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From SPC
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0086 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0610 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 AREAS AFFECTED…NERN LA…SERN AR…NRN/CENTRAL MS…NRN/CENTRAL AL…NWRN GA…SRN MIDDLE TN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WILL DEVELOP EWD ACROSS MS/AL AND GA THROUGH THE EVENING … Continue reading
Here it comes.
OK, I sound like a game show host. Precipitation is really starting to increase on radar over Alabama now, and it is also starting to reach the ground, even here in Trussville, where we have sleet falling. Take a look … Continue reading
Ice Update 430 pm
Reports of sleet continue to come in from parts of western and central Alabama, as the leading edge of the precipitation moves in. With the dry air in place at low levels, it will take the precipitation a while to … Continue reading
Ice Update
Things may be coming together for a bit of icing over parts of Alabama tonight. It’s like James says in a post below, sometimes you have to let go of the computer models somewhat and look out the window! With … Continue reading
Cold. Ice?
A cold air mass continues to flow into Alabama early this morning. Looking at a few temperatures at 2 am, 21 in BHM and Gadsden, 27 in Tuscaloosa, 19 in Cullman, and 17 at UAH in Huntsville. The coldest temp … Continue reading
AMS Annual Meeting Postgame
A quick post on some stuff from the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Soceity in New Orleans. I’ve been to several AMS-sponsored conferences, but I had never been to one of these. It was good to see some … Continue reading
Cold Rain & Light Mix Update
We’ve been watching a band of sleet & rain move over northern Alabama this morning. Sleet has been reported in Vernon, and although there’s no confirmation, it sure looked like about 30 minutes of a moderate sleet/rain mix in Cullman … Continue reading
AMS Annual Meeting
I will be headed down to New Orleans tomorrow, to attend part of the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. I’ve been to some conferences, but never the full annual meeting…i hear it’s something to see. Vendors of weather equipment, books, … Continue reading
Snow Cover on satellite!
Check out this high-resolution visible satellite picture, from the GHCC website in Huntsville, from 1431 UTC (8:31 am CST) this morning. Skies are clear over Alabama, but you can see the snow cover still on the ground in the area … Continue reading
Update 1 pm
Most of the snow is now SE of a line from Gadsden to Hoover to Selma, but we may still fee a few snow showers in BHM this afternoon. Looking at the radar, there is some precipitation in extreme south … Continue reading
