Today is the first day of Meterological Spring which means that Winter is now in the books.  It looks like, for the Montgomery area it will rank with some of the coldest winters of all time.
From the National Weather Service:
LOOKING BACK AT THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SEASON OF 2009-2010…IT
TURNS OUT TO BE SOMEWHAT HISTORICAL AT LEAST [...]

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Parts of the southeastern US could be looking at a significant snowstorm.  The best chance of accumulating snowfall would be from the higher elevations of northeast Alabama through north central Georgia into upstate South Carolina.  I wouldn’t be surprised see a few spots in northeast Alabama to see more than 2 inches of snow.  While we [...]

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Here’s my best stab at an almost impossible forecast…

First – areas south of US 80 will probably see rain and nothing but rain.  This includes Greenville, Andalusia, Troy, Eufaula, Evergreen, and Dothan.
For most of our area, including Montgomery, Selma, Wetumpka, Prattville and Auburn – mostly rain, only a small chance of a few flurries mixing in [...]

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After a gorgeous day like today, it’s hard to even imagine the possibility of snow or wintry weather within the near future. The truth is, we are going to have a brief cold snap associated with precipitation before we see another warm, sunny weekend next week.
The question is will it get cold enough before all [...]

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It seems like every meteorologist across the state is excited about the possibility of wintry weather as we head into Monday and Tuesday across parts of Alabama and Georgia — me included!  However, our winter weather won’t last forever — as we head into the month of March, temperatures will begin to gradually warm up [...]

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High-pressure is maintaining a clear sky across Alabama this weekend, so it’s fine weather for star-gazing if you can tolerate the cold.  How cold will we be when the sun comes up on Sunday?  Probably in the 20s over the northern half of the state, with 30s over the south.  Temperatures will rebound nicely on [...]

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Get ready for another cold night tonight.  We are headed for the 20’s again.  The best news we have involves a pretty decent weekend forecast.  It won’t be nearly as warm as last weekend’s pre-spring treat.  Instead of mid and upper 60’s, we should see highs in the mid and upper 50’s and it appears [...]

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FROM NWS BMX
ON THE CLIMATE FRONT…SINCE JANUARY FIRST…BOTH BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY HAVE EXPERIENCED TOP 10 RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT BIRMINGHAM HAS BEEN 39.3 DEGREES…THE 8TH COLDEST JANUARY THROUGH FEB 23RD* PERIOD IN HISTORY AND THE SAME TIME PERIOD AT MONTGOMERY RANKS SIXTH…COMING IN A 42.1 DEGREES. BASED ON FORECAST TEMPERATURES FOR THE [...]

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FROM BIRMINGHAM NWS…
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…
ANNISTON…CENTRE…HEFLIN…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…
CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…
VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…
PRATTVILLE…FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…
MONTGOMERY…TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…AUBURN…OPELIKA…
PHENIX CITY…TROY…EUFAULA
458 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010
…BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY…
LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD JUST AHEAD OF A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS. AS
TEMPERATURES COOL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THE [...]

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For those interested in the Spring severe weather season, here’s an interesting paper by Storm Prediction Center director Joe Schaefer.  Thanks to fellow Raycom and KAIT chief meteorologist Ryan Vaughan for digging this one up.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/schaefer/el_nino.htm

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