EleanorsMine

From FOX6 StormWarn:
Goodness. I just got something fun to drive- this is an impossibility!!! Got this in my Email:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
637 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL FORM IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TODAY...AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY.
A WELL DEFINED COLD FRONT FOLLOWING BEHIND THE LOW WILL ENTER
NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE EVENING.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST...AND SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL RUSH INTO
THE AREA...AND TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TO NEAR FREEZING AROUND
MIDNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LINGERING MOISTURE AND A SHALLOW COLD
AIR MASS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE,
AND ICE PELLETS TO FORM.

AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR ICE PELLETS IS
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SURFACES THAT WILL COOL QUICKLY IN THE COLDER
AIR...SUCH AS BRIDGES...ELEVATED ROADWAYS...POWER LINES...TREES...
AND CARS...COULD BE AFFECTED. PATCHY ICE COULD FORM...OR ICE PELLETS
COULD COLLECT IN LOW SPOTS ON THESE SURFACES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE
ENOUGH MOISTURE AND WARMTH IN MOST GROUND SURFACES TO PREVENT
WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. ANY TRAVEL PROBLEMS THAT DO FORM SHOULD BE
SHORT-LIVED...AS BREEZY...DRY CONDITIONS AND PARTLY SUNNY SKIES
PREVAIL.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS. CHECK ON ROAD CONDITIONS...AND AVOID OR DELAY
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. DRIVE WITH CAUTION IF YOU MUST BE ON THE ROADS
EARLY THURSDAY.

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

PRECIPITATION COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. NO
MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED...BUT MOTORISTS ARE STILL
ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES AND
ELEVATED ROADS DUE TO POSSIBLY SLICK ROADS.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE QUICKLY BY 8 AM THURSDAY.



AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA: PICKENS, TUSCALOOSA.

jgsmuzzy

I have had weather like that (and colder) since I got back from NY, I must have brought it back with me!

EleanorsMine

I live in Shelby- Brad and Scott live in Jefferson, they butt up to each other......Tonight may be fun, its very cold outside and raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock. Eleanor has a nice dry home fortunately.

>From FOX6 StormWarn:


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
348 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES FROM
AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. A WELL DEFINED
COLD FRONT FOLLOWING BEHIND THE LOW WILL ENTER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
WEST...AND SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL RUSH INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
WILL PLUNGE TO NEAR FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST
COUNTIES...AND APPROACH FREEZING AROUND SUNRISE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO
THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF LINGERING MOISTURE
AND A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE...AND SLEET TO FORM.

AT THIS TIME...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE COULD
ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED..AND METAL SURFACE ACROSS MARION AND
WINSTON COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR
SLEET IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SURFACES ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY AREA..INCLUDING TUSCALOOSA TO BIRMINGHAM...TO ONEONTA...THAT
CAN COOL QUICKLY IN THE COLDER AIR...SUCH AS BRIDGES...ELEVATED
ROADWAYS...POWER LINES...TREES...AND CARS...COULD BE AFFECTED. PATCHY
ICE COULD FORM...OR SLEET COULD COLLECT IN LOW SPOTS ON THESE
SURFACES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND WARMTH IN MOST
GROUND SURFACES TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. ANY TRAVEL PROBLEMS
THAT DO FORM SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED...AS BREEZY...DRY CONDITIONS AND
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES PREVAIL.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS. CHECK ON ROAD CONDITIONS...AND AVOID OR DELAY
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. DRIVE WITH CAUTION IF YOU MUST BE ON THE ROADS
EARLY THURSDAY.

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

PRECIPITATION COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. THE
BEST TIME FRAME WOULD BE FROM 6 AM TO 8 AM. NO MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS
ARE EXPECTED...BUT MOTORISTS ARE STILL ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION
WHEN DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROADS DUE TO POSSIBLY SLICK
ROADS.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE QUICKLY BY 8 AM THURSDAY.



AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA: BLOUNT, JEFFERSON, PICKENS, SHELBY, TUSCALOOSA.




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Scothew

got room for a cobra in there too?

EleanorsMine

ONLY if I get to keep it!

I better go drive her some more today, she ain't going out tomorrow! I have not learned how to handle her yet, last thing I need is a screw up.

PonyLover

Be lucky your not where I am.

We have already got 6.5 inches of snow today, expecting another 6 to 10 inches overnight and 1 to 3 tomorrow. We could end up with 20 inches.

My normal drive time is 15 to 20 minutes to get to work. Today took me an hour and a half to get home Made for a interesting drive home. Drove about 20mph all the way. Had to pull over 5 times to get the build up snow/ice off of wipers to see :angry: My car did great, it was the other drivers that were the problem.

Edit for spelling B)

Maverick128

They were off and on about whether or not that was going to hit us but it barely missed and all we got was a bunch of cold air. Unfortunately we are now being told that it could get as cold as 5-10 below BEFORE windchill is involved.

EleanorsMine

I broke 85 on the interstate today........Mind you for like a second, but I did it.

As I was nearing my exit, all these cars with snow all over em started going by.

Whereever #38 in Bama is got it good. Cars from Indy, Pa, COVERED IN SNOW! I also think its snowing a little bit here.