Final UPDATE: Storm of the Century - 2008 ?

This is an update to a previous post. You can read it HERE.

Further UPDATEs will be added to This POST.

As soon as the Rain/Sleet changes to SNOW, I will post Pictures and Video.

Yes, it is a BIG DEAL when it snows this far South.

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Bummer.....In my area we 'Did NOT' get any Snow. We Didn't even get any Flurries. All we got was a little Sleet and Not very much of that, So I have No pictures of snow for my area. I look forward to seeing what the rest of the Winter season holds for my area as we usually have our Snow in Late February through Mid March.

Final UPDATE: Snowfall Amounts- January 19, 2008

On January 19, 2008 A low pressure system over the northwest Gulf of Mexico spread abundant moisture over a cold airmass to produce widespread snow across northern Georgia. The precipitation began in the form of rain in the hours around daybreak...but quickly changed to mostly snow between midmorning and the noon hour. Since the ground was relatively warm...and temperatures during the event were generally slightly above freezing...some of the snow that fell melted. This resulted in snowfall accumulations that were fairly light.


Reports from individual counties...

LOCATION COUNTY AMOUNT COMMENTS

5 S. CUMMING FORSYTH 2.00
ALPHARETTA N. FULTON 1.75
MATT FORSYTH 1.50
WOODSTOCK S. CHEROKEE 1.50
STOCKBRIDGE HENRY 1.25
DOUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS 1.25
PINE MOUNTAIN HARRIS 1.00
SANDY SPRINGS N. FULTON 1.00
MIDTOWN FULTON 1.00
DALLAS PAULDING 1.00
DECATUR DEKALB 1.00
VININGS COBB 1.00
LA GRANGE TROUP 1.00 SPOTTER REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
PALMETTO COWETA 1.00
CARROLLTON CARROLL 1.00
ZEBULON PIKE 1.00
GRIFFIN SPALDING 1.00
CONYERS ROCKDALE 1.00
GREENVILLE MERIWETHER 1.00
6 NNE DALLAS PAULDING 0.80
SUCHES UNION 0.80 EMA REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
ATL AIRPORT CLAYTON 0.80 HARTSFIELD-JACKSON OFFICIAL OBS
SENOIA COWETA 0.50
DAHLONEGA LUMPKIN 0.50
PEACHTREE CITY FAYETTE 0.50
CEDARTOWN POLK 0.50
GAINESVILLE HALL 0.50
LAWRENCEVILLE GWINNETT 0.50
FRANKLIN HEARD 0.50
COVINGTON NEWTON 0.50

National Weather Service Forecast Office
Peachtree City, Georgia
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/sno11908.shtml
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Heavy Snow Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

...ACCUMULATING SNOW HEADED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY...

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UPDATE 2

The NWS has canceled the 'Heavy Snow Warning' for my area, but still say we are to get 2"- 4" of Snow. It hasn't made it to my area yet but it's coming.

In the meantime , here are some images of Snow in the Atlanta area pulled from the Department of Transportation Cameras.
The cameras can be found on this site, http://www.georgia-navigator.com/

Storm of the Century - 2008 ?

[Disclaimer: I am NOT a Meteorologist.]

With that being said, If you are in the Southeast I would get your Supplies NOW!

I have been watching this take shape for about 5 days now. I had Just mentioned this to My Family this past Sunday.I told them the indications that I see reminded me of the 'Super Storm of 1993', or the 'Storm of the Century', as it was Called.

As we know, Meteorology is a Science based on gathering information and making a Forecast/Speculation. Even the PRO"S are wrong 30% of the time. So on with my Speculation....er, Forecast....

First a little History of 'The Storm of the Century' from 1993-

On March 12, 1993, a newly formed cyclone moved into a low level baroclinic zone already in place over the Gulf of Mexico and began to rapidly intensify. The deepening cyclone turned northeastward and the center of low pressure made landfall in northwestern Florida during the early hours of March 13.







As you can see from this CURRENT[as of this post] image the Low Will be about in the SAME position as was in 1993, if not a little further south as compared to the above Storm Track image.





These next images Show the Forecasted development of this system.












In this image you can see the projected path of this current storm through Thursday January 17,2008.




In this Image you can see where the Storm in 1993 made landfall in Florida.




The area for land fall is similar, as are the conditions in the rest of the US, meaning the COLD temperatures.
This is the Loop of the 'Storm of the Century' from 1993.


Satellite Loop.


When all was said and done, 270 people were dead and total property damage estimates exceeded $3 billion. According to the National Disaster Survey Report (NDSR 1994), twenty-six states were affected, impacting the lives of nearly 100 million people, approximately half the nation's population. More than a foot of snow fell from Alabama into Maine, combined with record cold in the storm's aftermath. Seventy record lows were set on March 14, with an additional 75 that following morning.

Sources:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/arch/cases/930312/hist.rxml
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php