Winter Weather/Extreme Cold Threat 1/13-1/17

[Thanksgivingbrown]

Sleet has started in Huntsville

 

[The Nino]

Any reports out of the Athens Al area? Looks like a decent band on radar

 

[shrubber256]

Any reports out of the Athens Al area? Looks like a decent band on radar

Nothing outside… I’m just south of 72 and just east of 65.

 

[Richardjacks]

Seems like it started a little earlier than they were forecasting. We’ve been getting a good bit of sleet starting to mix with snow over the last 30 minutes or so. It’s starting to stick some. My car is iced over pretty good though.

Where's this?

 

[shrubber256]

Nothing outside… I’m just south of 72 and just east of 65.

Take that back… sleeting pretty good right now. No snow as of yet.

 

[Blountwolf]

Continues to bulldoze the freezing line SE. Just south of Columbus to just north Cullman to Huntsville.

 

[wx_guy]

Interesting -- the 18z HRRR had Birmingham at 45 degrees with 36 degree dew point at 0z tonight. The observed surface sounding was 50 degrees with a 37 degree dew point. To me, this makes a slushy freezing rain/sleet/mix situation much more likely than snow, given BMX is 5 degrees warmer than the models predicted. (For reference, the same model has Nashville's observations at 0z pinged almost perfectly.)


On a related note, the 0z HRRR is very aggressive with the freezing rain forecast across N MS and N AL, with a swath of 0.2+ inches. This amount could begin to be problematic for sure.

 

[wx_guy]

Nothing outside… I’m just south of 72 and just east of 65.

Welcome!

 

[RainyMorning]

Freezing rain/sleet right now in Harvest. There's already a thin layer on my cars.

 

[wx_guy]

SPC MSD 66

 

[StormStalker]

Where's this?

Florence, AL. It’s ripping now. Roads are covered well side road in front of the house it. Ground is really turning white but we are still dealing with some sleet.

 

[Blountwolf]

8pm. Check the banding back to the west. Fun stuff.

 

[WesL]

That little snow train back into MS and AR is going to dump a lot more on N. AL.

 

[MikeP]

8pm. Check the banding back to the west. Fun stuff.
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Yeah that is pretty cool. Speaking of cool lol. Did notice some cooler cloud tops showing up IR just south of me. Looks to be some subtle rain returns...

 

[Blountwolf]

A total snow lover thing to say - but the sledding in TN, N/AL and N/MS tomorrow is going to be EPIC. Snow on top of a layer of sleet? Ridiculously fast sledding. I'm just saying.

 

[Blizzard1]

A total snow lover thing to say - but the sledding in TN, N/AL and N/MS tomorrow is going to be EPIC. Snow on top of a layer of sleet? Ridiculously fast sledding. I'm just saying.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. That banding you highlighted on radar has to be sleet to get those returns I assume.

 

[MikeP]

IR

 

[Blountwolf]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. That banding you highlighted on radar has to be sleet to get those returns I assume.

Mesoscale banding. When those get cranking, it can pretty drastically increase rain, sleet or snow amounts. Bright yellow is either sleet or rain. With all the reports of snow where it is hitting already, I would bet mostly sleet. Still messy. Mother nature is going to throw us some curve balls tonight I believe. NW MS is in for quite a ride for sure.

 

[shrubber256]

Sleet has stopped. My 11 yr old is driving me nuts with her impatience.

 

[JPWX]

What's y'alls thoughts about southern North MS counties? Particularly Monroe