Light precipitation is moving rapidly from west to east across the northern half of Alabama tonight. MOst of the precipitation is in the form of very light rain or drizzle. Reports indicate that the precipitation is reaching the ground over East Alabama in Cleburne County, which matches up well with radar returns.
Temperatures are warm enough for the precipitation to be falling in a liquid form across Central sections of the state. It will be interesting to watch the behavior of temperatures in the Tuscaloosa... Birmingham and Anniston areas over the next few hours as the precipitation prouces an effect called evaporative cooling.
North of a line from Millport to Berry to Warrior to Gadsden, temperatures will probably drop to freezing and here is where we will see the best chance of icing on exposed objects and roads. Temperatures are already in the lower and middle 30s in these areas.
South of this line down to a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Odenville and Jacksonville, icing may occur if temperatures can briefly fall to near freezing. It does not take very much freezing rain or drizzle to cause big time road problems, so everyone will want to use extra caution and pay close attention to morning traffic and weather reports before traveling. If your car is equipped with an external thermometer, monitor it also, watching for readings below 35F.
Remember that bridges and overpasses often ice first. If you start to slide, stay off the brakes.
We will be monitoring the aituation throughout the night.
Temperatures are warm enough for the precipitation to be falling in a liquid form across Central sections of the state. It will be interesting to watch the behavior of temperatures in the Tuscaloosa... Birmingham and Anniston areas over the next few hours as the precipitation prouces an effect called evaporative cooling.
North of a line from Millport to Berry to Warrior to Gadsden, temperatures will probably drop to freezing and here is where we will see the best chance of icing on exposed objects and roads. Temperatures are already in the lower and middle 30s in these areas.
South of this line down to a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Odenville and Jacksonville, icing may occur if temperatures can briefly fall to near freezing. It does not take very much freezing rain or drizzle to cause big time road problems, so everyone will want to use extra caution and pay close attention to morning traffic and weather reports before traveling. If your car is equipped with an external thermometer, monitor it also, watching for readings below 35F.
Remember that bridges and overpasses often ice first. If you start to slide, stay off the brakes.
We will be monitoring the aituation throughout the night.
on February 19, 2006, 8:43 pm
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