
Blue Skies Aplenty on this Sunday Afternoon
A nice Sunday is in progress across Alabama, with partly cloudy skies and seasonal temperatures in the 50s. Rain is in the forecast for later in the week.
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A nice Sunday is in progress across Alabama, with partly cloudy skies and seasonal temperatures in the 50s. Rain is in the forecast for later in the week.
Clouds increased overnight but will be thinning out after today as an upper-level disturbance passes. Monday will be dry, although there could be a shower late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, with a better chance by late Wednesday night through Thursday and into Friday.
Sleet is falling across parts of West Alabama this morning. There is also some black ice on highways in the Birmingham area.
Snow is beginning to wind down early this afternoon, but there are still some slushy roads across parts of Marion, Lamar, Fayette, northwestern Walker, Winston, Pickens, Colbert, and Franklin Counties.
Snow continues this morning northwest of a line from Reform in Pickens County, to Fayette in Fayette County, to Carbon Hill in Walker County, to Falkville in Morgan County, with a few snow showers over Madison County around Huntsville. Southeast of there, it is all rain.
A mix of precipitation has moved into West and Northwest Alabama tonight. Winter weather advisories continue until noon for Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties where accumulations of around one-half inch are expected, with one inch possible near the Mississippi border.
A winter weather advisory remains in effect until noon for Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties until noon tomorrow. Up to one-half inch of snow may fall over these counties between midnight and 10 a.m. tomorrow. Plan on slippery conditions during the early morning hours tomorrow morning in the advisory area.
There are now reports of some sleet in Western Jefferson County, but the main precipitation will arrive after midnight.
We are seeing signs that snow accumulations could be a little higher than expected over parts of West Alabama early Monday morning.
One interesting thing to watch, the latest runs of the HRRR have increased snow amounts over West Central Alabama a bit, now showing 1-2 inches for parts of Tuscaloosa County, as well as part of Pickens and Sumter County.
Not much has changed in our thinking regarding tonight’s winter weather threat. A wintry mix will enter West Alabama after midnight. The best chance for snow accumulations will be in parts of Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Marion, Winston, Cullman, Marshall, northern Etowah, and DeKalb Counties northward into the Tennessee Valley Counties of North Alabama.
The snow system to the west of Alabama has been overperforming this morning, but the thinking has not changed for us here in our state. Up to one half inch of snow is possible late tonight and early Monday morning for parts of Northwest and North Alabama.