A Brief Update on the Freezing Rain Potential at 11:30 pm
Radar is showing the potential for freezing rain falling over the northwestern and extreme northern portions of North/Central Alabama as of 11:30 pm.
Radar is showing the potential for freezing rain falling over the northwestern and extreme northern portions of North/Central Alabama as of 11:30 pm.
NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for several counties in the northwestern parts of Central Alabama starting immediately and is set to expire at 8:00 am.
Freezing rain that could produce a 0.10 to 0.15 inch thick glaze of ice along a swath extending from Cullman and the Bankhead Forest northeastward to Huntsville and Winchester.
Radar check as of 8:30 pm shows very little activity across North/Central Alabama as nearly everyone is dry at this point of the evening with some showers falling over the extreme southeastern parts of Central Alabama.
THIS AFTERNOON: It is a cloudy and cold day for most of the state… the Arctic front is just southeast of Montgomery. At mid-afternoon temperatures range from 34 at Haleyville to 66 at Dothan, an impressive 32 degree spread on either side of the front. We have some patches of light rain and drizzle in progress, but a decent part of the state is dry.
Skies are mainly cloudy across Central Alabama, but there are a few breaks over the southeastern and extreme eastern parts of the area that is allowing a few rays of sunshine through.
COMPLEX WINTER FORECAST: This kind of winter weather pattern will always cause great weeping and gnashing of teeth in weather offices across the southern U.S. The Polar Vortex over Canada, very cold Arctic air over much of the U.S., and an active southern branch of the jet stream.