Winter Weather Advisory Issued For South Alabama

February 2, 2011

A winter weather advisory has been issued for South Alabama, including Escambia County, Alabama. The advisory does not currently include any Florida counties.

The National Weather Service has issued the advisory from 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Thursday.

According to the NWS, very cold surface based Arctic air and strong wind energy in the jet stream aloft will work in concert to produce a period of freezing rain developing later tonight and continuing through late Thursday afternoon.

The precipitation will likely begin as a period of sleet late tonight over interior southeastern Mississippi and interior southwest Alabama and develop northeastward as the night  progresses to be approximately north of a line from Perkinston, Mississippi to Citronelle, Appleton,Andalusia and Brantley in Alabama.

“We must emphasize the NWS expects the wintry precipitation to begin as sleet and then change over to freezing rain as the night progresses,” the National Weather Service said in their advisory.

The most intense precipitation rates are still expected around sunrise and will endure through tomorrow afternoon. Up to roughly fifteen hundredths of an inch of liquid equivalent rainfall could occur, and this will create a light to moderate glaze accrual  especially on bridges and overpasses. Less than a half inch of sleet is expected at the onset of the precipitation and before it changes to freezing rain.

Comments

12 Responses to “Winter Weather Advisory Issued For South Alabama”

  1. elmerfudd on February 2nd, 2011 10:04 pm

    Been wearing shorts all winter,Oh that’s right I live in Sun Diego and the weather tomorrow will be nice

  2. Mary on February 2nd, 2011 5:51 pm

    info on school for tomorrow???

  3. jbird on February 2nd, 2011 4:31 pm

    sleeting in Jay

  4. carla on February 2nd, 2011 4:27 pm

    it is ice out here in robinsonville

  5. Tiff on February 2nd, 2011 4:26 pm

    It’s sleeting in Flomaton

  6. jcool on February 2nd, 2011 4:21 pm

    heavy sleet in Molino@4:15

  7. Michele G on February 2nd, 2011 4:19 pm

    My son said it has been sleeting in Jay.

  8. Concerned parent on February 2nd, 2011 4:12 pm

    None of any of that in Cantonment. Please…..keep it your way, lol.

  9. burrrr on February 2nd, 2011 4:02 pm

    it was sleeting alot here in atmore but it quit

  10. grandjoy on February 2nd, 2011 3:53 pm

    It is sleeting near Barrineau Park School

  11. david on February 2nd, 2011 3:34 pm

    had some very light sleet in molino about 2:45pm

  12. Terry on February 2nd, 2011 3:21 pm

    Its sleeting in Bratt.

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