This is an effort to bring you up to date on all that is going on today, which is affecting our corner of the world. This is going to be one of those days where there will be lots of Blog posts, so please scroll way down each time you log on because post 8 or 10 down the list will still have useful and current information.
SURFACE CHART AT 10:00 A.M.
The surface low-pressure area that has developed pretty much on schedule and position. . At 10:00, it was 63 degrees in Anniston and 37 in Meridian and Greenwood, Mississippi. It was 34 and snowing in Jackson. Up in NW Alabama, it was down to 41 in the Florence/Muscle Shoals area. Cold air has continued to pull down from upper levels that caused snow to break out late yesterday even as far as Galveston Island. A radar check at 10:15 this morning shows that most of the precipitation has ended over Western Louisiana, but it is still occurring in the Baton Rouge/New Orleans area and also over a large part of Mississippi.
The low is expected to track northeastward through Alabama. We are going to get a lot of wind, possibly with gusts over 40 mph at times.
Here are some spot reports at 10:00 a.m.:
TEXAS/LOUISIANA
Beaumont, Texas…sunny, 35 degrees, NW wind to 23
Alexandria, LA…cloudy, 38, wind NW gusting to 26, no precipitation
Houston…sunny, 41, NW 26
New Orleans International Airport…34, sleet, wind chill 25
Slidell, LA…34, light snow, winid chill 28
MISSISSIPPI
Columbus…rain, 43
Jackson…34, light snow, visibility 3/4 mile, wind chill 25
Meridian…37, cloudy
McComb…34, light snow, wind chill 25
Biloxi…cloudy, 37
ALABAMA
Muscle Shoals…39, heavy rain, north wind gusting to 46 mph
Huntsville…45, rain, wind NE gustiing 26
Decatur… 41, rain, north wind averaging 30 mph
Tuscaloosa…47, cloudy
Birmingham…52, light rain
