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Screaming Message: Do Not Drive Across Central Alabama Tonight or Saturday Morning
A winter storm warning and winter weather advisory continues tonight for all of the counties across Central Alabama. In fact, warnings and advisories cover all of the state except for the far North and coastal Mobile and Baldwin counties. A … Continue reading
Snow and Sleet Beginning to Taper Off; Roads Very Dangerous Across Much of Area
Our precipitation shield has changed to all dry snow and sleet tonight. The radar shows reflectivity on the left and precipitation type on the right. The light blue is dry snow and the peach color is sleet. Temperatures are falling … Continue reading
Do Not Drive Tonight in the Winter Storm Warning and Winter Weather Advisory Areas
Do not drive in the areas being impacted by the winter storm tonight. There are multiple crashes in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. As our wintry precipitation works its way across Central Alabama tonight, here are some reports: …A nice dusting of … Continue reading
Look What is Upstream Coming Our Way
We are watching an upstream area of precipitation that is increasing over Louisiana and Mississippi that presents a significant winter storm threat for Alabama tonight. Here is the regional radar with temperatures: Deteriorating road conditions are being reported in the … Continue reading
SPC Comments on Increasing Icing Threat
Here is additional information from the Storm Prediction Center regarding the threat of sleet and freezing rain across Central Alabama. Mesoscale Discussion 0021 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0209 PM CST Fri Jan 06 2017 Areas affected…Mixed precipitation – … Continue reading
Second Wave of Precipitation Developing to the West Ahead of Upper Level Disturbance
2:49 ADDED THE SKEW-T DIAGRAM AS REQUESTED BY A READER SNOW ACCUMULATION The NWS has upped the snow and sleet accumulation forecast for parts of East Alabama to up to 4 inches. Here is their latest graphic. ORIGINAL POST Our … Continue reading
Some North Central Alabama Snow Fans May Be Happy Tonight
Our high-resolution HRRR model depicts a nice band of snow setting up in the I-20 Corridor tonight. Here is an animation of the model’s predicted precipitation type over the next 12 hours: And here is the accumulated snowfall estimate after … Continue reading
Good News Stories From Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter!
Our Alabama NewsCenter friends bring us more Good News Stories from across the lovely state of Alabama! Because we are keeping our focus on winter weather updates, we are posting an abbreviated list of our favorite stories with a link … Continue reading
New GFS Run Supports Current Forecast
Just a quick note to say that the evening run of the GFS is in for this system and it looks a lot like the morning run that generated so much concern. It appears our forecast is on track, and … Continue reading
Some Mid-Evening Notes on the Forecast
The forecast die has been cast and now we are in wait and watch mode across Alabama tonight as the first winter storm of the new year and season takes aim at the Southeast. Rarely does it seem that forecasts … Continue reading
