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A Look at the Radar

| February 2, 2013 @ 3:43 pm

Many areas across North Alabama continue to pick up some cold winter rain. May still have a few sleet pellets or even a snow flake mixing in over some areas. The precip is not falling as heavy as it appears it is on radar. This commonly happens in the winter time. High returns show up because the precip in the upper levels is all frozen and reflects the radar beam better, and if there is a thin liquid layer covering the ice pellets, it will even have higher reflectivity and that is what we are seeing today. With the lower few thousand feet of the atmosphere above freezing, most of the winter precip is melting before reaching the surface. We are seeing the best radar returns across the Tennessee River Valley and even down into Winston, Walker and Fayette Counties.

The rain continues to be along and north of Interstate 20 this afternoon. Movement continues to be more east than south. Most areas south of I-20 should remain relatively dry for the rest of today. Most of the rain is over Alabama, with the back edge near Tupelo, Mississippi. This will last for a few more hours as it will continue to move off into North Georgia. Surface temperatures are  above the freezing mark so we are seeing no issue with icing on roads. Just look for some slick spots as roads will be wet. Temperatures will stay above freezing overnight and the rain will be out of here before we start our Sunday.

2-2-2013 3-12-34 PM

Category: Alabama's Weather

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Macon, Georgia Television Chief Meteorologist, Birmingham native, and long time Contributor on AlabamaWX. Stormchaser. I did not choose Weather, it chose Me. College Football Fanatic. @Ryan_Stinnet

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