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School here is already cancelled for Monday.

WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH... TO 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH... WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION... SNOW WILL TRANSITION INTO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH... OR MORE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT.
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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School won't be called off til about 6 am Monday morning if they decide to do that here.
Here's our advisory.

.A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE...WITH
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER.

We have enough damn snow already! GRRRR
 
I don't get it!

We've had snow twice this week and both times it's disappeared before noon and y'all are getting 3 to 5?! I just don't get it.

And I'm maybe a little envious. I was kind of hoping for another snowpocalypse.

I vote y'all lock the doors and go no where 'cause you know there isn't a person around you who is going to be able to drive with cold white stuff on the ground.
 
HottyToddyChick said:
I don't get it!

We've had snow twice this week and both times it's disappeared before noon and y'all are getting 3 to 5?! I just don't get it.

And I'm maybe a little envious. I was kind of hoping for another snowpocalypse.

I vote y'all lock the doors and go no where 'cause you know there isn't a person around you who is going to be able to drive with cold white stuff on the ground.
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If you want to see snow you are more than welcome to come visit me. :D I've got lots here. :thumbup
 
Ruh-roh!

Issued by The National Weather Service
Birmingham, AL
5:09 am CST, Sun., Jan. 9, 2011
... ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ... WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ACCUMULATING ICE IS LIKELY STARTING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM LIVINGSTON TO TROY... SPREADING NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW IN MOST AREAS... IT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEARLY ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ESPECIALLY ICE WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES.
EAST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
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... SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT... SNOW... FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
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I just looked up Prattville, AL and it seems I live about 3.5 hours north of you. They are saying we might get between 5-8 inches of snow between tonight and Tuesday. I can't tell you how long it has been since I have seen 8 inches of snow or even 5 for that matter.

I am surprised that they already closed schools though. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry. Do you know if they have snow days built in? We have 4 built in but have already used 2! Eek!
 
Fred I feel for you. This is what's expected here this week. There's 2 1/2 cm's per inch so it looks like we could get 2 FEET. :eek

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The snow isn't going to be Freds main concern. It's the freezing rain that could be a big problem. Ice storms are nasty.
 
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