Snow Band Will Push Into East Alabama

Our band of heavy snow is pushing into eastern Alabama after dumping some heavy snowfall amounts from the Hunsville area down through Walker, Winston, Cullman, Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby and back into Mississippi.

Many roads are snow covered and slushy where heavier snow has fallen .

We have a report that the Hueytown FD is shutting down roads in that area. There are many reports of traffic at a standstill.

A report from our Skywatcher Terry Sasser: Hwy 31 between Finley Blvd and Fultondale is impassible. The steep ridges with the bridges won’t let vehicles gain traction. My daugher said they are sanding them now.

Marshall County is asking people to curtail travel there:
ONGOING SNOW AND SLEET HAS CAUSED MANY ROADS TO BECOME VERY
DANGEROUS…IF NOT IMPASSIBLE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE ON
BRINDLEE MOUNTAIN…SAND MOUNTAIN AND IN THE BOAZ COMMUNITY.

This is I-65 near Exit 310 from @nvyoung on Twitter:

It started to snow a short time ago in Talladega.

Snow will spread across eastern Cullman, Blount, eastern Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, St. Clair, Etowah Cherokee, Calhoun, CLay, Randoplh and Cleburne Counties over the next hour.

The sky is brightening already over western Alabama when clearing is following the back edge of the snow closely.

Here is the Skycam from Tuscaloosa:

Here is the visible satellite:

Conditions will improve quickly warming temps for areas that see some sunshine this afternoon. Clearing should reach the Birmingham area by 4 p.m., which will help a little with the melting.

Hopefully, things can dry out before the mercury goes below freezing later this evening. Any leftover moisture on roads will freeze tonight, setting up dangerous patches of black ice that can be deadly when encountered by unsuspecting motorists.

Anyone driving late tonight or early Friday morning needs to check road conditions before setting out and needs to exercise extreme caution where ice or slush is on roadways.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Winter Weather