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Welcome to Multimedia Impact Weather Briefing. This briefing will focus on the 2014 January
winter storm across Central Alabama. Today is January 28, 2014.
As the Winter Storm starts winding down, here are the conditions expected the remainder
of the night. Overall, the light to moderate snow line will slowly continue southeastward.
For areas northwest of the white arrow, little to no additional accumulations will be anticipated.
For areas southeast of the white arrows, the Wintry Mix will slowly transition to all snow.
Additional snow accumulations could be 1 to 2 inches with locally higher amounts.
Here are the winter storm snow and sleet total potentials through tonight.
Here are the winter storm freezing rain potentials through tonight.
Please remember during any type of weather event, specific road condition information
can be found by visiting the Alabama State Department of Transportation webpage found
here. I will give you a second to write this link down. Remember you can also contact your
local law enforcement for local road conditions and travel advisories. If in an emergency
situation call your local law enforcement or emergency management agency.
Forecast Summary 1) As with most winter weather events, this
was a complex situation. The location of the snow line, as well as the transition from
freezing rain to sleet to snow was along a tight and narrow area.
2) The freezing rain line was initially farther north due to the combination of more warm
air aloft and the precipitation starting earlier than anticipated.
3) The BMX NWS was off by a two county margin for snowfall/advisories/warnings. We anticipated
a dusting to 1/4 for areas near and north of I-20.
4) When it became more evident that the precipitation line was farther north, winter storm advisories
and warnings were extended farther north. 5) It takes about 0.10 inch of rain to produce
1 inch of snow. Accurately predicting 0.1-0.3 inches of precipitation, especially in mixed
winter precipitation events, is still extremely difficult and often changes quickly during
the actual event. Thank you for watching this briefing and pay
special attention to near term forecast updates through the day as this still is a developing
weather event. For rapidly changing situations, please see the graphicasts, advertised on
the front our website for the latest pertinent information. If you have any additional questions,
please give us a call at 205-664