HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 225 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 227 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM
SATURDAY MORNING FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS AREA IS
GENERALLY 30 TO 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO
CLANTON TO ANNISTON TO CENTRE. ACROSS THIS AREA SNOW ACCUMULATION
UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS AND
ELEVATED SURFACES. TO THE NORTH OF THE ADVISORY...MOISTURE WILL BE
LIMITED AND ONLY FLURRIES TO A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE. TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY...RAIN IS FORECAST.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE GULF COAST OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE
WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTH. WE CAN
EXPECT LIGHT RAIN TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS AFTER 6 PM
AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA...THEN BECOME A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR
MIDNIGHT...THEN TURN TO MOSTLY SNOW AFTER 3 AM ACROSS THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL SECTIONS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY FROM
WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW
WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND MAINLY ON GRASSY
AREAS AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
.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 MAY BE
REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT.
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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