Gulf Coast Winter Storm??
Posted by Beachlover on 2/10/2010, 1:00 am
Heads up, Lawkat et al! Not sure whether or not to believe the following NWS Special Weather Statement out of Mobile, indicating that a Winter Storm Watch (which I don't recall seeing in our area in the decade we've been here) could be posted by Wednesday afternoon for a Thursday night/Friday event. Could get interesting, but, out here on Pensacola Beach, I'll believe it when I see it.  Have never seen a flake of snow on the island in ten years, though there've been a couple of extremely short-lived sleet events. What a wild and crazy winter!  __LL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
340 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-102300-
UPPER
MOBILE-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WASHINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-
CRENSHAW-WILCOX-CHOCTAW-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA
ROSA-GEORGE-STONE-PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER
BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA
ROSA-
340 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION BY WEEK'S END AS
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE INTERIOR
COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
84...AND WILL THEN CHANGE TO AND REMAIN AS SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST.  CLOSER TO THE COAST...RAIN
WILL BEGIN FALLING THURSDAY NIGHT AND A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND SNOW
MIX COULD OCCUR AS EARLY AS MID MORNING FRIDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING.
IT IS CURRENTLY BEYOND THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE TO PIN-POINT EXACT
SNOWFALL TOTALS BECAUSE IT IS TOO FAR OUT IN TIME PRIOR TO THE EVENT
AND MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN.  HOWEVER...CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWESTERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY WITH
LIGHTER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE COAST.  THE CONFIDENCE FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW IN OUR AREA CONTINUES TO INCREASE...PARTICULARLY
INLAND.
IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY EITHER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
OR A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WARNING BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.
EVERYONE IS URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECAST AND
OUTLOOKS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SNOW EVENT.  ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY...SUBFREEZING
LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT SUGGESTS THAT LINGERING MOISTURE ON
ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL REFREEZE...CREATING SLICK SPOTS AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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