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Snow event fizzles out
Published Saturday, January 31, 2009
Kids, if you thought you might get out for a snow day Monday, think again.
The latest weather forecast from the National Weather Service has ruled out the possibility of any accumulating snow, much less any snow at all.
According to the weather service’s briefing Saturday afternoon, the cold air that could create snow will not arrive in time to cause any of frozen precipitation.
“At this time, it looks like most of the precipitation will move out of the area before the cold air arrives from the North,” the briefing stated.
The only rain/snow mix has been predicted for far northeast Central Alabama Monday night.
On Tuesday, cold air will be arriving in the state, and some light snow could possibly fall in Central Alabama in the afternoon and evening hours. It is expected to stay mostly north of Interstate 20.
The highs Tuesday are expected to be in 40s with lows Wednesday morning in the 20s.
That cold weather is good news for the local peach trees, which have only two weeks left to gain the appropriate chill hours needed for this year.
So far, the trees have collected 860 chill hours through Friday, which is up from 718 at the same time last year.
Experts from the Chilton Research and Extension Center hope to have at least 1,000 chill hours each year.
— Brent Maze can be reached at brent.maze@clantonadvertiser.com.
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Posted by eagle1 (anonymous) on January 31, 2009 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Now why do you want to bust their bubble? Just wait, it's coming.
Posted by heyitsme (anonymous) on February 1, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm sure the bread and milk delivery guys aren't too happy either
Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on February 1, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What a bummer! Last January 19th was so fun .. it was great snow and everyone still had their power and heat.
Posted by PrAaHe (anonymous) on February 1, 2009 at 9:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
good, no snow...
If only the weatherpeople could undo the rush theyve created.
Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on February 2, 2009 at 7:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Gimme a break ...
Posted by REK1138 (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 7:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Can't help but think that weather forecasts are suffering from the same sensationalism that has infected nearly all other news outlets. It's not about getting the story right anymore, it's about beating the other guy by either getting your predictions out there first or being as dramatic as possible, which typically means you report the most extreme weather you can. I see the same thing in tornado coverage. The absolute media blitz with even the remotest chance of severe weather, non-stop coverage, has inclined me to just turn it off at my own peril and just rely on the weather sirens. If I went to my "place of safety" every time James Spaan or David Neal suggested I would have to live in my storm shelter 6 months out of the year.
Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree with that. People that panic about the weather (or anything else) get on my nerves.
On a side note, I found it interesting that hundreds of thousands of folks could leave their homes and travel in some cases thousands of miles to gather in sub-freezing weather to watch the inauguration, but two hundred thousand people couldn't evacuate New Orleans in 85 degree weather for hurricane Katrina, with about a weeks notice. I actually read that in an e-mail but I was thinking something very similar on inauguration day. People--- they never cease to amaze me.
Posted by Lilin31 (anonymous) on February 2, 2009 at 11:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm not worried about snow, but what about ice after all the rain. Hope the roads don't get to bad.
Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on February 2, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I always take bad weather seriously, and the misuse of tv media coverage due to freakin' computer model "predictions" should be against the law. kw, get your butt sucked up in a tornado or blown away by a hurricane and see if you have a little more respect for the "weather". Oh, and talk to people who have lost loved ones due to bad "weather" and maybe you might see it in a different light.
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