalk/~3/V_-QlMaa9N0/ http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=24981 * 9 above zero was the low temperature Sunday morning atop of Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. They had three inches of snow on the ground.
* 14 was the low on Newfound Gap with 2 inches of snow
* 19 was the low Sunday morning at Muscadine in NE Alabama, one of the coldest spots in the state. It was our coldest morning so far this season. It was 24 as far south as Marion.
* 23 below zero was the low this morning at Big Piney, in Western Wyoming, the coldest reported in the “Lower Four Dozen” states
* 15 below is the average low for Barrow, Alaska on a December 7. They are in their long winter night with no sun.
* 23 inches of snow is how much Barrow has accumulated so far this season. They now have 14 inches on the ground.
* Coldest in Alaska this morning was 8 below at Arctic Village
* 1060 millibars was the very high pressure projected by one of the weather models over NW Canada about a week ago. Don’t think it happened. But this time of year when the pressure builds to 1050 MB or greater and there is a big glob of arctic cold way below zero, it is time to shut the barn door in the Lower 48.
* 67.32 is the Birmingham rain total so far this year, an amazing excess of 16.93 inches.
* 42% is how much of the Lower 48 states was covered by snow this morning based on the daily snow survey. That is a marked increase in in the last week or so. One month ago today, only 3% had a snow cover.
* 274 inches is one of the largest snow amounts on the ground and that is in the high country at Horse Meadow, Calif., near the Nevada border. That snow-measuring station is in a cool Conifer forest with a 36% tree cover and at an elevation of 8,600 feet.
* 209 inches was on the ground this morning at Lizard Head Pass in SW Colorado at an elevation of 10,200 feet. It is one of the highest mountain passes in Colorado. One late summer day, I drove across that pass in route to Telluride, an amazing almost totally land-locked town. I spent over an hour photographing the historic town. The only way out was to return via Lizard Head. Meantime, a thunderstorm has moved across the pass leaving an accumulation of hail and about one inch of snow even though it was late August or early September.
* 12 to 28 inches is how much snow Flagstaff, Ariz., is expecting in the next 24 hours.They are under an actual Blizzard Warning from now until noon Tuesday. Not only the tons of snow but winds will increase this afternoon to 30-40 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph. Translation: Great big snow drifts making travel a nightmare. I call Flagstaff the I-40 Oasis because you suddenly go from barren desert to alpine country, big green forest. The San Francisco Peaks, the highest elevation in Arizona are nearby. One autumn night, my cousin and I camped in a pickingup truck on the west slope of one of the peaks and a storm during the night almost blew us off the mountain. The truck was really rocking and I was really afraid.
* Flagstaff is in a snow shortage with only 4 inches so far this season, 16 inches less than average. Late this morning the Flagstaff Airport was reporting visibility only 1/4 mile in heavy snow.
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