Friday, March 7, 2008

Revised Central Alabama Snow Forecast


DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTH FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH2 AM AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS2 TO 3 INCHES. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTH...GENERALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR... ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH.
DUE TO THE WARM AIR MASS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON FRIDAY....ROADWAYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGHLY IMPACTED. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA WHERE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE LONGER.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IN THE MORNING AT LEAST THROUGH 9 AM.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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