January 11th-12th Southern Slider

[Cold Wrather Fan]

What exactly is the criteria for issuing a WWA in Central AL ? Kinda surprised to see a WWA for less than 1/2" of snow.

n or snow as our precip types. There's little to no warm nose
aloft and temps are hovering in the 32 to 35 degree range at the
surface. Where heavier precipitation is allowed to fall, dynamic
cooling will bring down the colder air to the surface and could
allow for those quick bursts of snowfall. With the possibility of
some areas being able to reach our advisory criteria of 1/4 inch,
we're going to go ahead with a Winter Weather Advisory for western
and northwestern counties. Locations with the best chance of
seeing accumulating snowfall include Carrollton to Tuscaloosa to
Jasper and points north and west.

 

[Dewpoint Dan]

n or snow as our precip types. There's little to no warm nose
aloft and temps are hovering in the 32 to 35 degree range at the
surface. Where heavier precipitation is allowed to fall, dynamic
cooling will bring down the colder air to the surface and could
allow for those quick bursts of snowfall. With the possibility of
some areas being able to reach our advisory criteria of 1/4 inch,
we're going to go ahead with a Winter Weather Advisory for western
and northwestern counties. Locations with the best chance of
seeing accumulating snowfall include Carrollton to Tuscaloosa to
Jasper and points north and west.

Wow. That is crazy how low their criteria is. Basically a dusting of snow warrants a WWA.

 

[Montanasnow30]

Make sure to take pictures if it does. The Denny Chimes look nice when it snows.

I most definitely will

 

[Montanasnow30]

Correction. Tuscaloosa is under a WWA for less than 1/2" of snow.

Appreciate it that’s right

 

[Montanasnow30]

Wow. That is crazy how low their criteria is. Basically a dusting of snow warrants a WWA.

I guess it’s different in every state

 

[Cold Wrather Fan]

I guess it’s different in every state

Each office has its own criteria.

 

[neelsamb]

Wow. That is crazy how low their criteria is. Basically a dusting of snow warrants a WWA.

It’s the SE homie. We have so many hills and elevation differences in Alabama and N GA. 1/2 inch can cause some real traffic issues. Take a trip down I-20 from ATL to BHM and you’ll see.

 

[Blizzard1]

Wow. That is crazy how low their criteria is. Basically a dusting of snow warrants a WWA.

Well I guess a lot is perspective. In Alabama even a half inch or so can cause enough issues where they need to call attention to it.

 

[ghost1]

Some light snow returns beginning to show up in WNW AL. I assume they are not reaching the ground as of yet

 

[Montanasnow30]

Some light snow returns beginning to show up in WNW AL. I assume they are not reaching the ground as of yet

I wonder is this storm going to catch us off guard here in Alabama

 

[NorthGaWinter4]

I wonder is this storm going to catch us off guard here in Alabama

Wouldn’t surprise me

 

[Zander98al]

I wonder is this storm going to catch us off guard here in Alabama

Kinda hope so. Tuscaloosa county schools just delayed two hours tommorow.

 

[HSVweather]

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Some light snow returns beginning to show up in WNW AL. I assume they are not reaching the ground as of yet

yep, looking for mPING reports but it’s going to take time to overcome the dry layer. Spann just started a FB live.

 

[HSVweather]

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[Pup12]

It’s happened here multiple times

 

[Blizzard1]

I wonder is this storm going to catch us off guard here in Alabama

Yeah it’s so hard to get a good read on some of these borderline set ups, and so many Mets have been burned so often it does set the stage for the occasional Snowmaggedons and the like. Remember down here we get a lot of crying wolf with the models BUT at some point the wolf actually shows up. Then it isn’t pretty. If I were the TV Mets locally I would give the heads up that while the official take is such and such the possibility for a surprise is very real. Things can be communicated to hedge some bets without having to lose face either if something unexpected happens.

 

[Brent]

Here's some of my videos from today mostly around the north side of Waco I still can't get over the fact I saw such heavy snow in the middle of the day in Central Texas no less

 

[Dewpoint Dan]

I wonder is this storm going to catch us off guard here in Alabama

The best southern snows are often surprises. I remember we were supposed to get very little in Dec 2017 and ended up with 8".

 

[Shadypines33]

The best southern snows are often surprises. I remember we were supposed to get very little in Dec 2017 and ended up with 8".

Absolutely. The only real snow I saw in Augusta was in 2010. It was only supposed to be 1/2", and it ended up being 7" when it finally stopped. That was a great day.

 

[superjames1992]

Wow. That is crazy how low their criteria is. Basically a dusting of snow warrants a WWA.

When I lived in Tallahassee, FL, the NWS there issued a Winter Storm Warning for what was basically a dusting of snow (granted, there was ZR, too). Then again, when there hasn’t been accumulating snowfall there in 23 years, I suppose it’s a bit different.