A Winter Weather Mess Not That Far Away

Though we continue our spring-like weekend of weather across Alabama, that is not the case just off to our north and west. Numerous winter weather alerts are currently in effect from the Four Corners, across the Plains, the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys, and into the Mid-Atlantic. Whether it is winter storm watches and warnings, winter weather advisories, ice storm warnings, or a freezing rain advisory, it is certainly going to be a messy and high impact winter storm for these locations. Use caution and expect impacts on travel in these areas.

Now back in Alabama, we will all be in the upper 60s and lower 70s today, but we will see the cold air heading back into the state overnight. The NWS in Huntsville has issued a winter weather advisory for some counties in the Tennessee Valley of Alabama. As of now, only these extreme northwestern counties in the state are impacted and no counties in Central Alabama are currently under any kind of winter weather alert.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY.

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST MONDAY…

.RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE
TONIGHT…AS A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD AND
TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING.

LOCATIONS INCLUDED ARE LAUDERDALE…COLBERT…FRANKLIN AL…LAWRENCE…LIMESTONE…MOORE…LINCOLN…
FRANKLIN TN…
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…
WINCHESTER

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…LAUDERDALE…COLBERT…FRANKLIN…
LAWRENCE…AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AND
LINCOLN…MOORE…AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES TENNESSEE.

* ACCUMULATIONS…LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS FAR
NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* IMPACTS…A GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED
SURFACES…SUCH AS CARS AND TREES. DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES
AND WET CONDITIONS FROM RAINFALL EARLY ON SUNDAY EVENING…IMPACTS
ON LOCAL ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO SLICK AREAS ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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