A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OFCENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROMVERNON...TO JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...AND CENTRE.
COLD AIR WILL FILL IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL RETURN. SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM...SNOW RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY...AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. AFTER MIDNIGHT...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS BLOUNT...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES.
AT THIS TIME...MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT WILL SEE LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR IN PLACE...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW EXIST FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL SINK SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OCCURING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 85/HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20CORRIDOR.
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DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY...NORTH WINDSWITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL BEPOSSIBLE DURING THE DAY.
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