[Email1] HWO just posted by the NWS BMX Office

[Ronnie King]

Here we are with the newest Hazardous Weather Outlook:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A BRIEF MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THE WINDOW FOR WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY BE A FEW HOURS BUT MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
ALICEVILLE...TO CALERA...TO ROANOKE. A LIGHT ICE GLAZE OF LESS
THAN ONE TENTH INCH AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH
ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO
A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR SNOW FLURRIES AFTER 3AM MONDAY MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

A HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING
FROM AROUND 10 DEGREES NORTHWEST TO MIDDLE 20S SOUTHEAST. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC AIRMASS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DROP WIND
CHILL VALUES TO BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AND
SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.

THE AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THAT RECEIVE ACCUMULATING WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE...BUT WE ARE CERTAIN OF THE BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES AND FRIGID WIND CHILLS BEGINNING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY MORNING...AND
POTENTIALLY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE
FROM 4 TO 15 DEGREES AREAWIDE... WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL
MODERATE SOME WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS.

SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

MONDAY...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY WARM INTO THE MID TEENS
NORTH TO LOWER 30S SOUTHEAST. WITH GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS
CONTINUING...WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO DEGREES TO THE MID TEENS ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL
DROP AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...RANGING FROM BELOW ZERO TO THE LOWER
TEENS THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

A DRY AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY OVERNIGHT.



-- 
Ronnie King
WX4RON
205.745.1199
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