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Special Weather Statement
Statement as of 3:00 AM EST on December 23, 2010


... Wintry precipitation still possible from Christmas day through
Sunday morning for north and central Georgia...

A strong storm system currently moving across the Desert
Southwest... will move into the Southern Plains Friday and across
the deep south Saturday and Saturday night. This storm system will
bring a chance of wintry precipitation to much of north and
central Georgia over the Christmas weekend.

At this time computer models are indicating that the most likely
Route of the surface low will be across south Georgia on Christmas
day and up the East Coast on Sunday. This will begin spreading
moisture into the state beginning late Friday night and continue
through Sunday morning. The precipitation will begin as snow
across extreme north Georgia late Friday night and continue across
north Georgia through Sunday morning. From this area southward to
central Georgia the precipitation will begin as rain... and
through the course of Christmas day... the rain will become mixed
with... and then eventually switch over to snow by Saturday
evening.

As for accumulations... the highest amounts will be in the north
Georgia mountains where 2 to 4 inches could fall by Sunday
morning. From this area... southward to the Atlanta and Athens
area... between 1 and 3 inches of snow could fall. South of Atlanta
and Athens... an inch or less is possible.

There is still a lot of uncertainty with the projected path... and
any deviation to the north or south could mean the difference
between rain or snow... as well as total amounts.

Anyone planning travel across north and central Georgia or the
southeast United States over the Christmas weekend should keep
abreast to the latest forecast on this developing winter storm
system.

Quoting IKE:


If it does and I'm awake, I will. I wouldn't bet my paycheck on it happening(snowing).

Morning Ike!!

Merry Christmas!!

Quoting traumaboyy:


Morning Ike!!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to you.

41.7 my morning low....so far.

Quoting IKE:


Merry Christmas to you.

41.7 my morning low....so far.

You win 42.9 here!!

Wind is really whippin though!

Quoting traumaboyy:


You win 42.9 here!!

Wind is really whippin though!

Wind almost calm here. Temp @ 40.8. Sunrise in about 8 minutes.

Quoting traumaboyy:


You win 42.9 here!!

Wind is really whippin though!

In Seoul it's -7C (19.4F); really cold

I just don't understand the sunrise?
I have traveled the same road same time, for 30 years, lately I've noticed that the morning sky is getting lighter earlier this year than in previous years, yeah I know when the sunrise times are for the same time as previous years, but this seems strange. I usually get home from my work at 7:30 and it's dark, this usually last till around January 15th or so, will now it's light at 7:20 and fully light at 7:40A.
sunrise for this area is at 8:03 this continues till around the first of the year, then goes 30 seconds for a week or so then around the second week of January it goes to one minute per day of extended light.
I'm not crazy, it's getting light earlier. Am I the only one who notices this phenomenon.
I haven't paid attention to the sunset, but I'm going to starting tonight.
Feel free to comment on this crazy phenomenon.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
557 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-232200-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...
CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...
VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
557 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...SNOW POSSIBLE BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS NIGHT...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE GULF
COAST OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS...BRINGING THE THREAT OF SNOW TO
MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY BETWEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE HAS STEADILY INCREASED THAT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
WILL EXPERIENCE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT SOME POINT DURING THIS
WINTER WEATHER EVENT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY CHRISTMAS DAY AND
EVENING. AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN WITH THE SYSTEM...THE EXPECTED
CHANGEOVER WILL BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST BEFORE SUNRISE AND STEADILY
MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE
SOUTHEAST CLOSER TO SUNSET.

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST INFORMATION...MANY AREAS WILL SEE
ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING TO PERHAPS TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON CHRISTMAS
DAY. HOWEVER...MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN WITH REGARDS TO THIS
FORECAST...AND CERTAINLY THE MOISTURE AMOUNTS...TIMING AND
PLACEMENT...AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM ARE STILL LARGE AND LOOMING
QUESTIONS. THESE UNCERTAINTIES AND SMALLER SCALE FEATURES WILL
DIRECTLY AFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. AS NEW
INFORMATION IS INTRODUCED...THE FORECAST WILL CHANGE AND SNOW
AMOUNTS WILL BE UPDATED.

$$

Good Morning... and Merry Christmas(a little ahead but that's OK).

NWS of Peachtree City is going with a GFS/NAM blend.. No wonder why they think snowfall totals will be so low.

Hey long time no see RTLSNK, fingers crossed here!

Have a great Christmas everyone

KEY WEST IS ON PACE TO HAVE ITS COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD

THUS FAR DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER...THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE
AT KEY WEST HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL EVERY SINGLE DAY. AT
MARATHON...THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL EVER
SINCE DECEMBER 2ND. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE AT MARATHON ON DECEMBER 1ST
EQUALED THE AVERAGE OF 73 DEGREES FOR THE DATE. THROUGH DECEMBER
22ND...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT KEY WEST IS 63.2
DEGREES...OR 9.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AT MARATHON...THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IS 61.3 DEGREES...OR 10.3 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. KEY WEST IS ON PACE TO HAVE ITS COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD
DATING BACK TO 1873. THE COLDEST DECEMBER MEAN TEMPERATURE AT KEY
WEST IS 65.1 DEGREES...SET IN DECEMBER 1885.
&&

nature seems to find a pattern if this low dumps big time snow in the ne looks for more storms of a simliar path in jan and feb. happy holidays

Looks like Huge Hail hit South Africa..

Officials in various Eastern Cape municipalities were on Thursday taking stock of how many people had been displaced and what property had been damaged in a fierce hail storm which hit the area on Wednesday, police said. In the Mthatha region more than 100 houses and 200 vehicles were damaged in the storm. "In Idutywa municipal buildings, police offices and about 26 police vehicles were damaged in the storm," Captain Lingisile Magama said. "It is not yet confirmed whether anyone died or was injured in the incident," he said. Villages including Qora, Ngxakaxa, Govan Mbeki township, Old Idutywa, Colosa, Chizele, Nyawra and Ludondolo were hit by the storm. Four women were injured and 18 RDP houses were damaged in Mthatha. Slovo Park, Chris Hani Park and Mandela Park were also hard hit. "Affected residents were accommodated by their neighbours," Captain Zamukulungisa Jozana said. More than 100 homes in Bityi were destroyed and police and government officials would visit affected areas to assess the damage.

The series of storms that dumped rain on Southern California for nearly a week gave the region one final lashing on Wednesday, leaving homes and cars awash in mud, pushing hillsides onto highways, flooding urban streets and threatening hundreds of homes. Just before nightfall, residents of some 200 homes on a bluff in Highland, about 65 miles east of Los Angeles, were urged to evacuate. Some 40 homes were earlier evacuated there when two creeks overflowed, swamping as many as 20 homes in up to 3 feet of mud. "This mud flow moved cars, picked them up, stood them up on their nose at 45-degree angles, buried them," said Bill Peters, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Areas just south of Los Angeles — including a tony beach town that saw "rivers coming through" and its main beach washed away — were also hard hit before the rain tapered off Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of homes were hit by mud, at least two people were killed in storm-related car accidents, more evacuations were ordered and dramatic rescues unfolded — one involved a man who called from his cell phone as his car filled with water. Another saw a man and his sons rescue three women and two children in a pickup truck surrounded by rising water. Laguna Beach, where homes top $1 million, saw extensive damage as did other communities in Orange County, which also saw widespread road closures. In nearby San Juan Capistrano, some 400 people were urged to evacuate around midday after floodwaters destroyed part of a flood channel. Laguna Beach residents were cleaning up after torrents gushed through in the pre-dawn hours.

"There are rivers coming through town, and they’ve washed out the north end of our beach," Laguna Beach resident Jeff Grubert told the Los Angeles Times early Wednesday. Axl Dominguez awoke early Wednesday to a bumping sound and looked out the window to a scary sight: Plastic trashcans floating down the flooded Laguna Beach street. And then the water came rushing into his house. "We didn't have time to get anything. It happened really fast," the 15-year-old said, shivering in shorts, a mud-splashed sweat shirt and bare feet as he waited to go with his family to an evacuation center. "Water started coming in from all the walls. Then the wall fell and we got out through the window." At one point, the entire downtown area was under 3 to 4 feet of water, police Lt. Jason Kravetz told NBC News, and about 10 mudslides had been reported. A swift water rescue team saved some 20 to 25 people from their homes in the Laguna Canyon area, Kravetz added. Dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed in the canyon when mud flows hit around 3 a.m. Some residents said neighbors had to jump out of windows to escape. Canyon resident Matthew Pike told the Times that he was awakened at 3 a.m. by screaming.

"I grabbed a flashlight and scanned the street and discovered three women and two children in the back of a pickup truck surrounded by rising flood waters," he said. "They were screaming and crying, 'Help us. Please help us.'" Pike said he and two sons waded across the water barefoot as debris hit them. "We tied a garden hose to a pillar of my house and attached it to a fence post across the street, then got them across one at a time," Pike said. A driver just inland was rescued after veering into a flood-control channel, the Times reported. He called 911 as his car filled with water and minutes later rescue crews reached him and pulled him out safely. A mudslide in Silverado Canyon, Orange County, also led to local residents being evacuated, fire Capt. Greg McKeown told NBC News. In Silverado Canyon, Mary Adams and her husband got up in the middle of the night to check for mudslide danger as rains pounded the hill above them. They had just crawled back into bed at 3:30 a.m. when they heard a low, dull roar and then echoing boom of boulders tumbling into a creek. Adams, 54, jumped from bed to see a small river of mud, rocks and debris sweep past her side door, whisking the couple's travel trailer 100 feet down the hill and filling their garage and succulent garden with thick ooze.

photos here

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
848 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241500-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
848 AM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON CHRISTMAS IN
17 YEARS...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY BEFORE HEADING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS
COLDER AIR SINKS SOUTHWARD. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME...AN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO TWO
INCHES OVER MOST PARTS OF THE MID STATE AND UP TO THREE INCHES
ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY LATE SUNDAY. SOME...UNCERTAINITY
REMAINS IN THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND SNOW
AMOUNTS.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY...MAY
WANT TO CONSIDER TRAVELING EARLIER...PERHAPS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY
AS IT APPEARS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS ROAD CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE QUICKLY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.

THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY NINE CHRISTMASES WITH MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF
SNOW SINCE SNOWFALL RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE BACK IN THE
WINTER OF 1884 AND 1885. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON
CHRISTMAS DAY IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1993 WHEN THREE TENTHS OF AN
INCH WAS MEASURED. TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS IN
2002. STATISTICALLY THERE IS ONLY A 7 PERCENT CHANCE OF MEASURABLE
SNOW ON ANY GIVEN CHRISTMAS. THE MOST SNOW EVER TO FALL ON
CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE IS 2.7 INCHES IN 1969.

$$
BOYD

Looks like the models are backing off on the storm. But....
Special Weather Statement
FREEZE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
355 AM EST THU DEC 23 2010

FLZ063-066-067-070-071-073-241000-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-
INLAND MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...
LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK...HOMESTEAD...
FLORIDA CITY...REDLAND...MICCOSUKEE RESORT...KENDALE LAKES...
WEST KENDALL...COUNTRY WALK...SHARK VALLEY
355 AM EST THU DEC 23 2010

...ANOTHER FREEZE POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY
NEXT WEEK...

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON
SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE AIRMASS BEHIND THIS FRONT
WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FREEZE ACROSS
THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION MONDAY MORNING...THEN ACROSS A LARGER
PORTION OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA TUESDAY MORNING.

THE FORECAST WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINE TUNED OVER THE UPCOMING
DAYS...SO STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS COLD WAVE EXPECTED.

$$

GREGORIA

Quoting FLPandhandleJG:


Okay.. thx for the info.. maybe i picked the wrong year.. lol

I don't know whether it was a superstorm but I do know in Feb of 1992 it rained and rained and rained and RAINED. I was pregnant with my first and had to have a friend drive us to the hospital to deliver because roads were flooding and we couldn't get there with our car.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (KABC) --

Evacuations have lifted in San Juan Capistrano, but there is a still a lot of cleanup work ahead. Work crews have been out along San Juan Creek all night, trying to shore up the banks that collapsed in Wednesday's rain.


At Trabuco Creek, much of the retaining wall is gone, partly due to busted pipes. Crews have been using bulldozers to build a temporary retaining wall using rocks and boulders.

Chunks of earth had broken away on Wednesday from the side of Trabuco Creek after an irrigation pipe burst. The situation got so bad that 75 businesses and 400 families were asked to leave.

Silverado Canyon saw what is usually a gentle creek turn into miles of roaring rapids, but many residents chose to ignore evacuation orders. Water and debris buried cars and parts of homes, but residents said they still love the area.

"We all know where we're living and what it's going to be so unfortunately, this is it," said Sue Caple of Silverado Canyon.

In Rancho Santa Margarita's Dove Canyon, water rushed into the gated community, engulfing cars up to the windows in mud. At least five homes were red-tagged.

21 years ago South Louisiana and Miss were in the grips of a Arctic Blue Norther that shattered record Lows.

Note the Record Lows in yellow

Quoting Patrap:
21 years ago South Louisiana and Miss were in the grips of a Arctic Blue Norther that shattered record Lows.

Note the Record Lows in yellow

WDSU 6 special report on the freeze. Link

HIGHLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- The destructive storm that ripped through Southern California has claimed a life.


The Riverside county coroner's office said a Menifee woman died after her car was swept away.

It happened Wednesday at Goetz Road and Railroad Canyon Road in the Canyon Lake area.

The coroner's office said 39-year-old Angela Marie Wright drove through the flooded intersection and was swept into a flooded wash.

Meantime, 200 homes have been evacuated in Highland after a mudslide buried cars and destroyed homes.

Geologists will be checking for more erosion problems in the area.

Crews worked overnight to try to clear all the mud and debris with skip loaders and bulldozers. Flood-control workers were digging out a channel early Thursday morning to remove all the mud.

Rain brought in about four feet of mud, which buried homes and cars in East Highland. An evacuation order remained in effect Thursday morning for the area because of an unstable hillside that crews were still trying to shore up.

One family became stuck when they tried to escape with their two children. Luckily, some friends helped the family escape to safety.

"The mud was so high. I ended up having to take my shoes off because I couldn't walk," said Kelvin Knight, who lost his home.


"Everything is gone. I know my 12-year-old son, of course being 12, he's like, 'It's Christmas, mom.' It's just a bad time," said Lorain Knight.

In San Bernarndino, at least 30 homes were also damaged by mudslides.

Meanwhile, in the High Desert, residents were also dealing with heavy rain that dumped four to eight inches in the area. The Mojave River, which normally runs underground, was at flood stage at 17 feet.

Several homes there were damaged by the flood, and residents are hoping for the water to dry out so they can get back into their homes.

Twas a frigid Xmas in 89 fer sure.

Thanx for the vid Tampa, Margaret Orr still the Met at WDSU

Magnitude 5.4 - PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
2010 December 23 16:30:54 UTC

Magnitude 5.7 - FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
2010 December 23 16:28:14 UTC

Magnitude 5.6 - VANUATU
2010 December 23 16:28:10 UTC

hey Keeper...

hello amy

having a lunch here checkin in on info

Orcasystems post # 569. The link shows above average temperatures in the MDR. We may have another 20 named systems in 2011 considering warm SSTs & no El Nino. How much longer can our luck go with no major landfalling hurricanes in the U.S. ?

Euro about to run. May we all pray.. for the snow!

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