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Snow moving out, but icy roads still here
A mixture of snow, sleet, and rain has been falling here in Trussville for the past couple of hours. The temperature is down to 35 in the BHM metro, 32 in Tuscaloosa, 30 in Parrish, and in the mid 20s … Continue reading
Snow update – 125 am
The main area of rain ahead of the cold front has moved into east Alabama, and now we are watching the precipitation in the cold air, in eastern MS and northwest AL. Reports of snow covering ground in Marion County, … Continue reading
Snow update – 1045 pm
**WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT** This is a very difficult system to forecast. As we’ve mentioned before, two things cause upward motion in the atmosphere and precipitation…the approach of an upper-level disturbance (vorticity moving in), and warm air moving in. … Continue reading
Snow Update – 505 pm
**WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT** The upper-level low is now diving SE through Missouri. UAH has actually deployed our mobile radar and profiler in Paducah, KY to measure the upper low. Precip is already increasing south of the low in … Continue reading
Snow analysis – 1250 pm
**WINTER STORM WARNING/WINTER ADVISORY IN EFFECT** A vigorous upper-level disturbance, now near KC, is moving toward Alabama, and will arrive late tonight and tomorrow morning. It will bring another round of snow, and more cold air. It is already producing … Continue reading
Snow Update – 445 pm
Snow looking from Bluff Creek on Warrior River Moderate snow is falling again here in Trussville, as bands wrap around the NW side of the system. This event panned out for central Alabama, but it looks like south Alabama didn’t … Continue reading
Heavier snow now moving in
Almost 1″ of snow has already accumulated on grassy areas here in Trussville, and the heaviest snow is about to move into the Birmingham area over the next 2 hours. The upper-level disturbance will move on through this afternoon, so … Continue reading
Quick update 1035 am
See below for more details. Snow starting to accumulate here in Trussville. Temperatures have fallen rapidly since the snow began to fall about 930 am. Currently: BHM airport 32, Trussville 33, Clay 31, Hoover 34, Calera 34, Tuscaloosa 33, Jasper … Continue reading
There’s still a good chance…
The snowfall has increased quite a bit in the BHM area over the past 30 minutes…indicating that the dry air in the lower-levels of the atmosphere may finally be eroding. Take a look at the balloon data chart from this … Continue reading
Snow update 230 pm and atmospheric dynamics
**NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES WINTER STORM WARNING** **SEE JAMES’ POSTS BELOW FOR DETAILS** In blog posts below from James, JB, and me, you’ll see that we have raised the snow totals in central Alabama somewhat, and it looks like it … Continue reading
