A cold air mass will begin to settle into the Southeast on Friday, and it will last through the weekend. Temperatures are expected to dip below freezing this weekend as far south as northern Florida. Freeze Warnings are in effect for much of Georgia through Friday morning, and additional Freeze Warnings are possible in this region as the weekend progresses.
~NOAA via weather.gov~
Although i will be updating Facebook before winter is completely gone, i believe this will be my last blog post concerning the 2012-2013 Winter Outlook. Read below my thoughts on the next few days, my redneck 7 day, and my spring weather predictions. Full Spring outlook blog coming soon!!
Redneck 7 day, with explanations below.
***PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE JUST MY OPINIONS AND PREDICTIONS...THE FORECAST FOR SNOW THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK IS ALL OVER THE BOARD, SOME SAY YES, SOME SAY NO, AND SOME SAY MAYBE...WE WILL SEE***
Thursday Night
Well tonight is almost over, i know, but I had to watch all the local 10pm news cast before i published this blog. Wanted to make sure I got everyone's opinion before I gave yall mine. Tonight is gonna be purdy cold, but with the cloud cover right now, i'm thinking that we won't get down below freezing like my 7 day says. I believe the low will be around 36 tonight. With a cold North wind at 9-11 MPH it will feel like 30.
Friday
Early Friday morning we might start out with a few flurries around, then by around 7am it will turn to all rain. Not rain everywhere, but rain showers here and there. As the cold north wind starts to pick up again and the temps start to drop around 4pm we will see the rain change over to all snow by dark. No accumulations.
Friday Night
Scattered snow showers and COLD north wind at about 10-15 MPH, we could see a light dusting of snow between 10pm and Midnight.
Saturday
Starting around 1am Saturday we will see heavy scattered snow showers. A Dusting to 1/2 inch expected for most of the TN Valley by noon Saturday. COLD north wind will cut through you like a knife. Some lingering snow showers and flurry showers are possible throughout the afternoon and evening hours, but no more accumulations expected.
TAKE A LOOK AT MY BUDDY JASON SIMPSON'S SNOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TN VALLEY.
I BACK THESE PREDICTIONS 100%
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Weather Statement
SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
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PM CST THU FEB 28 2013
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN
AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN
TN-INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...
FORT
PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
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PM CST THU FEB 28 2013
...POTENTIAL
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...A
SYSTEM CROSSING THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WHILE QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN
IN TERMS OF THE EXACT TIMING AND AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION
ACROSS
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA...THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOWFALL
LOOKS TO BE FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING TO ABOUT ONE HALF INCH
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH HIGHER TOTALS
MORE LIKELY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. LOCATIONS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
COULD SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS CLOSER TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES BY SATURDAY
MORNING.
CONTINUE
TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM...AND
POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES.
Sunday
I don't expect any moisture to still be around Sunday, but i do expect the really cold wind to stick around throughout the morning hours and will only let the temps get to the 40's. Stay warm out there.
Monday
A break from the moisture on Monday, the south winds will begin to enter the valley again and dry the air up a little, we will still be below average in temps, but not as cold as the weekend. Cloudy and maybe a few peaks of sun, but not really.
Tuesday
Tuesday as the gulf moisture begins to arrive again we will see scattered rain showers all day on and off. Going into Tuesday night the showers will get heavier as another upper level disturbance starts to combine with the gulf moisture. Cold air will start to take over around midnight and possibly turn the rain to sleet.
Wednesday
Here is where it gets tricky again. I believe by early Wednesday morning all moisture will be sleet mixing with snow and then all snow by the late morning hours. This is still up in the air, but even some national forecasters are calling for a big snow event for the TN Valley and Atlanta area. My opinion just based on the model data i see tonight...good chance for a few inches with this system as we will have the gulf moisture in place to really feed the system. This will most likely be our last hooray for old man winter.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW AND TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW DIFFERENT OPINIONS CONCERNING THE SNOW FOR THIS WEEKEND. THANKS TO ALL THE LOCAL GUYS FOR LETTING ME LINK YOUR BLOGS ON HERE.
Jason Simpson Flurrying on Friday
Ari Sarsalari Cold Weekend with Some Snow
Jeff Castle Saturday Snow Update
J.P. Dice, Birmingham News Weekend Snow Watch
Spring fever!!!
Thursday we will gradually start to see normal March temps come back to the valley. It is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day Thursday. The next few days may follow suit, with only some slight rain chances for the weekend, but wonderful temps and maybe even some 60's by Saturday. We might have one more chance for below average temps around the 17th or so, but right now its not looking likely. Spring is going to pop right over us for the remaining of the month of march. I will be doing a Spring 2013 outlook blog sometime in the next week, so keep an eye out.
As I say goodbye to Old Man Winter, I want to thank all of my readers and supporters for sticking by me as I learn the hardest things I've ever had to learn. If your thinking of becoming a weather professional, don't start learning during a winter season in AL, it is impossible to get anything right. I know my long range winter predictions were way off, but as was most of the professionals. I wished we would of had just one good 3-6 inches of snow on the ground for a few days...but hey you can't get everything you wish for. Number one rule of weather in Alabama....anything can happen!!! Spring looks to be filled with lots of moisture, but there are some really good camping days ahead. The first Redneck Camping weekend looks to be March 22nd, where I'm hoping temps will be around 69 and lows around 50. Perfect camping weather. See you in Spring for my camping forecast!!!
Stay tuned...
Laura
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