Looks like we are all in pretty decent agreement here…
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1006 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…
ANNISTON…CENTRE…HEFLIN…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…
CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…
VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…
PRATTVILLE…FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…
MONTGOMERY…TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…AUBURN…OPELIKA…
PHENIX CITY…TROY…EUFAULA
1006 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
…SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS WEEKEND…
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL
MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM…THE ATMOSPHERE
APPEARS COLD ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THIS WILL BE A QUICK HITTING SYSTEM…WITH FROZEN PRECIPITATION
CHANCES LASTING ONLY ABOUT 12 HOURS.
THE SNOW CHANCES WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING IN THE
SOUTHWEST…AND QUICKLY SPREADING EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH SUNRISE. THE SNOW CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO END BY
AROUND 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WILL BE ROUGHLY A 25 TO 50 MILE WIDE
AREA FROM DEMOPOLIS…TO CLANTON…TO WEDOWEE WHERE SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALL
OTHER AREAS WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOW OR
LESS. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TROY TO AUBURN WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE ALL RAIN.
SOIL TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES AND
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY STAY JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING
THIS EVENT. ADDITIONALLY…SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 40S AREA WIDE…MELTING
ANY SNOW THAT DOES STICK. THEREFORE…SNOW WILL GENERALLY COLLECT
ONLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES FOR A RATHER SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
AS WITH ANY WINTER WEATHER SITUATION…PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FURTHER
FORECAST AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED IF WATCHES OR WARNINGS
BECOME NECESSARY.
