10:15 pm Update

February 5, 2006, 10:17 pm
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Winter Weather
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An area of precipitation continues to develop over North Mississippi. This has happened rather quickly over the last hour or so.

All of it is not reaching the ground. However, light rain was reported in Starkville just before 10 pm.

Not too far away, the 9 pm temperature in Columbus was 39 with a dew point of 25.

The NWS has just received reports of a mix of light rain/snow/sleet in the west part of Lamar County and Marion County in West Alabama.

Over in East Alabama, we also have a report of a 25-degree temperature and dew point 18 near Hollis Crossroads, in Cleburne County.

MORE LATE REPORTS
3340 viewer reports mix of sleet and snow in Winfield soon after 10 pm
Another viewer reports that it is "sleeting pretty hard" 4 miles south of Hamilton

Precipitation is now spreading into Alabama faster than we were expecting...



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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 10:23 pm
J.B.,

36 degrees and rain with slight sleet in Fayette at 10:15 p.m.

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Posted by J.B. Elliott  
on February 5, 2006, 10:26 pm
Thanks, Tommy,,,appreciate the report very much

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 10:26 pm
You may already know this, but someone needs to update the Birmingham NEXRAD link from the ABC3340 weather page.

I've got 29.8 here in Oxford.

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Posted by Jeremy  
on February 5, 2006, 10:27 pm
Clear and 30 degrees in Pell City. Hope that temperature holds steady or even drops a bit more!

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Posted by Derek  
on February 5, 2006, 10:34 pm
At 10:30 pm, just north of Eva the temperature is 35.1 and dropping slowly again after a 3 degree rise earlier this evening from 33.1 to 36.4.

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:31 pm
Heavy SLEET reported in fayette CO. 10:19pm CST

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

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


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Posted by Josh  
on February 5, 2006, 10:31 pm
00z NAM model snow accum. map:
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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:33 pm
In Trussville, Al
At the intersection of 25th Av. and Sweeny Hollow Rd.

Temp: 27.5F up .4F in the last 15 min
Humidity: 72%
Dewpoint: 19.6F
SSW Wind averaging around 1 MPH

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 10:36 pm
Will this "wave" come through birmingham as rain or snow? Temps are right on the border....

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:37 pm
F.Y.I

Keep watching the SPC Site, They often issue Mesoscale Discussions on winter weather!


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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:41 pm
Daniel,

I think people on the western and southern side of Jefferson Co. has a smaller chance of seeing snow form this band, However, a mix of rain/snow/sleet could verywell be possible. Places in northeast Jefferson Co. have better chances of seeing snow come from this band.
in Trussville at my house it is now 28.0F which has rose from 27.1 in about 25Min.

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 10:43 pm
How fast are these showers moving? 50/60 mph?

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Posted by Mike  
on February 5, 2006, 10:44 pm
I got sleet here in marion county. Happened around 10 pm. sleet still on my wooden deck. Temp was 35 but now its up to 39.

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Posted by coppertop  
on February 5, 2006, 10:45 pm
Ok... I'll bite.

What significance does the rain moving through faster than expected have?

Does this decrease the chances of snow or decrease the chances of accumulation?

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Posted by Daniel  
on February 5, 2006, 10:45 pm
Temperature has skyrocketed from 33.8 in Inverness to 36.3 in just 40 minutes.

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:46 pm
Daniel,

I would estemate the bands moving at around 25-35 MPH.

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Posted by coppertop  
on February 5, 2006, 10:47 pm
Not really moving "faster" in the sense than we expected....only DEVELOPING faster and reaching the ground quicker. Should be about 2am before it starts falling but looks like it will be 3 hours early. Still a fast 50mph mover!!

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:48 pm
coppertop,

The faster the bands move the less the accumulation, but that depends on how heavy the precip that is falling from the bands.

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Posted by  
on February 5, 2006, 10:51 pm
Sigh... well, I hope everyone is enjoying their sleet and snow and their temps in the mid 30s.

here in T-town, of course, it's raining... and 40 degrees

yay

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Posted by coppertop  
on February 5, 2006, 10:53 pm
I can't stand snow. Trying to forecast it is just as much a headache.

I take it the rise in temperatures is due to the cloud cover?

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:53 pm
coppertop,

Better refering to your question.
Having the precip move in earlyer than expected can be
a good thing if you don;t like winter weather.
If you like snow then the earlyer the worse, at most locations over central, AL like BMX have reported temps around 34F. even though that is lower than forecasted, given the reports over northern jefferson, CO temps could still fall at or below freezing by early morning.


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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 10:56 pm
coppertop,

The rise in temps over the area is not all b/c of the clouds, like I mentioned earlyer, if the moisture moves fast then the cold temps do not have time to cool the amount of moinsture in the atmosphere.

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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 11:00 pm
In Trussville, AL
the temp has rose to 30.0 as of 11:00 PM.


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Posted by coppertop  
on February 5, 2006, 11:03 pm
You know, in a way, I wished we'de get snow annually. Maybe then it wouldn't be such a dramatic event.

Do northern states activate EMA for a forecast calling for 1" of snow?

Also, I keep hearing of a southerly flow adding moisture to the system. Wouldn't this be a source of warmth?



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Posted by Kenny Evans  
on February 5, 2006, 11:09 pm
coppertop,

the southery flow is moisture from the gulf, yes, that moisture is warm, howevere, the amount of moisture that cameing in very fast, to fast, That can cause the temp to rise, do to the fact the moisture is moving in to faster than the current temp to cool the atmosphere.

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