Watching For Snow

James Spann | March 7, 2008 @ 2:10 pm | 107 Replies

***No afternoon Weather Xtreme video due to work on the TV side I am having to handle this afternoon**

Our snow event is just ahead… we are going to bump up the accumulation figures a bit, but not too much from the morning discussion. Read Tim Coleman’s discussion below… those are just about the exact same words I was going to us in terms of accumulation.

Here are the bullet points for tonight’s storm system:

*One to three inches of snow, mainly in grassy areas, along and north of U.S. 278, or north of a line from Hamilton to Cullman to Gadsden. There could be some icy spots in bridges in this area late tonight, but the roads will most likely remain only wet because of the relatively warm soil. The exception could be in some of the high terrain locations over Northeast Alabama, where a few roads could become snow covered.

*Around one inch of snow for the I-20 corridor, including Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Anniston. Again, this will be on grassy areas. The roads will be only wet, and travel problems are not expected.

*A dusting all the way way to U.S. 80, or a line from Demopolis to Montgomery to Opelika. No travel problems here.

*There could be some convective snow late tonight and early tomorrow that could produce local areas of higher accumulation. We might even hear of a report of thundersnow somewhere.

*This is nothing like the Blizzard of 1993 for Alabama. Not in the same league.

*The heaviest snow should be northwest of Alabama, in the general area from Greenville, MS to Memphis to Louisville and on to Cincinnati and Buffalo. Many spots in this band will have over five inches of snow.

*Tomorrow will be cold; we stay in the 30s all day with a wind chill index below freezing at times.

*We will be doing a live weather update tonight on the live stream at 7:00… access this from abc3340.com. This will also be on our “Weather Now” digital channel seen on cable systems around the state, and over the air on 33.2 and 40.2.

I had a great time seeing all of the 5th graders at Good Hope Elementary School up in Cullman County… be looking for them on the KIDCAM today on ABC 33/40 News at 5:00! The blog will be buzzing along all night… stay tuned…

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