PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
500 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007

...COLD SPELL WINDING DOWN...AT LEAST FOR NOW...
...LAST FIVE DAYS COLDEST THIS LATE IN THE SEASON SINCE 1980...

THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL FINALLY BREAK OUT OF A PROLONGED COLD
PERIOD TODAY...AFTER 34 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES THAT WERE BELOW NORMAL
ALMOST EVERY DAY...ONLY A COUPLE WARMER DAYS LAST WEEK HELPED AT ALL.

THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS ARE ALL FOR HUNTSVILLE:

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SINCE JANUARY 16TH IS 35.6 DEGREES. THIS IS
THE COLDEST SUCH PERIOD (ROUGHLY MID-JANUARY TO MID-FEBRUARY) SINCE
1996 (35.4 DEGREES). IT IS ALSO THE COLDEST FIVE-WEEK AVERAGE THIS
LATE IN THE WINTER SEASON SINCE 1985.

JUST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR IS
34.7 DEGREES...WHICH IS AN ASTOUNDING 8.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS
IS THE COLDEST START TO FEBRUARY SINCE 1996...AND THE 9TH COLDEST
ALL-TIME.

DURING THE LAST FIVE DAYS (FEBRUARY 14 THROUGH 18)...THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 30.1 DEGREES. THAT MARKS THE COLDEST FIVE DAY
PERIOD THIS LATE IN THE SEASON SINCE 1980 (FEBRUARY 29 THROUGH MARCH
4).

ON FEBRUARY 14TH...15TH...AND 16TH...THE HIGH AT HUNTSVILLE WAS JUST
34 DEGREES EACH DAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN HIGHS BELOW
35 THREE DAYS IN A ROW SINCE DECEMBER OF 2000. THREE CONSECUTIVE
SUB-35 DAYS HAVE NOT OCCURRED THIS LATE IN THE SEASON SINCE 1958.

THE HIGH HAS BEEN BELOW 40 DEGREES EIGHT TIMES THIS MONTH...WHICH IS
THE MOST SINCE 1985. THE RECORD IS 15 TIMES...SET IN 1958.

ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOTE...THIS ALSO IS THE DRIEST START TO
FEBRUARY SINCE 1978 (WHICH WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY EVER)...BUT YET
WE HAVE SEEN THE MOST SNOW IN FEBRUARY IN 12 YEARS (SINCE 1995).