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Wintry January 8-9, 2018 Ice threat

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Just got WWA for my area and temps are definitely not what was forcasted.
 
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
228 PM CST Sun Jan 7 2018

...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

.Rain will overspread central Alabama tonight as an upper level
system approaches the area from the west. Light rain will move
into areas east of I-65 after midnight. Surface temperatures
across the northeast counties will be near freezing. A light
glaze of freezing rain is possible for areas along and north and
east of a line from Walnut Grove, to Anniston, to Ashland, mainly
on elevated surfaces like bridges, trees and power lines.

ALZ018>021-028-029-080700-
/O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.180108T0600Z-180108T1500Z/
Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-Cleburne-Clay-Randolph-
Including the cities of Gadsden, Anniston, Centre, Heflin,
Ashland, and Roanoke
228 PM CST Sun Jan 7 2018

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY...
 
NorthGaWinter4 said:
Yeah that should be good. But ATL Mets saying this won’t be a big deal. They also called for no
Accumulations in December and i damn sure near got a foot
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If the 00z Nam has a shift towards more moisture tonight this will be a much bigger deal. Wonder if trends will continue?
 
CoreyTheSecond said:
If the 00z Nam has a shift towards more moisture tonight this will be a much bigger deal. Wonder if trends will continue?
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Agreed... Precipitation still wants to dry up before it gets here in East GA (Athens). But Wedge looks like it will stay longer around here.

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Oh wow. I
NorthGaWinter4 said:
Yeah that should be good. But ATL Mets saying this won’t be a big deal. They also called for no
Accumulations in December and i damn sure near got a foot
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was just about to throw this ice event out of the window and not worry about it, but looking at the latest trends, there is still potential. And you're right, they screwed up with the December storm when they said little or no accumulation, and ATL airport ended up with over two inches haha.
 
Well Chattanooga has clouded over already and temp is at 40. I would figure it will make it hard to lower in temperatures much from here.
 
Chattownsnow said:
Well Chattanooga has clouded over already and temp is at 40. I would figure it will make it hard to lower in temperatures much from here.
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Lookout and Signal are hovering around freezing... gonna be worse up there obviously.. Think only a minor event at best down in the valley. Dew point is 7 degrees, so even with overcast, temps gonna drop overnight..
 
Up to 45 and heavy clouds here in Etowah County...WAA will win out most likely. Slim to No chance (and slim has left the building) that the CAD can reach here and have enough effect to get us below freezing....all IMO
 
SoutheastRidge said:
How are roads looking tomorrow evening for people traveling to the game ?
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Just my two cents: There will be a lot of people commuting into Atlanta for the game tomorrow. The news media has talked about that since Georgia and Alabama both won on Monday, that there could be rush-hour conditions throughout the day Monday given the proximity of both schools to Atlanta (and both schools having massive fan bases located in the metro area). And Atlanta traffic can be awful on a good weather event with no major event occurring downtown.

So while the models show temps warming above freezing by early afternoon, we all know models often do not handle wedge situations well. Add in just how cold it's been throughout North Georgia the past week (I'm 50 miles N of downtown, yes, but we've been in the teens the past seven nights and haven't rose above 38 degrees), and it won't take much to make things messy.

The good news is the Department of Transportation already has started treating interstates through and around the city.

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BPATL said:
Waaaay to early to predict that yet.....
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Yep. Haven't had a good minute to check the overall analysis of what's going on around yet, but later tonight I should be able to. From what I see, it's colder and the DP here is about 8. Going to be cold tonight, but how cold is the question.
 
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