As 11 am approached, almost all of Alabama was without precipitation. There were a few light showers over Extreme SW Alabama in Mobile and Washington County.
Still looks like showers will hold off until some point this afternoon for most of our area.
Lots of activity in progress today for the annual Magic City Classic in Birmingham. It is not just a football game. Think of it as a huge family reunion each year! The game Saturday kicks off at 2:30. The annual clash is between Alabama State and Alabama A&M. Looks cool and wet for a good part of Saturday but we will update all football weather forecasts later this afternoon.
To our west, the heaviest rain late this morning was lined up from West Tennessee, including Jackson and Memphis SSW through NW and Extreme West Mississippi into Louisiana. This system has a history of moving east ever-so slowly–almost like a mule and wagon.
The SPC (Storm Prediction Center) has mentioned that a watch may be needed later mainly for a large part of Central Mississippi but the risk does not yet seem significant. A slight risk is posted today and tonight for almost all of Mississippi and the Extreme west edge of Alabama.
FOLLOWUP NOTES ON THE HISTORIC SNOW
(We posted a story about this yesterday but here are a few later notes)
* Pinecliff, Colo., in Jefferson County finally received 46 inches of snow as measured by an official NWS coop observer. (That does not count drifts–that is the average depth!)
* Fort Morgan, Colo., reported a blizzard with 12 inches of snow and six-foot drifts, visibility only one block.
* Monarch Pass, Colo., now reporting a temperature of 3 above with gusts to 47 mph and a wind chill of 23 below.
* Morning snow survey shows that 30% of the Lower 48 states now with a snow cover. One month ago today it was only 1/10th of one percent.
* Lowest I could find so far this morning in the “Lower 48” was an even zero at Laramie, Wyo., home of the University of Wyoming.
