WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL LOCAL COUNTIES… Snow is on the way for south Alabama and northwest Florida, starting tomorrow morning most likely and extending into the afternoon and evening hours. We encourage everyone to prepare accordingly today AND plan to “get somewhere and stay put” starting early tomorrow morning. Travel will likely become hazardous, even with small amounts of snow or wintry precipitation. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for ALL local counties in south Alabama and northwest Florida 6AM Tuesday through 6AM Wednesday.
Snow showers will be possible in the morning between 6AM-9AM before a heavier, more consistent shield of snow and potentially some mixed precipitation moves in from the west. No travel is advised once precipitation starts in your location. That could be as early as 6AM or as late as 11AM.
Northwest Florida and coastal Alabama are the zones where mixed precipitation and ice are most likely to happen. Roads could be particularly hazardous in these zones. It is hard to ignore, however, the high-res model signals that this event COULD end up being a full snow event all the way down to the Alabama and northwest Florida beaches. That would be a “best case scenario” in terms of helping to mitigate damage to power lines and trees, but I caution that a full snow event is not a certainty just yet. Freezing rain, sleet, MIX possible!
MOST of the time in these Deep South winter weather events, we have surprises. I have no idea what the surprises will be this time but it COULD be higher snow totals for areas further to the south with lesser snow amounts inland. This is, obviously, counterintuitive to what typically happens, but it is the reality of the data we are looking at as we go into Tuesday and Tuesday night.
I will have another detailed update posted later today ahead of our next live video this evening. Have a nice Monday afternoon!
