Deep South Winterwx Discussion 2015-2016

[Brent]

0900 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 E RIPLEY 35.75N 89.44W
02/28/2009 E10.0 INCH LAUDERDALE TN PUBLIC

DRIFTS EXCEEDING 1 FOOT.

[AL Chili Pepper]

Is there a model run showing that? NWS Mobile has no mention of anything close to snow in Pensacola forecast updated tonight...actually no mention of any precip. Not too encouraging on the reliability of some models if there is still so much variety just 24 hours out....

NWS Forecast for: Pensacola FL
Issued by: National Weather Service Mobile, AL
Last Update: 3:21 pm CST Feb 28, 2009
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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 31.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 52.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... TextType=1

Wow, I just realized that there is snow in the forecast for Pensacola, FL. Impressive!

They had a slight chance of light snow for tomorrow in the forecast earlier today, but took it out in the 5 pm forecast.

[Brent]

0z GFS:

[MGC]

Jackson Miss area has snow. Snow bands are headed SE...hope snow makes it to the coast...MGC

[Brent]

0945 PM HEAVY SNOW WILSON 35.57N 90.04W
02/28/2009 M12.0 INCH MISSISSIPPI AR TRAINED SPOTTER

SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 18 INCHES



1000 PM SNOW KENNETT 36.24N 90.05W
02/28/2009 E16.0 INCH DUNKLIN MO TRAINED SPOTTER

SIXTEEN INCH SNOW DRIFTS

[AL Chili Pepper]

Guess I'll stay up a while:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1108 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

LAZ040-MSZ080>082-010715-
ST. TAMMANY-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
ST. MARTIN
1108 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

...PATCHES OF SLEET POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND HEADING TOWARDS MOBILE BAY. AS THIS
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE
EXTREME EASTERN FLORIDA PARISHES OF LOUISIANA...LIGHT RAIN WILL
BECOME MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET AT TIMES...POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO
ALL SLEET AND MIXED WITH A FEW SNOW FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING. ANY
WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 5
AM WITH NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED DUE TO RELATIVELY WARM SURFACE
TEMPERATURES. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY

[MGC]

These ULL are good for a few surprises during the winter in the deep south....MGC

[Brent]

Nice QPF.





1130 PM HEAVY SNOW 6 SE COVINGTON 35.51N 89.57W
02/28/2009 E12.0 INCH TIPTON TN PUBLIC

SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 20 INCHES.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Lucky!! No snow here...still humid and 65*F with some rain possible

[MGC]

It was 77 Saturday at noon, now 13 hours later it is 39.....MGC

[Brent]

Livingston, AL:



Demopolis, AL:



Tuscaloosa



Birmingham

[Brent]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
347 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2009

...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE
AFTERNOON HOURS...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTHEAST
TOWARD SOUTH ALABAMA BY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN EAST ACROSS
SOUTH GEORGIA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLD AIR AND MOISTURE...ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SYSTEM...SPREAD OVER THE AREA...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WILL DEVELOP OVER ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE
WESTERN COUNTIES...BEFORE SUNRISE...AND SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...LINGERING IN EAST ALABAMA
INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

ALZ018>021-026>029-036>038-047-012100-
/O.UPG.KBMX.WS.A.0001.090301T1200Z-090301T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.WS.W.0001.090301T0947Z-090301T2100Z/
ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
LAFAYETTE...AUBURN...OPELIKA
347 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF
EAST ALABAMA. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 59 AND INTERSTATE 85...WITH THE LARGEST SWATH OF SNOW
JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

[Dionne]

NWS Jackson says it's 31F with light snow. I look out the window.....it's still dark. So I put on some clothes and go running outside.....only to find no snow/no precip.......we're 2 counties south of Jackson. Our forecast was 100% chance of snow late last night.....it just didn't happen. Near miss I suppose.

edit; Suns coming up now and a light dusting of snow is visible on rooftops......didn't stick on the ground.

[Brent]

Trying to mix here. Couple of snowflakes spotted. Major area of snow moving in in the next couple of hours. Some light accumulations already reported, roads are wet but bridges are becoming icy around Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.

2,400 foot mountain about an hour northwest of here, always a snow sweet spot:



Edit: 6:55am, a lot of sleet, a little rain/snow and down to 34. Definitely transitioning to snow.

7:05am: Lots of snowflakes mixed in.

7:55am: Well after a brief period of sleet/snow it has all stopped now. *shrugs*

[Ed Mahmoud]

Looks like upper low in Central AL from WV loop


And a thing of beauty she is...

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Yesterday it was near 80*F...today it is around 65*F but falling...
Probably 60*F right now; 30 degrees too warm for snow...

[breeze]

Wow - it really DID snow...! I haven't been outside to measure, but Lawrenceburg
reported 7", and just to my west in Lewis County has reports of 10". It's 31°F, so
it will start melting soon. Very pretty views out the windows, this morning!

[Brent]

THUNDERSNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heavy Snow accumulating rapidly now. Dusting in spots.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Some snow flurries are trying to get into extreme
northwest Florida...

Arctic Blast now hitting me...all the way down to
55*F...-25 change from yesterday afternoon

Areas just north of Tampa have dropped to 49*F...
like New Port Richey...that is a 30 degree temperature drop
for them since about 15 hours ago...

[Brent]

Heavy Snow again.

Make that VERY Heavy Snow. This is the best I've seen in a LONG time. Down to 33.