Cooper Tire Winterfest at Barber Motorsports Park: Wednesday Morning Update

By Scott Martin.

Good morning. I hope you are having a great day today. First of all I want to start off by apologizing by not getting an update out earlier this morning. I forgot about a test that was due today for one of my classes and I had to complete it by 11AM. To tell you the truth, the update is pretty much going to be mostly a repeat of the last one from Tuesday night.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for north-central Alabama until midnight. Some of the counties on the southern end of the warning were changed to a Winter Weather Advisory. The track is still under the Winter Storm Warning. Governor Robert Bentley has also declared a State of Emergency for today until the need for it passes (probably 8AM tomorrow).

This latest radar image taken from SimuAWIPS shows that snow is out there. The rain is falling now will work to cool the layers of the atmosphere and snow will start to fall within an hour or two. Still believe that there is a potential for 2-4 inches. Snowfall should start to fall somewhere around 1PM and fall steadily (sometime heavy) until about 7 or 8PM tonight. Once again, if the storm tracks just 20 miles to the north from the projected path, you may just receive rain. If it tracks the same to the south, you may receive up to 5-6 inches of snow. It is that tight of a forecast. Some will be happy, and some will be highly disappointed (according to what you want).

The good news is that tomorrow is looking to be a lot better day. Partly cloudy skies with temperatures topping out in the mid 40s with no rain or snow chance.