MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0017
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0206 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN AL...CNTRL GA...CNTRL SC
   
   CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION 
   
   VALID 100806Z - 101400Z
   
   SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE PHASE OVER MUCH OF THE
   AREA THROUGH MORNING WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SLEET LIKELY.
   FREEZING RAIN RATES SHOULD AVERAGE 0.05 TO 0.10 IN/HR.
   
   A SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE NERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH
   INTENSE LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION PROFILES DEVELOPING INLAND ATOP A
   COLD AIR MASS. AT 07Z...THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE EXTENDED FROM MGM
   TO JUST N OF MCN AND INTO CNTRL SC. HOWEVER...THE SURFACE WET BULB
   ZERO LINE WAS MUCH FARTHER S SUGGESTING BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING WILL
   TAKE PLACE ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. THEREFORE...AREAS CURRENTLY
   JUST S OF THE FREEZING LINE WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
   RAIN...WITH AREAS ALONG AND JUST N OF THE CURRENT FREEZING LINE
   EXPERIENCING THE LONGEST DURATION. 
   
   TO THE N...SNOW ACROSS NRN GA AND INTO CNTRL SC MAY EVENTUALLY
   SWITCH OVER TO SLEET AS A WARM NOSE FORMS ALOFT...WITH ACCUMULATING
   SLEET POSSIBLE.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 01/10/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILM...CHS...CAE...FFC...TAE...BMX...
   
   LAT...LON   31568504 31658564 31858606 32228608 32988577 33488524
               33778459 33608358 33648171 33818033 33877919 33697907
               33417937 32518125 32088245 31878293 31658370 31568504