410 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.
WINTRY PRECIPITATION...PREDOMINATELY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO FALL
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE
SUNRISE FRIDAY NIGHT LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE
HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND MOUNT CHEAHA.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. WITH THESE EXPECTED
TEMPERATURES SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK IN
SPOTS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADS.
VISIBILITY MAY BECOME LIMITED AS WELL. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO
EXERCISE CAUTION.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THIS FORECAST IT LOOKS
PROBABLE THAT SOME SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. STAY
ADVISED AS WE WILL LIKELY BE UPDATING AND OR REVISING THIS WATCH
AS THE EVENT DEVELOPS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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