Alabama Weather Update 1145 pm

A mix of light rain, light sleet and light freezing rain continues across North and Central Alabama tonight.

Across North Alabama, temperatures are at or below freezing. Further south, temperatures are dropping due to evaporative cooling in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. At 11 p.m. the mercury had fallen to 36F at the Birmingham Airport.

Radar indicates increasing light precipitation over North and Central Alabama. Light freezing rain mixed with sleet is moving across Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston and into Cullman Counties. Roads will quickly become hazardous in these areas.

Travel will be hazardous overnight across Northwest and North Alabama over into northern Mississippi. Numerous accidents are being reported as far south as Vicksburg on I-20, as well as Greenville in western Mississippi.

Further south in Alabama, a large area of light to moderate rain is moving across Tuscaloosa, southern Jefferson, Greene, hale, Bibb and northern Sumter Counties. Some sleet mightbe mixed in with the rain. As temperatures continue to drop overnight, icing may develop on bridges and overpasses.

Check road conditions before driving tonight or in the morning over North and Central Alabama.
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on February 20, 2006, 1:05 am
12:04:19 a.m. CST Monday
Trussville, AL
34.3 Degrees F
Dewpoint: 24.8 Degrees F

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