Good morning! This morning will probably be the last freeze of the season. After a very frosty start, expect a rather cool first day of Spring. Our high temperature may fall shy of 60°. Spring begins tonight at 11:06 pm. Tonight will be another cold one, with lows in the mid 30’s. This late season cool snap won’t last too long. Temperatures will moderate to near 70 Wednesday and the low 70’s Thursday. Scattered showers return to the forecast Thursday night and Friday. Fortunately, the weekend looks dry and nice. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
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TODAY: FREEZE WARNING this morning. Low near 31 by Dawn. After the frosty start, expect a mostly sunny but rather cool. High 58-60. (normal 72/47). West wind 6 to 13 mph. Clear and cold tonight. Low 36. Frosty again by Dawn Wednesday.
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Montgomery Freeze Facts (1872 – October 2022)
Freeze Facts
- Earliest first freeze – October 19th, 2022
- Latest first freeze – January 31, 1932
- Average date of first freeze – November 18th
- Earliest last freeze – December 28th, 1879
- Latest last freeze – April 13th, 1940
- Average date of last freeze – March 8th
Coldest Temperature ever: -5 on February 13th, 1899
Coldest Maximum Temperature ever: 18 on January 9th, 1886
NEXT FEW DAYS: Wednesday will start out frosty again. This late season cool snap won’t last too long. Temperatures will moderate to near 70 Wednesday and the low 70’s Thursday. Scattered showers return to the forecast Thursday night and Friday. Fortunately, the weekend looks dry and nice. (Normal hi/lo 72/47)
Complex map on Friday. A series of disturbances will drench much of the eastern US.
Here’s the expected rainfall through Saturday. Notice the heaviest rain stays off the Gulf Coast.
Here’s the 10 day temperature trend. Temperature recovery starts tomorrow. The Cool Snap will retreat.
POLLEN: Here’s a look at the next 4 days.
SPRING BEGINS TONIGHT : Spring officially begins Tonight, at 10:06 PM. The Vernal Equinox.
Thanks for reading the blog. There will be another complete Blog update and video forecast discussion tomorrow morning. This morning, everything is normal including LIVE on the Radio from 6 to 9AM on NewsTalk 93.1 – WACV. Have a great day.
–Rich