Jan 17th Upper-Low Snow?

.SHORT TERM...



ONLY REAL LAND BASED FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE PRECIPITATION

CHANCES AND TYPE OVERNIGHT. CLEARING LINE HAS MOVED INTO EXTREME

WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND CURRENT RADAR INDICATES ALL PRECIPITATION

IS EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. CANNOT RULE OUT REDEVELOPMENT

UNDER UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES TO NEAR JACKSON BY 12Z THURSDAY...BUT

ANY PRECIPITATION WOULD BE VERY LIGHT...AND MAINLY RAIN. FORECAST

SOUNDINGS SHOW A VERY...VERY BRIEF WINDOW OF A COUPLE HOURS AROUND

SUNRISE WHERE THE AIRMASS MIGHT SUPPORT A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND

SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS WOULD GENERALLY BE

OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND MAYBE THE EXTREME NORTHERN TIER

OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES. WILL INDICATE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

A RAIN SHOWER/SNOW FLURRY MIX FOR THE BACK HALF OF THE NIGHT. WILL

EMPHASIZE AGAIN...NO MEASURABLE SNOW EXPECTED. IF THERE IS A

TRAVEL PROBLEM OVERNIGHT...IT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY BE ON ELEVATED

ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THAT AREA. ROADS THAT

REMAIN WET OVERNIGHT COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE A SLICK SPOT OR

TWO...AS TEMPERATURES MAY DROP JUST BELOW FREEZING.



UPPER LOW WILL BE INTO CENTRAL OR EASTERN ALABAMA BY NOON...AND

CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE DEPARTED ALONG WITH IT. MOSTLY

CLEAR SKIES WILL THEN BE THE RULE THROUGH SATURDAY. NORTHERLY

FLOW WILL KEEP COLDER AIR OVER THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN PORTIONS

OF THE AREA FALLING BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

MORNINGS...BUT NO COLDER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES

BEFORE THIS WINTER...UPPER 20S OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND

LOWER 30S IN THE NORTHSHORE PARISHES. DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD SNEAK

INTO THE LOWER 50S TOMORROW...AND A FEW DEGREES WARMER ON FRIDAY.

BY SATURDAY...MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S

FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. 35