HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER 10 PM
TONIGHT BEGINNING IN THE SOUTHWEST AND QUICKLY SPREADING NORTH AND
EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING TO ONE HALF INCH
ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20...59 SOUTH TO THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF
INCH ARE LIKELY ALONG A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CLANTON...AND IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE EAST. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 10 AM EARLY
SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LITTLE
TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 413 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY
THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
OVERALL MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS COLD ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS WILL BE A FAST MOVING 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 SPREAD 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 AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALL OTHER AREAS
WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE A DUSTING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW.
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 AT OR 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 ACCUMULATE. 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.
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