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Keep in mind I live in an area which might get one snow event a year and usually no accummulation. I seriously doubt we get any to stick but it would be neat to see snow at Christmas!

Prattville, AL Weather Advisories, Watches & Warnings




SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
in effect until Thursday, Dec 23, 4:00 PM







...SNOW POSSIBLE BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS NIGHT...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE GULF COAST OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS...BRINGING THE THREAT OF SNOW TO MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY BETWEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
CONFIDENCE HAS STEADILY INCREASED THAT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL EXPERIENCE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT SOME POINT DURING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY CHRISTMAS DAY AND EVENING. AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN WITH THE SYSTEM...THE EXPECTED CHANGEOVER WILL BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST BEFORE SUNRISE AND STEADILY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE SOUTHEAST CLOSER TO SUNSET.
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST INFORMATION...MANY AREAS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY. HOWEVER...MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN WITH REGARDS TO THIS FORECAST...AND CERTAINLY THE MOISTURE AMOUNTS...TIMING AND PLACEMENT...AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM ARE STILL LARGE AND LOOMING QUESTIONS. THESE UNCERTAINTIES AND SMALLER SCALE FEATURES WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. AS NEW INFORMATION IS INTRODUCED...THE FORECAST WILL CHANGE AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE UPDATED.
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Sweet! The forcast for here isn't for snow but it changes day today and is our best chance of a white Christmas for years, there's still a layer of snow around and there was a bit yesterday, it just isn't melting because it's so damn cold. Christmas day it's supposed to get down to -7!
 
Updated:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CST THU DEC 23 2010

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CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
100 PM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...CONFIDENCE IN ACCUMULATING SNOW DECREASING FOR CHRISTMAS...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OVER THE
NEXT THREE DAYS...BRINGING A SMALL THREAT OF LIGHT SNOW TO PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.

A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY. AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION THE RAIN WILL BEGIN
TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. EVEN THE SOUTHERN
MOST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA COULD SEE A BRIEF CHANGE-OVER TO
SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN BEFORE THE DRIER AIR MOVES IN SATURDAY
EVENING. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH THE BEST
CHANCE OF A DUSTING OR SO WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE
NORTHEAST. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...VERY LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES MAY FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. NO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN WITH REGARDS TO THIS FORECAST...AND
CERTAINLY THE MOISTURE AMOUNTS...TIMING AND PLACEMENT...AND STRENGTH
OF THE SYSTEM ARE STILL LARGE AND LOOMING QUESTIONS. THESE
UNCERTAINTIES AND SMALLER SCALE FEATURES WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE
POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

IN ADDITION...LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. AS A
RESULT ANY LEFT OVER MOISTURE FROM RAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY MAY FREEZE
RESULTING IN SLICK ROADS. WIND CHILLS SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE
TEENS OR LOW 20S AREA WIDE.
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Christmas is the one day a year that I like to see snow. but no snow is in the forecast for our area this year. We do have a heavy rainfall and wind warning again though.

The average for snow on Christmas day is 1 year in 10.
 
We had snow here in Oz on monday night.....and its wet and cold today...the day before xmas.

So much for the beach tomorrow:thumbdown
 
They are saying we may get a white Christmas too!

White Christmas in Middle Tennessee

...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON CHRISTMAS IN
17 YEARS...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND INTO
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT
WILL MOVE DOWN INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST OVER THE CHRISTMAS
WEEKEND.

MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS
COLDER AIR SINKS SOUTHWARD. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY INTO
EARLY MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BY
MONDAY MORNING ARE ONE TO TWO INCHES IN NASHVILLE AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES...WITH TWO TO THREE INCHES IN EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
FROM COOKEVILLE TO CROSSVILLE AND NORTH TO JAMESTOWN. WESTERN
AREAS OF THE MID STATE WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN AN INCH.

THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY NINE CHRISTMASES WITH MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF
SNOW SINCE SNOWFALL RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE BACK IN THE
WINTER OF 1884 AND 1885. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON
CHRISTMAS DAY IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1993 WHEN THREE TENTHS OF AN
INCH WAS MEASURED. TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS IN
2002. STATISTICALLY THERE IS ONLY A 7 PERCENT CHANCE OF MEASURABLE
SNOW ON ANY GIVEN CHRISTMAS. THE MOST SNOW EVER TO FALL ON
CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE IS 2.7 INCHES IN 1969.
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Another update:

Issued by The National Weather Service
Birmingham, AL
4:31 am CST, Sat., Dec. 25, 2010
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A COLD RAIN TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE MONTGOMERY AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES. MOST OF THE MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE ON GRASSY AND EXPOSED SURFACES. AS THE SNOW FALLS... SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING BUT MAY HOVER A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW MUCH OF THE SNOW TO MELT ON THE ROAD SURFACES... BUT A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING ON CHRISTMAS.
TEMPERATURES DROP OFF INTO THE 20S TONIGHT WITH SOME FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW STILL POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT... BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ANY WET SPOTS LEFT ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL FREEZE MAKING SOME HAZARDOUS SLICK SPOTS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR ISOLATED SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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... SNOW EXPECTED IN ALABAMA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO BRING A RARE SNOWSTORM TO ALABAMA TODAY... CHRISTMAS DAY. TWO UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. AT THIS TIME... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... WITH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA RECEIVING ONE TO TWO INCHES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA IS FOR SNOWFALL OF ONE- FOURTH INCH TO TWO INCHES OVER A 12-HOUR PERIOD.
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We had it down to -9 and although it wasn't technically a white Christmas (it didn't snow) it was really seeing this is the scene from my patio on Christmas morning,(week old snow which hasn't thawed because it hasn't got above freezing):thumbup

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