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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
704 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-102300-
UPPER
MOBILE-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WASHINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-
CRENSHAW-WILCOX-CHOCTAW-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA
ROSA-GEORGE-STONE-PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER
BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA
ROSA-
704 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...POTENTIAL INCREASING OF WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION BY WEEKS END AS
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE INTERIOR
COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
84...AND WILL THEN CHANGE TO AND REMAIN AS SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST.  CLOSER TO THE COAST...RAIN
WILL BEGIN FALLING THURSDAY NIGHT AND A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND SNOW
MIX COULD OCCUR AS EARLY AS MID MORNING FRIDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING.

IT IS CURRENTLY BEYOND THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE TO PIN POINT EXACT
SNOWFALL TOTALS BECAUSE IT IS STILL TOO FAR OUT IN TIME PRIOR TO THE
EVENT AND MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN. HOWEVER...CURRENT TRENDS
INDICATE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE
COAST.  THE CONFIDENCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IN OUR AREA CONTINUES
TO INCREASE...PARTICULARLY INLAND.

IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY EITHER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OR A
POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WARNING BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

NOTE...IF THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW VERIFIES A LITTLE MORE SOUTH
THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...COLDER AIR AND CRITICAL COLD SEASON
THICKNESSES WILL LIKELY BE PULLED MORE SOUTHWARD...WHICH WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN A SOUTHEASTWARD ADJUSTMENT TO ACCUMULATING SLEET AND SNOW.

HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT AS SLICK
SPOTS BEGIN TO FORM...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY...SUBFREEZING
LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT SUGGESTS THAT LINGERING MOISTURE ON
ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL REFREEZE...MAINTAINING SLICK SPOTS AND
MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

EVERYONE IS URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS
CONCERNING THIS STORM.

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