Winter Weather in the deep south thread

[lrak]

we got some hail down here does that count as wintery precipitation?

[HarlequinBoy]

The Zone Forecast calls for 3-6 inches so we'll see..

[HarlequinBoy]

Lol.. this thread is so lonely. Too bad more people don't post here who live in Arkansas, Tn, or Miss..

Anyways it's down to 39 here.. I really have no experience in snow events but it sort of seems to me that moisture may pull out before tomorrow afternoon? I'm confused. I'll just trust the NWS.

[HarlequinBoy]

..and now I'm even more confused. New NAM is further SE.

[Brent]

..and now I'm even more confused. New NAM is further SE.

Looking a lot better for me! I might die if we get ANOTHER accumulating snow.

[JonathanBelles]

..and now I'm even more confused. New NAM is further SE.

Looking a lot better for me! I might die if we get ANOTHER accumulating snow.

Brent

[rsdoug1981]

Harlequinboy,

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but...

I think the system that is going to bring you and me the snow hasn't really formed yet. We're waiting for the vort max to drop south and ride the coat tails of this initial system. I'm in Canton, MS, and I'm watching this thing like a hawk, too!

And I agree...the 00z NAM has more moisture in the north LA and MS Delta regions than it has shown on past runs.

[HarlequinBoy]

Ahh.. okay rsdoug. I hope you get some too.. and Brent. =p

I live in the north Delta..

[Brent]

***ALERT: THIS IS A FLIZZARD WARNING***

[HarlequinBoy]

The NAM puts 4-5 inches over my area.. NWS going with 2-4 (looks good to me!!)

I guess I'll go to bed expecting at least a couple inches late tomorrow. 'Night!

[HarlequinBoy]

Waiting on morning AFDS and the final advisory update before this afternoon probably..

[HarlequinBoy]

And it looks good!

Today...Brisk. Snow or rain. Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind gusts to near 25 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Tonight...Snow in the evening...then a chance of snow after midnight. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Total snow accumulation 4 to 6 inches. Cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.


If we get that it will be our heaviest snow since January 2000.

[HarlequinBoy]

North Alabama has gone under a Winter Storm Watch, Central and SE Arkansas under a Winter Storm Warning and most of the Mid-South.

Jackson is even forecasting 3-5 inches down to Greenville.

[breeze]

Bring it on!


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF COAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, THEN UP THE EAST COAST
ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION,
INCLUDING A SWATH OF WINTRY WEATHER FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
NEW ENGLAND.

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AS
RAIN. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTHWEST, ENABLING SNOW TO MIX WITH THE RAIN. THE TRANSITION TO
ALL SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE. BY MIDNIGHT, ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU WILL HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL FALL
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM
1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER, TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE
CLARKSVILLE AREA, TO 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND NASHVILLE, TO 4 TO 6
INCHES ALONG THE UPPER PLATEAU.

[HarlequinBoy]

Winds are howling outside! Still no precip but looking at the radar things are going according to plan so far.

4 inches or more predicted. Woot!

[HarlequinBoy]

It's sleeting now.

[HarlequinBoy]

And now it's snowing.

[Brent]

Caught me off-guard, I thought I was going to have to travel north to see even a dusting.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1213 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY
BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH GULF
MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

ALZ019-021>050-080300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SN.Y.0001.080308T0300Z-080308T1600Z/
CALHOUN-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...ANNISTON...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
1213 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
SATURDAY.

AS A STRONG SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...COLD
AIR WILL BEGIN FILTERING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND LAST THROUGH EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. INITIALLY THE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO
WARM TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...AS THE TEMPERATURES BEGIN
TO COOL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO
ACCUMULATE ON MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY TOMORROW MORNING. AMOUNTS UP
TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...UP TO 1.0 INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR....UP TO 0.5 INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85
CORRIDOR.

WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED
SLICK ROAD SURFACES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
ROADWAYS AND IN RURAL AREAS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

[breeze]

Lol, the grocery store parking lots are full of last-minute panic shoppers!




URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1159 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES
THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN UP THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING A SWATH OF
WINTRY WEATHER FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEW ENGLAND.

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS
RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW
IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES...THEN THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL
OCCUR FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE MID STATE
THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS
AND WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

AT THIS TIME... IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR
AREAS ALONG THE KENTUCKY BORDER

[HarlequinBoy]

Very heavy snow here.. and it's blowing like crazy.

Nearly an inch already.