SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1006 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS WEEKEND...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL
MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE ATMOSPHERE
APPEARS COLD ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THIS WILL BE A QUICK HITTING SYSTEM...WITH FROZEN PRECIPITATION
CHANCES LASTING ONLY ABOUT 12 HOURS.
THE SNOW CHANCES WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING IN THE
SOUTHWEST...AND QUICKLY SPREADING EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH SUNRISE. THE SNOW CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO END BY
AROUND 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WILL BE ROUGHLY A 25 TO 50 MILE WIDE
AREA FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO CLANTON...TO WEDOWEE WHERE SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALL
OTHER AREAS WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOW OR
LESS. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TROY TO AUBURN WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE ALL RAIN.
SOIL TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES AND
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY STAY JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING
THIS EVENT. ADDITIONALLY...SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 40S AREA WIDE...MELTING
ANY SNOW THAT DOES STICK. THEREFORE...SNOW WILL GENERALLY COLLECT
ONLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES FOR A RATHER SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
AS WITH ANY WINTER WEATHER SITUATION...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FURTHER
FORECAST AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED IF WATCHES OR WARNINGS
BECOME NECESSARY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 623 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 623 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE CHANCE OF SNOW WILL START AS EARLY AS 10 PM IN THE SOUTHWEST
COUNTIES...AND LAST AS LATE AS 10 AM IN THE NORTHEAST. THE HIGHEST
SNOW FALL POTENTIAL...GENERALLY A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...IS
FORECAST TO BE IN A BAND ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO AND 25 TO 50 MILES
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS BAND...LIGHTER
AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A COATING UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MOSTLY RAIN...PERHAPS
WITH A FEW SNOW FLURRIES MIXED IN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
BECAUSE GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE RELATIVELY WARM...WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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