Numerous automobile accidents are being reported across Walker County according to John Talbot. A little earlier Jasper Police called in all their officers because the roads were becoming impassable. The changeover line extends from southern Etowah County into northern St. Clair County then into extreme northern Jefferson County, southern WAlker and into Fayette and Lamar […]
The precipitation is changing to to snow over Northwest Alabama, a little ahead of schedule this afternoon. It is now snow heavily in Hamilton. Reports indicate that the snow starts to accumulate as soon as the changeover occurs. Jim Westland at the NWS Birmingham reports that the freezing level over Birmingham has dropped to 1000 […]
No change in our forecast; so the event is behaving as expected. Rain was forecast this morning, changing to snow along and near, or just south of I-20. The rain/snow line this afternoon will be just south of I-20, generally speaking. South of that line, the cold rain continues. North of that line, widespread snow […]
AREAS AFFECTED…SW AR…NRN MS…NW/N-CNTRL AL CONCERNING…HEAVY SNOW SUMMARY…AREA OF RAIN EXTENDING FROM SW AR EWD INTO N-CNTRL AL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THIS TRANSITION…SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION…CURRENT OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SE AR AND FAR NE LA IS […]
First some good news, the winter storm warning has been dropped for the southern line of counties. However, it has been replaced with a winter weather advisory, but still these areas could see some impacts on travel from wintry precip. Now as the rain continues to fall, we are getting reports of snow and sleet […]
A very busy day of weather is underway across the state. A large precipitation shield is spreading east into the state. We are beginning to get numerous reports of a rain/sleet mix across West-Central Alabama. Once again, this is what was expected. Farther to the west, snow is increasing across Arkansas with event some thunder […]
The biggest question today… And the answer is different for different cities and towns. CURRENT RADAR: This is mostly rain, with some sleet mixed in, over West Alabama. REMEMBER: We forecast this event to begin as rain, with the change to snow coming this afternoon over North Alabama. RAIN/SNOW LINE: Needless to say, south of […]
Looking at the radar to the west, there is a lot of precipitation across the Mississippi Valley, and it is moving east. The radar is beginning to fill in across Mississippi and precip is moving into West Alabama. At this time, there are reports of light rain over West Alabama, and this exactly what we […]
Scroll down for a full meteorological discussion of today’s winter storm in Alabama. Light rain is pushing into West Alabama early this morning… Snow is increasing west of Alabama; we note a good bit of lightning over the ArkLaTex region, meaning there is a decent chance of thundersnow over North Alabama later today. If you […]
The regularly scheduled test of NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) has been canceled today due to the impending winter weather. The next regularly scheduled weekly test will be conducted tomorrow, Thursday. Here’s the text of the message. -Brian- NOUS44 KBMX 251240 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-252100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 640 AM CST WED FEB […]
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I will have a full discussion and a new Weather Xtreme video shortly… *NWS is not changing the winter storm warning… *Our forecast for now remains unchanged *Rain begins later this morning, changing to snow this afternoon along and north of I-20 *There will be a very, very tight gradient near I-20 between snow to […]
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