Winter Weather in the deep south thread

[Marilyn]

Well guess what ! it started snowing 25 minutes ago Here in white oak NC and its sticking they are large flakes too. I love it . should move alittle futher north as much as i like it. Husband doesn't he is very cold nature.My son is traveling in GA and said all we would probably get is rain Then my Hubby came in and said its snowing. It wasn't suppose to start till about 8pm what a surprise for us. crazy isn"t it. How people in the south love snow and people that deal with it all the time hate it. I am a happy camper right now

[timNms]

Here's link to a slide show of our snowfall in Seminary, MS. Still have about 3 inches on my truck and about that much on the ground. Some melting is taking place, but has slowed down this afternoon.

http://www.slide.com/r/moRiB7LD6z8QJ07h ... w=original

[rsvh2000]

Glad ya'll got some snow. A bust here in Columbia. Oh so close, but the cold just didn't get in quickly enough. Maybe some flurries tonight before it all comes to an end.....

[HarlequinBoy]

Here's link to a slide show of our snowfall in Seminary, MS. Still have about 3 inches on my truck and about that much on the ground. Some melting is taking place, but has slowed down this afternoon.

http://www.slide.com/r/moRiB7LD6z8QJ07h ... w=original

Omg, you guys got a gorgeous snow! I love the wet/sticks to trees kind.

[Cristina]

Stopped snowing here in Canton, GA about 3:30 PM... all the beautiful snow is gone ... Temps are back up to 36 degrees... They're predicting some snow around 8:30 PM, but skies are clear, so I don't think that'll take place... What do you guys think? I trust your opinion more then I do our local mets..

[HarlequinBoy]

Stopped snowing here in Canton, GA about 3:30 PM... all the beautiful snow is gone ... Temps are back up to 36 degrees... They're predicting some snow around 8:30 PM, but skies are clear, so I don't think that'll take place... What do you guys think? I trust your opinion more then I do our local mets..

I think the storm is winding down across GA and even upstate SC. Atlanta and Charlotte's advisories have been dropped.

[Brent]

Stopped snowing here in Canton, GA about 3:30 PM... all the beautiful snow is gone ... Temps are back up to 36 degrees... They're predicting some snow around 8:30 PM, but skies are clear, so I don't think that'll take place... What do you guys think? I trust your opinion more then I do our local mets..

Could be a snow burst but the accumulating snow is over.

I still have a coating of snow on the ground as the sun sets.

[Cristina]

I appreciate your input. We had so much more snow on Wed./Thurs. compared to what we had today. When we woke up thurs morning we still had a thick blanket of snow and it didn't melt till after noon... waiting for the artic air mass and high winds for tonight and tomorrow. Again thanks for your help!

[Cristina]

Here's link to a slide show of our snowfall in Seminary, MS. Still have about 3 inches on my truck and about that much on the ground. Some melting is taking place, but has slowed down this afternoon.

http://www.slide.com/r/moRiB7LD6z8QJ07h ... w=original

Very nice... thanks for sharing!

[timNms]

Stopped snowing here in Canton, GA about 3:30 PM... all the beautiful snow is gone ... Temps are back up to 36 degrees... They're predicting some snow around 8:30 PM, but skies are clear, so I don't think that'll take place... What do you guys think? I trust your opinion more then I do our local mets..

Could be a snow burst but the accumulating snow is over.

I still have a coating of snow on the ground as the sun sets.

Brent, how much snow did you get?

[timNms]

Glad ya'll enjoyed the slide show. most of the pics were taken in the field behind my house. The trees were beautiful! Snow was knee deep in parts of the field (I haven't bushhogged it in a while!)

[Brent]

Stopped snowing here in Canton, GA about 3:30 PM... all the beautiful snow is gone ... Temps are back up to 36 degrees... They're predicting some snow around 8:30 PM, but skies are clear, so I don't think that'll take place... What do you guys think? I trust your opinion more then I do our local mets..

Could be a snow burst but the accumulating snow is over.

I still have a coating of snow on the ground as the sun sets.

Brent, how much snow did you get?

About an inch and a half.

[Opal storm]

TimNms those are some amazing pics. Last time I've seen snow accumulation like that was when I was just a little kid living in Michigan. Awesome pics.

[Ivanhater]

Gorgeous pics Tim...I hate you...j/k...Still plenty of winter left so Im waiting for the next possibility..and this winter it looks like the Deep South will have many more possibilities with the active Southern jetstream...

[Opal storm]

Gorgeous pics Tim...I hate you...j/k...Still plenty of winter left so Im waiting for the next possibility..and this winter it looks like the Deep South will have many more possibilities with the active Southern jetstream...

So much for the warm and dry winter we were suppose to have huh. Looks like next week will be pretty wet as well but a little warmer. I'm sure we'll have more opportunities in the coming weeks.

[brunota2003]

40 here on the coast. The mets said we topped out around 11:30 and the temps "should start falling". Ugh...They kept rising until about 3 or so, then steadied out until maybe 6 or 7. They rose from about 40 (11:30ish) to 43 or 44, chilled there for quite a while, and finally started falling. Some areas that were supposed to change around 4 still are reporting rain. We were supposed to start mixing in around 7 pm...the temp is just chilling now, so I can pretty much hang any snow up. -sigh-

Was looking forward to maybe an inch, but now it looks like we wont see any snow at all...

[txwatcher91]

40 here on the coast. The mets said we topped out around 11:30 and the temps "should start falling". Ugh...They kept rising until about 3 or so, then steadied out until maybe 6 or 7. They rose from about 40 (11:30ish) to 43 or 44, chilled there for quite a while, and finally started falling. Some areas that were supposed to change around 4 still are reporting rain. We were supposed to start mixing in around 7 pm...the temp is just chilling now, so I can pretty much hang any snow up. -sigh-

Was looking forward to maybe an inch, but now it looks like we wont see any snow at all...

I am in the same boat, 34F and rain with a wet flake here or there. I am beginning to think I will never see snow in Eastern NC again...

[brunota2003]

I am in the same boat, 34F and rain with a wet flake here or there. I am beginning to think I will never see snow in Eastern NC again...

Yeah, I hate that when it is just a couple degrees away from freezing and rain...bleh. You will, just the patterns here recently have been sucking tremendously.

[HarlequinBoy]

Snowfall totals for S Miss...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
615 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008

..WINTER WEATHER HITS THE DEEP SOUTH:

A RARE WINTER STORM HIT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED EAST ACROSS THE GULF
OF MEXICO TODAY BROUGHT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA LATE
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A STRONG COLD FRONT
WAS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE ARKLAMISS. THE COLD AIR AND MOISTURE
BROUGHT ABOUT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO MOST LOCATIONS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I 20 EARLY THIS MORNING. AROUND SUNRISE AND SHORTLY THERE
AFTER ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THE PRECIPITATION BEGAN TO CHANGE
OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW WITH SOME LOCATIONS REPORTING HEAVY SNOW AT
TIMES. THIS WOULD GO ON TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ TO HAZLEHURST TO
MERIDIAN.

BELOW IS A LIST OF SNOW FALL REPORTS.

BASSFIELD 3.0
BUNKER HILL 3.0
COLLINS 3.0
HATTIESBURG 3.0
MONTICELLO 3.0
RALEIGH 3.0
SUMRALL 3.0
CRANDALL 2.5
LAUREL 2.5
BAY SPRINGS 2.0
HAZLEHURST 2.0
MAGEE 2.0
MCCALL CREEK 2.0
MERIDIAN(MEI) 2.0
NATCHEZ 2.0
PRENTISS 2.0
PURVIS 1.0
FAYETTE 0.8
BRANDON 0.5
CLINTON 0.5
HARRISONBURG, LOUISIANA 0.5
JACKSON(JAN) 0.5
VIDALIA, LOUISIANA 0.5
WINNSBORO, LOUISIANA 0.5

[Brent]

Still a dusting on the ground here pretty much everywhere in the grass and shady areas... barely above freezing(finally!) despite full sun after a low of 17. I think tonight will be colder.

Satellite image from this morning showing the snow cover: