
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0186
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0240 PM CST SUN MAR 01 2009   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/NERN GA AND CNTRL/WRN SC   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW    
   VALID 012040Z - 020045Z   
   SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEWD INTO NERN GA AND CNTRL/WRN SC.
   ALTHOUGH IN GENERAL RATES WILL BE LIGHT...LOCALIZED MODERATE TO
   HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY IN BANDING FEATURES AND
   THUNDERSNOW...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.
   ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR S AS SRN AL/GA.    
   RECENT WV IMAGERY REFLECTS THAT THE POTENT UPPER LOW...NOW
   NEGATIVELY TILTED AND OVER CNTRL GA...IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS TURN
   TO THE NE. STRONGEST DEFORMATION ZONE TO THE N AND W OF THE LOW IS
   CURRENTLY FROM NRN/CNTRL GA INTO SERN/CNTRL AL...WHERE WV IMAGERY
   REFLECTS ENHANCEMENT. AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY PIVOTS AND TURNS
   NEWD...AREAS ACROSS CNTRL GA WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MORE
   SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM SW TO NE. LIQUID WATER
   EQUIVALENT FROM OBSERVATIONAL SITES IN ATLANTA AND ATHENS GA ARE
   INDICATIVE THAT AN INCH TO TWO INCH AN HOUR RATES ARE OCCURRING IN
   THE HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...LIGHTNING IS STILL BEING
   OBSERVED NEAR THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS METRO AREAS. A WEAK LAYER OF
   ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THUNDERSNOW AND
   LOCALIZED HEAVIER RATES. AS THE LOW SHIFTS NEWD UP THE COASTAL
   PLAINS...A CORRIDOR FROM NERN GA INTO WRN SC WILL BE FAVORED FOR
   HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. ELSEWHERE...SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED RECENTLY AS
   FAR SOUTH AS SERN AL. ALTHOUGH RATES WILL BE LIGHT...GIVEN STRONG
   COLD ADVECTION AND LINGERING MOISTURE...FLURRIES ACROSS SRN AL/GA
   WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.   
   ..HURLBUT.. 03/01/2009      
   ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...FFC...