¡SNOW!

It is going to snow tonight in South Georgia!  It has already snowed about an hour from here in Albany, GA and my father-in-law called from Ellenton, GA which is about 38 miles away and it is snowing there.  He was pretty excited and said the cars are all covered in snow and all the guys from Mexico who work at the farm are outside taking pictures.  My husband is mad because it is only raining here.  He has never seen snow before and thought this would be his big opportunity.  Pobrecito!

Check out the Flight of a South Georgia Storm Chaser blog for details. 

It is almost a snub that he National Weather Service just lumps us in with North Florida and the rest of Southwest Georgia for this once in a decade event:

BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY

...CALLAWAY...LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE.

..QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
528 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 /428 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010/LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS LOW A COLD RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALLCROSS THE AREA. THE RAIN MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET OR A
FEW WET SNOWFLAKES EARLY THIS MORNING.THE LOW WILL PASS EAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A COLDER AIRMASS RAPIDLY FILTERING INTO
THE REGION. IT IS DURING THIS TIME FRAME THAT SOME 

LIGHT SNOW MAY BRIEFLY BECOME POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SNOW IN THE EVENING. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP BELOW FREEZING LATER IN THE EVENING...AND CERTAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY ICE IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES
IF ANY WATER REMAINS ON THE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH AND WEST OF TALLAHASSEE ARE ADVISED THAT WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INLAND PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA. ROAD
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA MAY DETERIORATE LATER TODAY.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THEIR NOAA WEATHER RADIOS OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.

I love the phrase, "some light snow may briefly become possible."  It better be possible because this

is all anyone around here has talked about for the entire week!  Heaven know this most certainly 

is a "developing weather event."