000 WWUS44 KMOB 190337 WSWMOB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 935 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHOCTAW...WILCOX AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN ALABAMA FOR SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TO THE NORTH...A COLD AIRMASS IS MOVING GRADUALLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. DEEP MOISTURE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE COLDER AIRMASS FILTERS IN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE RAIN WILL START TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK. ALZ051-053-054-191130- /O.NEW.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.080119T1200Z-080119T2100Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL 935 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TO THE NORTH...A COLD AIRMASS IS MOVING GRADUALLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. DEEP MOISTURE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE COLDER AIRMASS FILTERS IN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE RAIN WILL START TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. AT THIS TIME...FORECASTERS CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL OF A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR SNOW FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY EAST ACROSS NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY AND ACROSS WILCOX COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IN THESE AREAS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE 1 INCH OR LESS...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS SEEING ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$