From NWS/Jackson (Interesting!)

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1255 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

…SNOW EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN…CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY…

…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO ALABAMA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THIS WILL INITIALLY BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE ARKLAMISS BUT AS
THINGS COOL OFF LATE TONIGHT THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH
SNOW. ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE RAIN SHOULD START
TO CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL BE MODERATE
AT TIMES LIKELY LEADING TO ACCUMULATIONS EVEN IF THE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. AT THIS TIME
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY AND THERE IS A
GOOD CHANCE THAT A LINE OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP WHICH WOULD
LEAD TO GREATER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF ACCUMULATING SNOW…WINDS WILL BE
RATHER BREEZY. SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. WINDS SPEEDS OF THAT
MAGNITUDE COMBINING WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COULD CAUSE
VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS LEADING TO
VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED
CLOSELY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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