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FXUS64 KBMX 170610
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1210 AM CST Wed Dec 17 2025

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1210 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025

 - Showers and a few thunderstorms are expected across central
   Alabama on Thursday.

 - Temperatures will commence a warming trend this weekend and are
   likely to remain above-normal through Christmas.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(Thursday through next Wednesday)
Issued at 1210 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025

A trough in the vicinity of the Pacific Northwest today is
forecast to swing by our region tomorrow/Thursday. Increasing
moisture content combined with lift from the trough and its front
will result in showers and a few thunderstorms. Spotty showers
could begin as early as overnight Wednesday due to isentropic
lift. Periods of showers are then expected throughout Thursday,
with the potential for a few thunderstorms from mid afternoon into
the evening along a band of activity aided by a couple hundred
J/kg of MUCAPE and the advancing front. All things considered, no
severe thunderstorms are anticipated at this time.

Near zonal flow is progged over the weekend. Guidance suggests an
impulse scooting across the Tennessee Valley will bring increased
cloudiness and at least a low chance for some light showers on
Sunday.

A broad ridge axis centered over Mexico is forecast to amplify
next week and drift eastward. This type of weather pattern will
result in seasonably-mild temperatures for much of the CONUS as
the flow pattern resists southward surges of polar air. While
forecast temperatures are not shown to be within striking
distance of records for central Alabama, values will be above-
normal per climate stats for mid to late December. This upward
swing will commence over the weekend with a high likelihood of
lasting through Christmas. And, similar to the weekend, guidance
shows a couple impulses riding the northern perimeter of the
ridge, generally following a path near the Tennessee Valley. This
could result in periodic shower chances for parts of the region.

89^GSatterwhite

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.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1210 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025

VFR conditions are expected through this TAF period. Broken to
overcast high-level cloudiness will drift across central Alabama.
Calm to very light and variable winds overnight will become
southeasterly at 3-5 knots by midday Wednesday.

Spotty light showers may begin to develop toward the end of this
TAF period/06z Thursday. The main impacts from low ceilings and
showers/a few storms will come on Thursday, so expect inclusion
in the TAFs over the next one to two issuances.

89^GSatterwhite

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.FIRE WEATHER...

MinRHs are forecast to remain above, and winds below, critical
thresholds over the coming days. The lowest afternoon RHs should
occur on Saturday across the east half of central Alabama,
generally in the lower 30s.

Showers and a few thunderstorms are expected on Thursday with
periodic opportunities for precipitation next week.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     28  58  39  62 /   0   0  30  90
Anniston    31  61  43  62 /   0   0  30  90
Birmingham  35  60  44  62 /   0   0  30  90
Tuscaloosa  34  61  45  64 /   0   0  30  90
Calera      32  62  44  64 /   0   0  30  90
Auburn      35  61  48  61 /   0   0  20  80
Montgomery  31  62  47  64 /   0   0  30  80
Troy        32  63  47  64 /   0   0  20  80

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

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DISCUSSION...89^GSatterwhite
AVIATION...89^GSatterwhite