1/6-1/7 Winter Storm Potential Thread

[Bama Ravens]

Sun breaking out here

 

[Brax]

Sun breaking out here

At this point a little mixing in the atmosphere might be a good thing.

 

[Bama Ravens]

Looks like the band coming out of MS is mostly sleet now.

 

[South AL Wx]

Latest sounding from BMX. Big warm nose still there:

 

[SnowRockinGA]

12z GFS big shift NW...Atlanta 1-2 inches of snow.

 

[Blountwolf]

Looks like the band coming out of MS is mostly sleet now.

Ground truth out of Vernon, AL was big flakes per Spann's twitter feed.

 

[tagat]

Latest sounding from BMX. Big warm nose still there:

Does that mean it will cool with evaporation or not and we get sleet/freezing rain

 

[Blountwolf]

Come on, column... cool down. Do not want this as ice.

 

[South AL Wx]

Does that mean it will cool with evaporation or not and we get sleet/freezing rain

Would likely at least start off as sleet/freezing rain. If/when the warm nose erodes, it could mix with or change to snow.

 

[Lori]

Does that mean it will cool with evaporation or not and we get sleet/freezing rain

What I'm hearing that the evaporation will happen depending on timing....I hope it happens! Anti-ice!!

 

[South AL Wx]

One good thing from the BMX sounding: the warm nose isn't quite as deep. Looks like it was about 6300 feet deep at 12z, and 4600 feet deep at 15z. It will be really interesting to see what the noon sounding shows.

 

[Stormlover]

Bhm expanding warning farther west?

 

[VegasEagle]

This system seems to have dragged out for a long time, and, is still going

 

[SnowRockinGA]

like it slowed down!

 

[Pluviophile]

James Spann on Twitter is recommending everyone in Birmingham to go home or somewhere warm, as sleet/ice is about to move into area.

 

[SnowRockinGA]

850 0C line is along the highlighed area

do u think it will get cooler over the course of the day?

 

[South AL Wx]

Bhm expanding warning farther west?

Yeah, added Pickens, Sumter, Greene, and Marengo counties to the warning.

 

[ShowMeYourTDs]

do u think it will get cooler over the course of the day?

Winds are still out of the N or NW, so cold air should continue to slowly advect down this way.

 

[SnowRockinGA]

Winds are still out of the N or NW, so cold air should continue to slowly advect down this way.

referring to the 850 temp!

 

[Ryan Sanders]

Sleeting downtown. Temp hovering around freezing