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FXUS64 KBMX 200938
AFDBMX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
338 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
..NEW LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 338 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
- COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING.
EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS FROM 0 TO 15 DEGREES WITH THE
COLDEST VALUES NORTH. TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY
WILL STRUGGLE TO APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS THE FAR
NORTHWEST.
- FOR PIPES LOCATED IN EXPOSED OR UNHEATED LOCATIONS, RESIDENTS
SHOULD INSULATE, DRAIN, OR ALLOW WATER TO DRIP FROM THE FAUCET
AT A TRICKLE.
- PERSONS SHOULD ALSO ENSURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE AND SAFE SOURCES
OF HEAT FOR THEMSELVES AND ANY PETS.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 249 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
PERSISTENT CLOUDS, AND EVEN A FEW LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES, WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG COLD
ADVECTION WILL KEEP CONDITIONS QUITE CHILLY TODAY, AND IT WILL
PROBABLY STRUGGLE TO GET ABOVE FREEZING IN THE NORTHERNMOST
COUNTIES. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME HOLES IN THE CLOUDS IN
MISSISSIPPI. AND A FEW THIN SPOTS OR "SUCKER HOLES" IN WESTERN
ALABAMA. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE CLEARING PROCESS WILL BE
A SLOW ONE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, BUT SHOULD EVENTUALLY START SEEING
SUNSHINE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
BEYOND THAT, THE STORY CONTINUES TO BE THE COLD. CONTRASTED WITH
THE COLD SPELL WE HAD IN JANUARY, THIS CURRENT ONE HAS THE ADDED
ELEMENT OF WIND CHILL. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE COLD WEATHER
ADVISORY AS IS.
/61/
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 338 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
A BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD,
CHARACTERIZED BY LOW-AMPLITUDE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW AT 500 MB
AND MULTIPLE SMALL SHORTWAVE PASSAGES. THIS WILL PRODUCE DRY
CONDITIONS A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES
REACHING THE 70S NEXT WEEK.
87/GRANTHAM
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1026 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025
SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT, WITH MVFR CIGS GIVING WAY
FOR VFR AROUND 20/16Z. HOWEVER, GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY MOST OF THE
DAY TOMORROW, WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH POSSIBLE.
/44/
FIRE WEATHER
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY WITH
NORTH-NORTHWEST 20 FOOT WINDS OF 8 TO 12 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 15
MPH. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 25 TO 35
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. RH VALUES ON FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR OR
SLIGHTLY LOWER, BUT 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LIGHTER
FROM THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
GADSDEN 33 15 45 21 / 0 0 0 0
ANNISTON 35 17 46 24 / 0 0 0 0
BIRMINGHAM 33 17 44 25 / 0 0 0 0
TUSCALOOSA 36 18 44 25 / 0 0 0 0
CALERA 35 19 45 27 / 0 0 0 0
AUBURN 38 20 46 28 / 0 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 41 22 48 27 / 0 0 0 0
TROY 41 22 49 26 / 0 0 0 0
BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-
CHEROKEE-CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-
FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-
MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST.
CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON.
SHORT TERM.../61/
LONG TERM....87/GRANTHAM
AVIATION.../44/
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