A quick update…
Tim Coleman is preparing a forecast update for 10:30. Stay tuned for that.
RADAR UPDATE
Moderate to heavy rain now is falling from Marion through Lamar, NW Fayette, Pickens and back into the Columbus area. Some heavy rain will cross Lamar, Fayette and northern Pickens Counties in the next hour.
Back over Mississippi, light rain and snow mixed continues over the northwestern third of the state. This precipitation has increased slightly in intensity and areal coverage in the past hour.
TO THE NORTHWEST
…Snow is tapering in Memphis. A NWS Employee reports one half inch of snow. The NWS Memphis expects the final totals to be around one inch when the snow tapers off after midnight.
TEMPERATURES
…43F at Golden Triangle Airport in Columbus
…41F at the Columbus AFB with Light Rain
…39F at Haleyville
…37F at Greenwood with Light Rain
…30F at Memphis International
UPPER LOW TO INTENSIFY SNOW
The upper low tonight is over southeastern Missouri. It is spinning eastward toward western Kentucky. Snowfall will intensify later tonight, especially across the Tennessee Valley.
It remains to be seen how far south the heavier snow will be able to set up. The area of Winter Storm Warning over Northeast Alabama looks like it should still receive the best snow accumulations (3-4 inches or more). Other areas north of I-20 may be closer to the original one inch we forecast. It may be hard to get extensive accumulations south of there.
This is a remarkable upper low. It likely still has some tricks up its sleeve.
This is a remarkable low and it still has some interesting tricks up its sleeve.
