Wintry Precipitation Moves Southward Tonight Along With Arctic Air
RADAR CHECK: Widespread snow continues along and north of the Tennessee River this afternoon, with a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain just to the south.
Tag: ice
Winter Storm Warning/Winter Weather Advisory For Much Of Alabama
COLD/SNOW/ICE: A messy winter weather setup continues for much of Alabama today. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Marion, Winston, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Cullman, Morgan, Madison, Marshall, Jackson, and DeKalb counties in North Alabama. A winter weather advisory is now in effect west of a line from Mobile to Selma to Clanton to Sylacauga to Ranburne.
Ice Storm Warning For Northwest Alabama
MAJOR WINTER STORM: An ice storm warning has been issued for these counties in North and West Alabama: Pickens, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston, Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Colbert, Lauderdale, Limestone, and Madison. A winter storm warning is in effect for these counties: Marengo, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Marshall, Jackson, and DeKalb. These counties are under a winter weather advisory: Blount, Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington.
Sunday Evening Update
A potent winter storm will impact much of North and West Alabama tomorrow and tomorrow night with potential for enough ice accumulation for major travel impact and power outages. WATCHES/WARNINGS: A winter storm warning is in effect for these counties: Marengo, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Winston, Marion, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, […]
City By City Breakdown
Here is a look at what to expect for some of the larger cities in Alabama over the next 72 hours… BIRMINGHAM: Scattered light rain is possible tonight… a cold rain is likely tomorrow and early tomorrow night. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s; no icy travel is expected as the rain […]
Winter Storm Ahead For North and West Alabama
A potent winter storm will impact much of North and West Alabama tomorrow and tomorrow night with potential for enough ice accumulation for major travel impact and power outages. WATCHES/WARNINGS: A winter storm warning has been issued for these counties: Marengo, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Winston, Marion, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, […]
Freezing Fog Early This Morning; Isolated Showers Later Today
ICY BRIDGES: Fog is fairly widespread across Alabama early this morning, and with temperatures below freezing, the “freezing fog” is creating ice on bridges and overpasses. Many wrecks have already been reported; be VERY careful if you are driving early this morning. Temperatures will be above freezing by 9:00 a.m.
Wild Weekend Weather
Here is a closer look at the issues facing Alabama this weekend… SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT: Temperatures today will warm into the low 70s with a strong south wind, setting the stage for the potential for strong to severe storms over parts of the state late tonight/early tomorrow… PLACEMENT: As you can […]
Icing Issues Begin Over Northwest Alabama
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. FREEZE LINE DROPPING SOUTH: It is below freezing now over much of Northwest Alabama, where freezing rain and sleet […]
Pre-Dawn Update
A winter storm warning remains in effect for much of North Alabama today, with a freezing rain advisory up for the cities of Birmingham, Gadsden, Anniston, and Tuscaloosa. Temperatures are now at, or below freezing over much of Northwest Alabama… including places like Hamilton, Cullman, Haleyville, and Florence. Freezing rain and sleet is falling over […]
Winter Storm Potential Update
A good bit of the new model data is in tonight (the 00Z runs), but not all of the data. Bottom line is that I don’t see any need to change our ongoing forecast. TIMING: Icy travel could begin up around Florence and Muscle Shoals as early as midnight to 2 a.m…. then freeze line […]
Evening Update
No change in our forecast for now… The cold front is blowing through North Alabama…. the temperature at Hamilton has dropped thirty degrees… from a high of 78 to 48 degrees at 6:00 p.m. Confidence in icing over Northwest Alabama is high tomorrow; the forecast confidence is lower for the larger cities of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, […]
Winter Storm Warning Tomorrow
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. MUST BE MARCH IN ALABAMA: Montgomery has soared to 80 degrees this afternoon, at the time NWS offices in […]
Winter Storm Warning Issued
Here is a look at the new warnings/advisories… Heaviest ice accumulation will be in the winter storm warning area, north of a line from Millport to Oneonta to Fort Payne. Icy travel is possible down in the freezing rain advisory, as far south as a line from Livingston to Calera to Anniston. Is is possible […]
