Forecasting winter weather in the southern region can be tricky at times.  However, the recent rare winter storm in the Deep South brought a winter wonderland to areas where it is typically unheard of to get snow.

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As a weather forecaster, it was really odd to report in Alabama that the snow amounts increased the farther south you went. It is typically the opposite in the Yellowhammer State.

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The Weather Channel reported that this “once-in-a-lifetime winter storm continues to hit millions hard in the South, shutting down travel and leaving millions with the most snow recorded in at least a century in cities like New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola.”

The scenes of snow-covered Alabama beaches are wild. Alabamians were making snow angels just a few steps away from the ocean.

Rare Southern Winter Storm Breaks Alabama Snow Record

In Mobile, Alabama, there were 7.5 inches of snow. The Weather Channel said this is a “New all-time 1—and 2-day snow record.”

According to The Weather Channel, other cities that broke records were “Milton, Florida, with 8.8 inches, New Orleans, Louisiana, with 9 inches, and Pensacola, Florida, with 7.6 inches.”

Some additions may be added to the record-breaking southern snow total amounts list.

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