A ferocious blizzard likely to be even more intense that last weekend's crippling Mid-Atlantic "Snowmageddon" snowstorm is rapidly intensifying off the Northeast U.S. coast, just south of New York City today. Blizzard conditions with heavy snow, high winds, and near zero visibility have hit or are expected to hit portions of West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, including the cities of New York, Newark, Wilmington, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. The storm responsible tracked across the center of the country yesterday, leaving a wide swath of snow amounts of 4 - 16" across Texas, Tennessee, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Alabama, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. The storm is now centered over Lake Erie, with a new 989 mb low pressure center developing off the coast of Delaware. This new low is predicted to "bomb" into a mighty Nor'easter with a central pressure below 970 mb, the kind of pressure typically found in a Category 1 hurricane. This will bring strong winds, gusting over 40 mph, to a large portion of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. today, causing a larger region of blizzard conditions with blowing and drifting snow than was experienced during last weekend's "Snowmageddon" Nor'easter. Fortunately, today's Nor'easter will be far enough from the coast during its peak intensity that coastal flooding from storm surges will not be a concern. In addition, today's blizzard has a lower moisture content than "Snowmageddon", and the snowfall totals will not be as great. The storm has also wrapped in some warmer air from the south, resulting in a change-over to freezing rain and sleet near the coast this morning, which will limit accumulations. Nevertheless, most of the Mid-Atlantic that received two feet of snow from "Snowmageddon" last weekend will receive another foot of snow today, and there is a significant risk of roof collapses from the weight of all this snow.
Figure 1. The Nor'easter of February, 11, 2010 in a visible satellite image taken at 9:01 am EST. Image credit: NASA GOES project.
Snowiest winter on record for Baltimore, Wilmington, and Dulles
The snow from this latest blizzard have pushed snow totals for the 2009 - 2010 winter season to a new record for Baltimore, Wilmington, and Dulles Airport, and will likely set a new seasonal snowfall record in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and Washington National Airport later today. As of midnight last night, here are the snowfall numbers so far for the 2009 - 2010 winter, and the records they have broken:
Baltimore, MD, 64.4". Old record: 62.5", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Washington Dulles Airport, VA, 65.7". Old record: 61.9", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Wilmington, DE, 59.5". Old record: 55.9", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Cities close to breaking their seasonal snowfall record:
Philadelphia, PA, 62.3". Current record: 65.5", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Washington D.C. National Airport, 48.8". Current record: 54.4", winter of 1898 - 1899.
Atlantic City, NJ, 45.5". Current record: 46.9", winter of 1966 - 1967.
All this comes with the end of winter still more than a month away. The latest runs of the GFS and ECMWF models show yet another Nor'easter hitting the D.C./Baltimore/Philadelphia region next Monday. However, next Monday's storm is likely to be much weaker than the last two Nor'easters, with perhaps 4 - 8 inches of snow falling. It is too early to be confident of this prediction, and a Mid-Atlantic snowstorm may not materialize at all on Monday--or the storm could grow stronger than currently forecast, with more than a foot of snow falling.
Heavy snow events--a contradiction to global warming theory?
As I discussed in my previous post, record-breaking snowstorms are not an indication that global warming is not occurring. In fact, we can expect there may be more heavy snowstorms in regions where it is cold enough to snow, due to the extra moisture global warming has added to the atmosphere--an extra 4% since 1970. Snow is not the same as cold, and we have to look at global temperatures, not snowfall, to evaluate whether global warming is occurring. Heavy snow can act to bring down global temperatures, as occurred in December 2009, when the Northern Hemisphere experienced its second greatest snow extent on record (only 1985 saw greater December snow cover since reliable snow records began in 1967). Global average land temperatures, as a result, were just 31st warmest on record, even though global ocean temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record. It will be interesting to see what global temperatures did in January, when the statistics are released next week. The global temperature of the lower atmosphere as measured by satellites was the warmest on record in January, and by a considerable margin. I'll discuss this finding in more detail once the blizzard is over. It's also of interest to note that December temperatures in the U.S. were the 18th coldest in the historical record, but January temperatures were 0.3°F above average, according to the National Climatic Data Center. As a whole, it's been a colder than average winter in the U.S., but not greatly so. However, December snow cover was the greatest on record in the contiguous U.S., and January's ranked sixth. Snow cover records go back 44 years, to 1967.
Portlight continues relief efforts in Haiti
Portlight.org disaster-relief continues to be more effective than some of the traditional large aid agencies in getting much-needed crutches, walkers, and other medical supplies to disabled victims of the Haitian earthquake. So, please visit the Portlight.org blog to learn more and to donate. Floodman's blog has the latest info on Portlight's plan for Haitian relief. A few highlights from his blog:
The latest shipment arrived at Quisqueya University in Port-au-Prince on Friday morning; the shipment was unloaded and a portion of the supplies distributed to the St Nicholas Hospital in Sainte-Marc north of Port-au-Prince. This shipment included wheelchairs, crutches and canes in addition to clinical supplies. It was a busy day at Quisqueya; Susan Eitel, representative of USAID met with Richard this morning and Dr. Amy Nguyen of ACTS World Relief took delivery of DME at the Quisqueya campus.
We have several additional shipments queued up for transport, one of which shipped on Saturday; these shipments include the remainder of the donation from H&H Wholesalers. We are hoping to have another shipment out in the next few days.
We are concentrating on distribution for the next few days as storage is currently at a premium at Quisqueya; we are also concentrating on expanding our storage capabilities to allow for larger shipments to be handled, allowing us to help a larger segment of the disabled community.
Figure 2. The Portlight Relief Team unloads crutches shipped from Portlight's warehouse in Atlanta to a staging area at University Quisqeya, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The relief team consists of ten Haitians being coordinated by Haitian-American Richard Lumarque, Portlight's on-site coordinator in Haiti. The relief team has been working full-time over the past week doing aid work.
Next post
I'll have a new post on Thursday.
Jeff Masters
Woohoo, another day of "No School". The kids will be crying about it in the Summer when they have to make up the Snow Days, lol.
We have whiteout conditions in the Annandale area of Fairfax County. The wind is picking up at a fast pace. We are now under a blizzard warning.
Little car in a big storm
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hey man, oh just planning to build a snow fort on campus tomorrow lol you?
hey, how you doing?
sounds good
oh sounds entertaining, yeah same here, wonder if you'll get any snow :)
wow lol
Um probably clean and probably get sum of my snow gear down .. haha
Tell me if ya'll like this Interactive Radar or no..
haha sounds good, yeah my friends and i are going to build a huge snowfort on campus tomorrow xD
Sweet! and ur goin to throw snowballs at ppl or no?
Alright.. have a goodnight!
of course ;)
thanks! later!
The problem with this bill is not whether or not Global warming is a reality. Beucase the globe is warming. But, Scientists like my self and the climatologists should not be writing economic policy, just like the government should not be dictating scientific knowledge.
This system is going to send money and jobs overseas, leaving our economy in bad shape. With the current problems that are going on, this bill should not even be considered. Another problem is that this bill wont help greenhouse emissions at all. A large company that uses lots of carbon will pay the money to the little guy that uses less. Everyone will continue to produce the same amounts of carbon, and the fees will be passed on to the consumer. This is going to translate into huge fees on energy, plastics, manufacturing, drugs, steel.
I also feel that the other big carbon producers like China are not going to do this. They will get in on the carbon trading game and profit on carbon futures. Sending money to them. Companies that cannot afford this will shut down losing jobs, the demand being absorbed by china and other countries, mexico for instance.
This is not the way to get emissions down. This is only going to come with R & D. IF companies are forced to spend money on carbon credits, they will not spend it on basic and applied research.
The consumer has the power to demand new goods. The government can give more funding to energy research. There are ways to make energy that we are not using right now, and this is going to be the key to stopping the production of carbon.
The only thing that this bill does is make several people in goldman sachs and abroad a lot of money.
This bill is going to drive up costs for energy by huge amounts. it is a fundamental law of economics. No CEO is going to take a hit on their bottom line when their taxes go up. Only two possibilites may happen.
One - The board fires several workers to make up for the cost.
Two - Costs are passed to the consumer.
For non energy producing firms, there is a third possibility which is to send their work force overseas.
This is a terrible Idea and will do absolutely nothing to help any global warming crisis. I must stress that I am not either denying or confimring AGW. I am just saying this bill is stupid and will pretty much screw our country while a select few, and countries like China and Mexico profit.
I think they need to update this map.. Im sure they will since it is 13hours old..lol
well its from an article that was posted yesterday at 12:46pm on the weather.com.. but they could of updated it, must of not of seen it on the graphic.. ;) but yeah im not going to wait.
National Weather Service Mobile Alabama
1140 PM CST Wednesday Feb 10 2010
Update...evening forecast looks to be on track. No adjustments for
the overnight expected. Will update the Winter Storm Watch just
before midnight...but no changes will be made at this time. Evening
model run data still coming in...and from what we have seen thus far
still indicates that significant snowfall accumulations will be
possible from late Thursday night into much of the day on Friday.
00z NAM buffer soundings for kmob and kgzh indicate heavy snowfall
possible by around 17z Friday...with even the kpns sounding
indicating a rain/snow mix changing to all snow at times around late
morning Friday. For now have the significant snow accumulations over
our interior zones...but we will have to monitor this developing
weather situation closely. Snowfall accumulations of two to four
inches are possible across the northern half of the watch area with
totals of one to three inches possible further south. There is still
some uncertainty regarding the forecast track of the surface
low...so stay tuned. The overnight shift will likely make further
adjustments to the forecast...and a Winter Storm Warning or Winter
Weather Advisory will likely be required for at least some of the
watch area.
Shows a high here in Defuniak Springs on Friday of 39.
I think it's actually going to happen.
Legislation introduced in the US Senate yesterday would encourage the installation of 10 million solar power systems and 200,000 solar water heaters on the rooftops of homes and businesses over the next decade.
The Ten Million Solar Roofs and Ten Million Gallons of Solar Hot Water Act was introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s green jobs subcommittee, along with nine cosponsors.
A similar bill was introduced in the US House by Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
It would authorize rebates and other incentives to cover up to half the cost of the solar power and heating systems.
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/19706
China draws up plans for national renewable energy center
China plans to build a national renewable energy center to further support development of the industry, an energy official said yesterday.
The center will be responsible for policy-making, key project and program management, market and industrial operations, database and information platform establishment and international exchange program coordination, Han Wenke, director general of Energy Research Institute under the National Development and Reform Commission, said yesterday.
The establishment of the center is still in the preliminary planning stages, Han said at the launch of the Sino-Danish Renewable Energy Development Program.
The Danish government will invest 100 million Danish krone (130 million yuan) in the program, which is slated to last until 2013.
The combination of Denmark’s sector experience and China’s strong economic position offer a good starting point for the program.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-02/10/content_9456628.htm
A: They both keep going up despite the anti-science, pro-polluter echo chamber.
http://climateprogress.org/2010/02/10/polls-public-support-for-clean-energy-and-global-temperatures /
Private sector begging Congress for leadership on bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill
Companies will continue punting on major infrastructure investments and the jobs they create as long as Congress dawdles
Businesses leaders are rallying around bipartisan climate action. One reason is that the cloud of uncertainty hovering over clean energy legislation is holding up billions of dollars of private investment that could be creating jobs and spurring technological innovation today.
Peter Darbee, CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric (one of the country’s biggest gas and electric utilities), explained in an op-ed yesterday that as companies wait to see what Congress will do, they are holding off on putting needed capital into infrastructure, manufacturing, and R&D facilities —investments that would amount to another (privately funded) stimulus package:
http://climateprogress.org/2010/02/09/private-sector-begging-congress-for-leadership-on-clean-energ y/
What's your take on the latest model runs, IKE? Still seems like the trend towards the south is edging further and further...
It did on the 6Z NAM. About the same on the 6Z GFS.
Where do you live?
I'm in Niceville. I may not get AS much as you, but I'm thinking I should still get at least some light accumulations. Maybe even more...who knows...
Washington Post photos
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/02/04/GA2010020403805.html
I'm about 4 miles NE of DFS...up on 331...Liberty area.
I hope you get some. It's in your forecast. Your forecast hasn't updated yet.
...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING...
...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...
A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS THIS LOW APPROACHES THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DUE TO A COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL BE IN
PLACE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN AND
SNOW. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL FORECASTS...SNOW WILL BE THE MOST
LIKELY FORM OF PRECIPITATION IN THE WATCH AREA EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...AND PEAK IN INTENSITY AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE THREAT
FOR SNOW WILL THEN END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM
THE AREA.
AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA. FURTHER TO THE NORTH
AND WEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ON
GRASSY AREAS AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION. TRAVEL MAY BECOME AFFECTED...
ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALL
INTERESTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
I think it's only a matter of time before they extend that further south to include FL...can't see why not, at the very least on the inland areas.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 AM CST THU FEB 11 2010
.DISCUSSION...
LET`S GET RIGHT TO THE SNOW EVENT. I HAD BEEN TROUBLED FOR SOME
TIME AFTER WATCHING THIS EVENT UNFOLD FOR ABOUT 7 STRAIGHT
DAYS...THAT THE MODELS WOULD NEVER CONVERGE ON A FINAL SOLUTION
FOR THIS EVENT. HOWEVER...AS WE NEAR THE GO TIME...THEY FINALLY
ARE SHOWING THE CONSISTENCY THAT WAS LONGED FOR...THE GFS AS
EXPECTED FINALLY DECIDED OVER THE PAST 3 OR SO RUNS TO BRING THE
LOW CENTER MORE IN LINE WITH THE EURO...A FURTHER NORTH SOLUTION.
THIS REALLY HAS ADDED THE FINAL PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND MADE MY
CONFIDENCE IN THIS FORECAST MUCH BETTER THAN IN PREVIOUS SHIFTS.
BOTH THE GFS AND EURO ARE SHOWING CONSISTENT QPF OUTPUT FOR THIS
EVENT...WHICH DOES ALIGN WITH THE EURO AND CANADIAN ENSEMBLES. THE
HIGHEST SNOW OUTPUT IS STILL LOOKING TO BE JUST SOUTH OF OUR CWA
AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU GO SOUTHWEST INTO MS AND LA...THEY WILL
LIKELY BE THE BIG SNOW WINNERS BY THE TIME WE ARE ALL SAID AND
DONE. FOCUSING CLOSER TO HOME...EVERYBODY LOOKS TO BE INTO AT
LEAST SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. AS WITH PREVIOUS THINKING THE
FURTHER SOUTH...THE BETTER THE TOTALS. ON A LINE FROM ABOUT
LIVINGSTON OVER TO MGM/TOI WILL SEE THE BEST
ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. THERE WILL BE A SLOW
DECREASE NORTHWARD AND AS YOU GET TOWARDS THE BHM METRO WE WILL
SEE MORE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES EVENT TOTAL. THE EVENT SHOULD
START PROBABLY CLOSER TO 3AM IN THE SOUTHWEST AND QUICKLY SHIFT
NORTH AND EAST AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE A
FAST MOVING STORM...SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES SHOULD BE DONE
IN THE EAST BY 6 PM OR SO. TEMPERATURES DON`T APPEAR TO BE A
PROBLEM THIS GO AROUND AS THE 850 FREEZING LINE IS DOWN ALONG THE
GULF COAST...AND MOST LEVEL THICKNESSES ARE SHOWING A BELOW
FREEZING SATURATION THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. AMOUNTS ARE STILL GIVING
ME A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE AS I`LL EXPLAIN NEXT.
AS MENTIONED...CONFIDENCE REMAINS VERY HIGH IN THE FORECAST AT
THIS JUNCTURE...BUT I WOULD THROW A FEW SUGGESTIONS INTO THE
THINKING. SINCE THE GFS CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER NORTH...I HAVE
BEEN IMPRESSED WATCHING THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AS MOST HAVE HELD
STRONG IN KEEPING THE SURFACE LOW FURTHER NORTH. I WILL SAY THAT
ALL BUT ONE ENSEMBLE SOLUTION SHOWS A DEEPER UPPER LOW AND A
LITTLE BETTER PHASE WITH THE SURFACE SYSTEM. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR
A SLIGHTLY DEEPER GULF SURFACE LOW...AND HENCE MORE WINTER PRECIP
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. IN FACT SOME OF THE TOTALS WERE
SUGGESTING 2 PLUS INCHES NORTH OF BHM AND A 5 TO 6 INCH RANGE IN
THE MGM AREA. SOME ENSEMBLES HAD EVEN MORE. THIS WOULD ALIGN THEM
WITH THE CONSISTENT...YET...NORTHERN OUTLIER CANADIAN GEM MODEL.
HAVEN`T GONE AS FAR AS TO INCLUDE SUCH TOTALS IN THE
FORECAST...NOR WOULD I HAVING GROWN UP IN THE SOUTHEAST...BUT I DO
THINK IT IS NOTEWORTHY. THIS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY OVER
THE NEXT FEW RUNS...ESPECIALLY IF THE GFS CONTINUES TO TREND EVEN
FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED. THAT COULD QUICKLY TURN A MINOR TO
MODERATE SNOW EVENT INTO A HEAVY MORE CRIPPLING SNOW. AGAIN...WE
JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT POSSIBILITY...EVEN AS WE GET
INTO THE MESOSCALE DETAILS OF THE EVENT...WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO
EVEN GUESS AT THIS JUNCTURE. IT IS PROBABLY A BIT ON THE WISHFUL
THINKING SIDE FOR US SNOW LOVERS...BUT THIS KIND OF SETUP IS
ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FOR A LARGER SCALE SOUTHEASTERN
EVENT.
FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THE WATCH IN PLACE...BUT LATER THIS MORNING OR
AFTERNOON EXPECT UPGRADES TO A WARNING AND ADVISORIES AS WE GET INTO THE 24
HOUR WINDOW.
A BIG THANKS TO JAN...LIX...MOB...TAE...MEG...HUN...AND HPC FOR
OUTSTANDING COORDINATION THIS MORNING.
17/KLAWS
Looking farther and farther to the south...this would seem to favor accumulating snow all the way to the coast.
Yeah...that's the frame I noticed had trended further south.
Wouldn't that blue line be a rough estimate for the rain/snow line?
There's more involved it in then just that. It's beyond my knowledge. 850 mb's isn't at the surface.
Maybe the experts can extrapolate.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
511 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010
FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ125-127>131-143>148-155>161-112100-
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-DOUGHERTY-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-
BEN HILL-IRWIN-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-
SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...ALBANY...SYLVESTER...
ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...COLQUITT...NEWTON...
CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...
DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...
VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
511 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010 /411 AM CST THU FEB 11 2010/
...POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND SNOW FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
REGION...
A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE TEXAS GULF COAST
WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS THIS LOW
APPROACHES THE REGION TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH
SNOW OVER THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DUE TO WARM AIR AT THE SURFACE...LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. ANY ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE CONFINED TO
GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES. COASTAL AREAS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WILL EXPERIENCE RAIN
WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THEIR NOAA WEATHER RADIOS OR
LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.
$$
JAMSKI
Friday
Colder...snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Total snow accumulation 3 to 6 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph becoming 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 80 percent.
Wow...that'll be enough to shut down that city for sure. Hell, if they happen to get that much, I could only imagine places further east in the Panhandle would see similar amounts...
Friday
Colder...snow. Light accumulations possible. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
So at least it changed from "rain mixing with snow" to just plain "snow," and dropping the temps from the lower 40's to upper 30's. Yep, this one'll be a doozie...
LOL I'm saying the same thing here in Hattiesburg, Ike! Check this out...
Today: A 30 percent chance of snow after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: Snow, mainly after 9pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 31. Calm wind becoming north northeast between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Friday: Snow, mainly before noon. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 37. North northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
I couldn't believe that when I read it. Had to make sure I was on the right city.
Mobile is at 30.7N. Pensacola is at 30.4N. Their forecast...
Friday
Colder...snow. Light accumulations possible. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
I'm just north of 30.7N.
4-8 inches! Wow!
Take a look at Crestview, just 20 or so miles to your west...
Friday
Colder...snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Total snow accumulation 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
441 AM CST THU FEB 11 2010
...SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW EVENT EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ043-047>066-072>074-111845-
/O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.100212T0300Z-100212T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.100212T0000Z-100212T2000Z/
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-
MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-
COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-
FORREST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...
WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...
WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...RIDGELAND...
MADISON...CANTON...VICKSBURG...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...
RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...
CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE...
RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN...STONEWALL...
SHUBUTA...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...
BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...
COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG...
LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG
441 AM CST THU FEB 11 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 2 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES WILL STEADILY INCREASE DURING THE EVENING AND
WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
20...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE HIGHWAY 84 AND 98 CORRIDORS...WILL RANGE
FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ALONG
INTERSTATE 20...INCLUDING THE VICKSBURG...JACKSON AND MERIDIAN
AREAS...TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. JUST NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20...AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS TO OCCUR BETWEEN 10 PM AND 10 AM BEFORE TAPERING
OFF.
THESE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY...WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PARTICULARLY SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR. EVERYONE IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE
FOR MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
Interesting....Tallahassee office only calling for minor accumulations on grassy surfaces here.
Somebody is going to have to tweak their forecast.
Crestview is at 30.9N.
LOL...higher amounts possible. Is this the lower SE USA?
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