Early Evening Status Report

February 5, 2006, 6:49 pm
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Winter Weather
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The surface low pressure area early tonight was centered near Wichita Falls, Tex., near the Texas-Oklahoma border.

A low pressure area will move east crossing south Alabama Monday, An upper level trough will also be involved.

At 6:40 pm, there was no precipitation in Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana. There was a patch of light precipitation over Extreme West Tennessee but it was probably not reaching the ground.

Here in Central Alabama, nothing is expected until very late tonight...after midnight at the earliest.

A few 6 pm temperatures:

42 in Birmingham
39 in Anniston
44 in Tuscaloosa
36 in Gadsden
34 in Fort Payne
38 in Huntsville
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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 7:02 pm
Gonna be a looong night waiting on this one isn't it J.B. ? Have you started on the coffee yet ?

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 8:05 pm
Sure think, John, fresh pot just finished brewing...

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Posted by snow_hopeful  
on February 5, 2006, 8:26 pm
Mention snow it these parts the grocery stores, gas stations and now the ABC3340 weather blog slows down. What is this world coming to???

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 7:19 pm
URGENT!!!!!!!!!!!

ATENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the intersection of 25th Av. and Sweeny Hollow Rd. in Trussville, AL

TEMP: 31.1F
Humidity: 58%
Dewpoint: 18.0F
Calm Wind

recorded at 7:18:11pm CST,
by WS2310 Weather Station!

NO JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 7:25 pm
Kenny.....that's the air temperature now....with the low moving across the temp might move up just a bit. But wow....trussville might be in for some snow!

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 7:41 pm
Daniel,

The Temp hear in Trussville is now 30.5F.
The dewpoint is slowly starting to rise.
The dewpoint is now at 18.3 which is up than it was.
I realy hope that the moisture will not move in real fast, this could, as you said, bring the temp up a bit but it looks a little more promising if the precip moves in it will fall as snow and stick to the ground.
However, The soil temp is at 34.1F, if the air temp stays below freezing for several hours, then it could bring the soil temp down, and stick to the road, I hope!

I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL
ON MONDAY!!!!

Does anyone agree?

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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 7:55 pm
You will just have to make up the day , probably on a nice , warm spring day though .

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 7:56 pm
It's 41 in Tuscaloosa Dew Point is up to 24 humidity is 54%. Anyone else experiencing the Blog being SLOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW?

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
548 PM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA...

.AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL APPROACH ALABAMA TONIGHT AND MOVE
ACROSS THE STATE ON MONDAY. A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA ON MONDAY AND PUSH MOIST AIR NORTHWARD
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE AIRMASS IS VERY DRY ACROSS THE AREA
AND THE MOISTURE WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO COOL TO BELOW
FREEZING IN THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE AND THEN
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE MONDAY. A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IS
POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS A CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...ALABASTER...
CHILDERSBURG... ASHLAND...WEDOWEE LINE.

ALZ011>015-022-023-060600-
/O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.060206T0900Z-060206T1500Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA
548 PM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
MONDAY.




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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 8:06 pm
AndyN,

Yes, the blog is very slow!, and I'm running a 3Mbs HighSpeed.


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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 8:13 pm
Kenny are you in jr. , high , or college school ? Its good to see the school age kids interested in the wx and on the blog . And yes the blog on my end is slow also . Not trying to be a smarty , but for the other wx gooroos, why do we keep posting the advisories when we know what they are . As for the current conditions go I enjoy reading them .

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 8:15 pm
Not exactly true, John. I am a student at UAB and they simply cancel class--No makeup required. For public schools in Alabama, they have those "weather days" reserved to burn. The only thing that gets me is how low the temp already is in Birmingham. I've got 35 degrees here in Mountain Brook.

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 8:21 pm
Air Temp in Jasper is 29. That's an 11 degree drop in 4 hours. Hood and windows already frosting on my vehicles.

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 8:27 pm
With no cloud cover, surface temps are dropping everywhere pretty quickly....was this expected?

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 8:29 pm
John T.

I am in the 9th rade at Clay-Chalkville High School.
I am a very big weather neard as many are, that post entries on this blog. I am not sure what you mean by:

"Not trying to be a smarty , but for the other wx gooroos, why do we keep posting the advisories when we know what they are"??

And as for the current conditions in Trussville.

Temp: 28.7F
Dewpoint: 17.7F
Humidity: 63%
Wind: Calm
Sky Condition: Few high and mid-level clouds.
Pressure: 30.07inHG
Soil Temp: 32.8F
Rain in the last 24hrs: 0.00''
Rain so far this year: 4.85''
updated at 8:27:38pm Central Standard Time Sunday.


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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 8:32 pm
Its gone from 41 to 36 in Tusc in one hour. DWPT is up too... now to 26.

Interesting... I think

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 8:51 pm
Accuweather is predicting the increased cloud cover from the low pressue will bring temps up 3-5 degrees by the time the moisture gets here. Going to be close!

Inverness 34.9 F

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 9:12 pm
Well is it or aint it?

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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 9:18 pm
The winter wx advisories , not the current conditions , that was not meant for you Kenny , you just keep posting what you have been and glad to see & have you on the blog sir, espically a 9 th grader . So glad that some of you grade school people are into the wx . You also Brandon though you are at UAB , good to hear some are still going to collage . And Kenny just F.Y.I. I would not post my EXACT location , just Trussville . As Stephanie would tell you , you never know what possible "bad nuts" could also be on the blog . Even though you seem to be a rather smart young man , just not a good idea . ( word to the wise buddy )

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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 9:29 pm
Even though its a good thing but is the blog so slow because of all the people on it or does anyone know ?

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 9:42 pm
John T.

The location I am telling everybody is not where I live, it is the nearest intersection nearest to where I live, about .35 mile away.
I think telling everybody intersections is a great reference point so people can get an idea what the temp is in that area.

Note: The wind direction has shifted to SSW averaging 1 MPH, but still. The dewpoint is rising, the temp is staying down!

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Posted by ShelbySchools  
on February 5, 2006, 9:45 pm
shelby county schools-closed on monday

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:10 pm
Can anyone confirm that Shelby Co. Schools are closed Monday?

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Posted by al911dispatcher  
on February 5, 2006, 10:16 pm
No one has closed schools yet

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Posted by scott  
on February 5, 2006, 10:18 pm
Doubt that post was serious. News said the decision would likely be put off until 5am. tomorrow morning.

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Posted by John T.  
on February 5, 2006, 10:21 pm
Good grief , the precip. has not even started yet . Got the rumors started allready .

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:22 pm
Heavy SLEET reported in fayette CO.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Al precip in east AL will and is moving east!!!!!!!

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:25 pm
(Shelby CO. schools)

ARE NOT CLOSED:
Closing relays by the superintendent have NOT been Made!


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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 10:32 pm
lol...I love how threats of winter weather bring about rumors of school closings! My best advice is for everyone to prepare to be at school (meaning do your homework, study for tests, etc.). Wake up at 6 am and check the status of your school then. I already have a hunch that UAB would not cancel classes even if there were snow and ice all over the place. That school will hold class during the rapture!

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