From Chief Meteorologist Spencer Denton

Looking Back At The Snow And The Forecast

The highest totals were in Cullman, Arab and Madison. Cullman and West Point received between 3 and 4 inches. Parts of Madison had 1-2 inches. NE Madison county received very little. Just goes to show you how hard it is predict for one specific community. Our forecast above wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. In general, the snowfall prediction was decent, but we missed some of the details. Cullman and Marshall county received a lot more and I think it was because they were closer to the center of the low and the low was at peak strength at that point. The higher elevations received less that we thought b/c the upper low weakened substantially as it moved over that area. We learned from this system and it will help us in the future. Below is a list of reports from the NWS in Huntsville. They did a good job with this event.

Snowfall Reports NWS Huntsville:

ALABAMA

…COLBERT COUNTY…
MUSCLE SHOALS (COOP) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN

…CULLMAN COUNTY…
WEST POINT (COOP) 700 PM JAN 17 3.5 IN
HANCEVILLE 1.6E (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.0 IN

…DEKALB COUNTY…
IDER (1610 FT)(UCOOP) 700 AM JAN 18 0.6 IN

…JACKSON COUNTY…
7 SW SKYLINE (1519 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
2 ENE WOODVILLE (600 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
WOODVILLE 1.7 NE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
WOODVILLE 8.0 NNE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN

…LAUDERDALE COUNTY…
ANDERSON (COOP) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN

…LIMESTONE COUNTY…
PRYOR FIELD (NWS SPOTTER) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN

…MADISON COUNTY…
6 SE HUNTSVILLE (686 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.5 IN
1 SE OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.5 IN
6 NNW OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS) 845 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN
NEW MARKET (830 FT)(UCOOP) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
6 NW OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS) 900 AM JAN 18 T IN
HUNTSVILLE AIRPORT (OBSERVER) 700 AM JAN 18 0.7 IN
HAMPTON COVE 2.1 WNW (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 2.0 IN
MADISON 1.7 NW (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.0 IN
MADISON 3.1 NE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.9 IN
HUNTSVILLE 5.9 SE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.5 IN
HUNTSVILLE 7.0 SE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
HAMPTON COVE 1.0 NW (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN

…MARSHALL COUNTY…
7 W UNION GROVE (940 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 2.5 IN
3 NNW BOAZ (1107 FT)(COCORAHS) 800 AM JAN 18 2.5 IN
2 ENE GUNTERSVILLE (974 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.6 IN
5 W GUNTERSVILLE (607 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN
GUNTERSVILLE (COOP) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN
ALBERTVILLE 2.8 SE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 2.5 IN
ALBERTVILLE 5.5 N (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.8 IN
ALBERTVILLE 4.8 WNW (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.7 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 2.0 ENE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.6 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 2.2 SW (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 4.7 W (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN

…MORGAN COUNTY…
2 WSW PRICEVILLE (833 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.9 IN
LACEY SPRING 3.4 SSW (1293 FT)(COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.5 IN
DECATUR (COOP) 700 AM JAN 18 1.0 IN
FALKVILLE 5.1 E (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 3.5 IN
SOMERVILLE 2.0 SE (COCORAHS) 700 AM JAN 18 1.2 IN

TENNESSEE

…FRANKLIN COUNTY…
ANDERSON (649 FT)(COOP) 727 AM JAN 18 0.2 IN
HUNTLAND (COOP) 700 AM JAN 18 T IN
ESTILL SPRINGS (COOP)

LOOKING AHEAD

No winter weather expected over the next 10 days. We will see plenty of sun this weekend as high pressure takes control with highs in the 50′s. A big arctic blast comes in Monday night and could drop us into the teens. Otherwise, our next chance of rain holds off until late next week. Have a great weekend!