SNOW ADVISORY

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING....A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH GULF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

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...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY.

AS A STRONG SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...COLD AIR WILL BEGIN FILTERING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND LAST THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. INITIALLY THE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...AS THE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SNOW WILL BEGIN TOACCUMULATE ON MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY TOMORROW MORNING. AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20CORRIDOR...UP TO 1.0 INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR....UP TO 0.5 INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR.

WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATEDSLICK ROAD SURFACES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND IN RURAL AREAS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.