Snow blankets most of Alabama in winter storm (More Global Varming yaknow)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/1/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A rare March snow blanketed much of Alabama and winter storm warnings are in effect along the East Coast.

Scott Unger of the National Weather Service office in Birmingham says a winter storm warning for Alabama is in effect until 3 p.m. Sunday mostly for several northern and eastern counties — with much of the rest of the state under a winter storm advisory.

Unger says snow accumulations could reach up to five inches in some areas of Alabama.

[NormsRevenge]

Good thing we aren't racing at Talladega this week-end. Vegas is partly sunny today. :-)

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One of a series of snowflakes that are the product of an elaborate computer model designed to replicate the complex growth of snow crystals, is pictured in this undated photograph released on February 9, 2009. The random, symmetrical beauty of snowflakes has been recreated in the computer program, U.S. researchers said on February 25, 2009. It took four years for two mathematicians from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the University of California, Davis, to develop the computer model's theory and perform the computations. REUTERS/UW-Madison University Communications photo courtesy of Janko Gravner and David Griffeath/Handout

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Alabama Department of Transportation

Emergency Road Closures Watch out for icy spots..

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Birmingham, AL Close Radar Map

[ClearBlueSky]

How much in the Decatur area? Any Freepers up there? I have
a great-niece(8) who wants to see snow so badly up there!

[NormsRevenge]

and over in Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USGA0028

Current Conditions - 34°F
Feels Like: 27°F
As of 11:20 AM on Sunday 1 Mar 2009 (Local Time) from KATL Reporting Station
Overcast Overcast
Light Snow

[NormsRevenge]

Not sure, but it looks like they may have gotten a wee bit too..

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USAL0151&animate=true

[steelyourfaith]

 

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[epow]

This weather is strange today. I'm at my son's home 25 miles south of Atlanta and it's been snowing like crazy here for the past hour or so and it's sticking. If it keeps this up for another 2 or 3 hours we'll have a half foot of snow on the ground. But the odd thing is, back at my home 130 miles north of here in the mountains where snow isn't unusual it's 39 degrees and raining. Global warming in reverse?

[proudofthesouth]

I’m in Huntsville. I had about 1.5 inches on my car but the ground because it has been so warm lately barely had a dusting.

[EggsAckley]

What a great pic! Bravo.

[Yardstick]

I’m in Huntsville which is next door to Decatur. We got about a half inch — enough for a few snowballs and maybe a snow munchkin. It’s melting pretty quickly now.

[calex59]

Yes, and Ahhhhhnold declared a state of emergency for the so called drought here in CA and the drought is coming down full force today, kind of a wet drought though, I used to call it rain and snow in the mountains, but I don't want to argue with the great leader of CA.

I hate frickin' liberals.

[vetvetdoug]

I am 70 miles west of Decatur on HW 72...we got 4-5 inches last night. Roads are not too bad here but just West of here I-40 from Jackson to Memphis is gridlocked. 72 from Corinth to Memphis gets worse the closer to Memphis one gets. I live in the NE Corner of Mississippi...where Alabama, Ms, and Tennessee comes together.

[epow]

I have a great-niece(8) who wants to see snow so badly up there!

My sister lives in Roswell and it's beginning to snow there now, so your niece in Decatur will probably get to see some snow this afternoon.

We're getting a heavy snowfall along with thunder and lightning down here in Coweta county, and I as best I can remember I have only seen it snowing and lightning at the same time but once before. My grandkids are rolling up snow in the yard to make snowmen and I'm worrying about nearby lightning strikes, this is weird weather today.

[tet68]

Villa Rica Ga. was snowing hard for a while,now slacked off
just starting to stick on grass, highways clear.

[Verginius Rufus]

Some towns north of the state line in Tennessee got 7, 8, or 9 inches of snow, according to one report I saw on TV.

That's natural--you'd expect a Deep South state like Alabama to get less snow than an Upper South state like Tennessee.

[epow]

OK, now I see that you're asking about Decatur, AL, and I thought of Decatur, GA. Just ignore everything I said, I don't know what's going on in AL except that it was supposed to snow there too.

BTW, about 35 or 40 years ago I measured 16" of snow on the ground in Huntsville which isn't far from Decatur, so it's possible that your niece is seeing lots of snow over there today.

[dfc1]

I’m 30 miles south of Nashville. We got 7 inches.

[Sister_T]

Cool pic!