Winter Weather for Thursday & Friday

WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SPREAD A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A MIXTURE
OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY NIGHT...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE
ENTIRE ARKLAMISS AREA. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL THEN SPREAD
INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...CAUSING
IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS SLIGHTLY WARMER
AIR WILL BRING TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
BY MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY...AND OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING: 6 PM THURSDAY TIL NOON FRIDAY

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY
  EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND
  TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY. 1 TO 3
  INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...SOME
  POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES.
  TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS