Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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775 FXUS64 KBMX 092320 AFDBMX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 520 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 515 PM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 - There is a medium to high chance of freezing temperatures tonight, focused on the northern half of Central Alabama. Wind chill values will be as low as the middle teens to lower 20s Monday morning. - Breezy conditions are expected through Monday, with wind gusts of 25 to 30 mph, and a low chance of wind gusts over 35 mph. Low relative humidities will result in increased fire danger on Monday afternoon. - Temperatures will drop well into the 20s Monday night, ending the growing season for all of Central Alabama. && .DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Saturday) Issued at 1247 PM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 Winds will remain breezy tonight, so overnight lows will remain advection driven, and this will also inhibit frost formation. Still, lows will drop below freezing over the northern two thirds of the area, thus a Freeze Warning is in effect. Wind chills will make it feel like the upper teens to lowers 20s tomorrow morning, so make sure to bundle up if you have to be outside. The upper low will swing through the southern Appalachians on Monday. The upper low looks to track far enough east that you would have to go to the Smokies to see any impactful snowfall. With that said our far northeast counties could see some light snow or flurries, but moisture appears to be lacking so really not expecting anything much at all. The center of the high behind the low will move eastward into us Monday night, causing winds to become light to calm and allowing for favorable radiational cooling conditions. This will put an end to the growing season for all of Central Alabama with lows in the 20s, and a freeze watch is in effect for all of Central Alabama. A few of the typically cooler locations will probably reach the upper teens. A clipper system moving through the central CONUS Tuesday will cause warm air advection to quickly develop Tuesday. Lows Tuesday night will be mainly above freezing over the northwest half of the area but still near freezing in the southeast half. The associated front will stall somewhere over the area Wednesday/Thursday but rain chances are less than 10 percent. Temperatures will continue to trend warmer. Ridging builds over the eastern CONUS Friday and Saturday downstream of a western CONUS trough, with warm temperatures continuing. Rain chances may return to the west by Saturday night. 16 && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 515 PM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 While VFR conditions are anticipated for the entire TAF period, gusty north winds are expected for most of this timeframe as well. Sustained winds could push 20 MPH, with gusts up to 30 MPH possible. /44/ && .FIRE WEATHER... Breezy northwest winds will continue through the night. On Monday RH values may drop below 25 percent for a couple hours in far southern portions of Central Alabama, with values in the 25 to 35 percent range elsewhere. 20ft wind gusts will be at or above 20 mph resulting in elevated fire weather concerns. This very borderline Red Flag Warning criteria but will wait on the latest numbers tonight and see if there is enough confidence. RH values drop below 25 percent for several hours Tuesday across a larger portion of Central Alabama, but winds will be much lighter. Moisture returns on Wednesday with high RH values. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 1145 AM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 Record Low Temperatures: November 10: KEET: 30/1996 November 11: KBHM: 25/1926 KEET: 27/1996 KANB: 24/1950 KTCL: 26/1953 KMGM: 29/1991 Record Cold High Temperatures: November 10: KBHM: 46/1950 KEET: 50/2018 KANB: 47/1950 KTCL: 51/1977 KMGM: 55/2018 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 27 42 20 52 / 10 0 0 0 Anniston 29 41 21 52 / 10 0 0 0 Birmingham 28 42 23 53 / 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa 30 45 23 56 / 0 0 0 0 Calera 29 45 22 56 / 0 0 0 0 Auburn 34 44 24 52 / 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 34 46 23 55 / 0 0 0 0 Troy 34 46 23 55 / 0 0 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM CST Monday for the following counties: Bibb-Blount-Calhoun-Chambers-Cherokee-Chilton-Clay- Cleburne-Coosa-Etowah-Fayette-Greene-Hale-Jefferson-Lamar-Marion- Perry-Pickens-Randolph-Shelby-St. Clair-Sumter-Talladega- Tallapoosa-Tuscaloosa-Walker-Winston. Freeze Watch from Monday evening through Tuesday morning 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. && $$ DISCUSSION...16 AVIATION.../44/