Thought we would touch base with you about some interesting items, weatherwise, on this Saturday...including some in NE Alabama.
ALEXANDRIA
We received a report from Keith and Nancy Mitchell telling about a three-minute period of pea size hail with strong north winds at 6:50 am. Alexandria is in Calhoun County just east of U.S. 431 north of Anniston. Also a report from Gadsden about the same time that they were surprised to have winds estimated at 40-50 mph with only a patch of light rain.
RAINBOW CITY
Margie Richardson said the rain was hitting the windows and side of their house so hard that it woke them up, All of this was due to an intense low pressure centered at mid-day over Virginia. The tight pressure gradient around the low is causing our strong west and NW winds today. Some official peak wind gusts so far today:
39 MPH at Birmingham Airport
36 MPH at Huntsville Airport
41 MPH at Decatur
38 MPH at Anniston and Gadsden
RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
A mix of light sleet, snow showers and rain showers this morning. Visibility as low as 1/2 mile at times in snow showers and chance of some slick spots on roads. Winds tonight will gust as high as 60 MPH as an upper level low pressure area grows stronger over the NE.
MOUNTAIN CITY TENNESSEE AND JOHNSON COUNTY
A Heavy Snow Warning through tonight
A High Wind warning overnight
The NWS expects as much as 3 to 12 inches of snow to accumulate this afternoon and tonight mainly above 2500 feet elevation with winds gusting as high as 55 MPH tonight. If this happens it will look just like a blizzard. Bill McMillan, who operates the private Mountain City Weather Center in Mountain City expects 8-10 inches atop Stone Mountain in the area. He also thinks that winds could gust to near hurricane force tonight on some of the higher ridges. Johnson County is in extreme NE Tennessee.
GATLINBURG and the GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Very windy with up to 8 inches of snow today mainly above 2500-feet elevation. Already 1/2 foot of snow on the ground on Newfound Gap. Most of you know where that spot is as the road from Gatlinburg to Cherokee, N. C., crosses the Tennessee-North Carloina line. Counting the additional snow tonight, accumulations as much as 3 to 12 inches expected. Winds will gust as high as 50 MPH tonight. A real winter wonderland! We do not have a report from atop Mt. Leconte today.
BEECH MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA
One inch of snow on the ground early this morning. Another one inch expected tonight as winds gust as high as 60 MPH. Again, if that happens, you would think you are in a blizzard. And this is April 2, so it's not an April Fools joke.
Life goes on...
ALEXANDRIA
We received a report from Keith and Nancy Mitchell telling about a three-minute period of pea size hail with strong north winds at 6:50 am. Alexandria is in Calhoun County just east of U.S. 431 north of Anniston. Also a report from Gadsden about the same time that they were surprised to have winds estimated at 40-50 mph with only a patch of light rain.
RAINBOW CITY
Margie Richardson said the rain was hitting the windows and side of their house so hard that it woke them up, All of this was due to an intense low pressure centered at mid-day over Virginia. The tight pressure gradient around the low is causing our strong west and NW winds today. Some official peak wind gusts so far today:
39 MPH at Birmingham Airport
36 MPH at Huntsville Airport
41 MPH at Decatur
38 MPH at Anniston and Gadsden
RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
A mix of light sleet, snow showers and rain showers this morning. Visibility as low as 1/2 mile at times in snow showers and chance of some slick spots on roads. Winds tonight will gust as high as 60 MPH as an upper level low pressure area grows stronger over the NE.
MOUNTAIN CITY TENNESSEE AND JOHNSON COUNTY
A Heavy Snow Warning through tonight
A High Wind warning overnight
The NWS expects as much as 3 to 12 inches of snow to accumulate this afternoon and tonight mainly above 2500 feet elevation with winds gusting as high as 55 MPH tonight. If this happens it will look just like a blizzard. Bill McMillan, who operates the private Mountain City Weather Center in Mountain City expects 8-10 inches atop Stone Mountain in the area. He also thinks that winds could gust to near hurricane force tonight on some of the higher ridges. Johnson County is in extreme NE Tennessee.
GATLINBURG and the GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Very windy with up to 8 inches of snow today mainly above 2500-feet elevation. Already 1/2 foot of snow on the ground on Newfound Gap. Most of you know where that spot is as the road from Gatlinburg to Cherokee, N. C., crosses the Tennessee-North Carloina line. Counting the additional snow tonight, accumulations as much as 3 to 12 inches expected. Winds will gust as high as 50 MPH tonight. A real winter wonderland! We do not have a report from atop Mt. Leconte today.
BEECH MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA
One inch of snow on the ground early this morning. Another one inch expected tonight as winds gust as high as 60 MPH. Again, if that happens, you would think you are in a blizzard. And this is April 2, so it's not an April Fools joke.
Life goes on...
on April 2, 2005, 4:47 pm
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