Not much change in the weather across Alabama for the last several hours. Very little precipitation reported at the regular hourly reporting stations. A lot of the precipitation shown on radar is not reaching the ground
No change in the advisories or warnings. A winter Weather Advisory for counties north of Birmingham.
A Winter Storm Warning for numerous counties generally from the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston areas southward well into South Alabama.
The NWS, Birminghm is predicting 2 to 4 inches of snow along the I-20 corridor and larger amounts well to the south of Birmingham.
The onset has been slow in Alabama but some snow should start in the Birmingham area before daybreak and it maybe snowing during Morning Drive (or Rush Hour)
Numerous schools have already announced closing. State government officies in Montgomery will be closed today (Friday) The City of Birmingham will open a “warming shelter” in the Exhibition Hall of Boutwell Auditorium today.
A FEW SPOT REPORTS
Tupelo…34, cloudy
Columbus, Miss.,…37
Jackson…33 light snow
Meridian…34, snow flurries
Hattiesburg…33, light snow
New Orleans…37, light rain
OTHER REPORTS
* Moderate snow for several hours at McComb, in South Mississippi. The snow has now slackened
* 1/2 inch of snow on the ground at Summit, in Pike County, Mississippi
* Moderate to heavy snow at St. Joseph, La., but by 2 am it had slackened. But two inches had accumulated.
