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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
352 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

.DISCUSSION...

EARLY THIS MORNING WE ARE EXPERIENCING A LULL BETWEEN A SOUTHERN
STREAM SHORTWAVE...WHICH BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN OVERNIGHT...AND A
NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH...WHICH IS CAUSING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE
RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE STRONG FORCING WITH THE NORTHERN
WAVE IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT
IN A NARROW BAND ALONG THE FRONT LATER THIS MORNING. THE FRONT
SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE CWA FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN PLACE FOR WINDS BEHIND THE
FRONT SUSTAINED AT 20-25 KTS...GUSTING TO 30-35 KTS.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING
FOR MUCH OF THE CWA FOR AN HOUR OR TWO ON THURSDAY MORNING.
SINCE OUR SPRING FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL MARCH
15TH...WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ISSUING ANY FROST OR FREEZE PRODUCTS
FOR THURSDAY OR FRIDAY MORNING. HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH THE 50S ON
THURSDAY...AND ANOTHER COOL NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH A LIGHT FREEZE
POSSIBLE IN SHELTERED LOCATIONS FRIDAY MORNING.

A SHIFT TO WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A WARMING TREND
FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE WITH
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS AND FAIRLY HIGH RAIN CHANCES FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND AS A SLOW-MOVING TROUGH DIGS TO OUR WEST.

87/GRANTHAM

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF
I-20. CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY IFR TO MVFR ACROSS THE TERMINALS
AND CONDITIONS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN ON THE DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT. THEREFORE...WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND LIFT HAVE CONTINUED IFR
CONDITIONS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE CURRENT AREA OF
PRECIPITATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. THIS UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AND THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINALS AFTER
SUNRISE THROUGH ROUGHLY NOON. A FEW SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE FRONT BUT SHOULD BE RATHER SCATTERED. CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE
BEHIND THE FRONT TO MVFR AND EVENTUALLY TO VFR. HOWEVER...
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH SOME WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 KTS.

05/MA

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     65  30  52  30  65 /  40   0   0   0  10
ANNISTON    65  30  53  30  67 /  40   0   0   0  10
BIRMINGHAM  66  30  55  32  67 /  30   0   0   0  10
TUSCALOOSA  66  32  58  33  69 /  20   0   0   0  10
CALERA      66  32  55  34  67 /  20   0   0   0  10
AUBURN      67  31  54  33  66 /  30   0   0   0  10
MONTGOMERY  69  33  58  34  69 /  20   0   0   0  10
TROY        70  34  58  32  68 /  20   0   0   0  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

$$

87/05
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
