More heavy wintry precipitation is over northern Mississippi and about to move into the Tennessee Valley. A wave of freezing rain will drop south this afternoon and evening, glazing much of Central Alabama. A Winter Weather Advisory covers much of Central and Southwest Alabama. Travel will become difficult in the area late this afternoon and overnight.
Dangerously cold Arctic air is dropping south into Alabama today brining the coldest air since December 2022 to Alabama and the Deep South. We are seeing quite the temperature gradient across the state with teens in the Tennessee Valley, and mid to upper 50s across South Alabama.
Snow accumulation reports are coming in from Northwest Alabama with reports of bridges and overpasses being iced over already. The forecast and warnings and advisories are on track.
Wintry precipitation is already occurring over the Tennessee Valley at this hour and will be increasing. Additional advisories have been issued and all of the Tennessee Valley is now under a Winter Storm Warning starting at 6 p.m.
NWS Huntsville has extended the Winter Storm Warning to now include Cullman, DeKalb, Marshall, and Morgan counties from midnight tonight until 6am Tuesday.
NWS Birmingham has extended the Winter Weather Advisory to now include Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Cleburne, Dallas, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tuscaloosa counties that will start at 6pm Monday night and is set to expire at 9 am Tuesday.
There is a great deal of uncertainty in timing of the impacts for North and Central Alabama, but here are some first thoughts from our HRRR high resolution model.
Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings have been issued for our next weather system which will bring winter storm conditions to Alabama starting tonight through Tuesday.
2-5 inches of snow is expected across the Winter Storm Warning areas, with up to one inch of snow and one-tenth of ice accumulations in the Winter Weather Advisory areas.
A wintry mix of precipitation will affect North and Central Alabama Monday and Monday night. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama and three counties of Northwest Central Alabama.
Old Man Winter is really going to make his presence known this week as sleet, snow, freezing rain, and bitter cold temperatures will be likely. Travel impacts may occur over a good portion of North and Central Alabama.
We’ll have plenty of sunshine today, as we’ll need every bit we can to stay a little bit warmer as highs will be very cool. We go into the deep freeze for the first part of the week, and some wintry mischief looks likely.
It will be a mixed bag of weather for the first week of 2024 as we’ll have sun and rain, with temperatures doing a rollercoaster ride from the very cool side to almost mild. Will it be dry to ring in the New Year?
The latest from radar is not really showing any snow falling, but that doesn’t mean that there may be some flakes mixed in with the light rain. The best news as of now is that there are no travel issues being mentioned, which means the forecast is right on target.
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