STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR SOUTHEAST WINTRY MIX
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008

...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA NORTHEASTWARD TO
CENTRAL MARYLAND. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TO THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND INTO MARYLAND.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 1000 PM EST...A 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES...AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA EASTWARD TO SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHWARD INTO FLORIDA. SOME SLEET IS BEING REPORTED
IN THE MARGINALLY COLDER AIR ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH SNOW
FALLING OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE EASTWARD INTO
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. 

HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. IS DELIVERING A
COLD NORTHEASTERLY FLOW TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHEAST...KEEPING SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING. MOISTURE
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTH. AS THE TWO INTERACT...A WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
MAKING TRAVEL SLIPPERY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM
EST WED JAN 16 THROUGH 900 PM EST WED JAN 16...

...NORTH CAROLINA...
MURPHY                                2.0 

...GEORGIA...
ROCKMART 4 SE                         3.0 
HIAWASSEE                             2.0 
CANTON                                2.0 
CORNELIA                              1.5 
CLEVELAND                             1.5 
WOODSTOCK                             1.5 
TALLULAH FALLS                        1.4 
CUMMING                               1.0 
BALL GROUND                           1.0 
DACULA                                1.0 
ATLANTA                               0.4 

...TENNESSEE...
COLUMBIA 6 E                          1.5 
LAWRENCEBURG                          1.2 
CENTERVILLE 13 W                      1.0 
ST. JOSEPH                            1.0 
TELLICO                               1.0 


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA...BUT WILL
SPREAD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC DURING THE DAY. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED OVER AREAS THAT REMAIN COLD ENOUGH...WITH HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AREA. SOME AREAS ARE
FORECAST TO RECEIVE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OR LESS.
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM EST THU JAN 17. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

FRACASSO