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Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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554 FXUS64 KBMX 141127 AFDBMX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 627 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Sunday) Issued at 1245 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2025 A rinse and repeat kind of forecast for the weekend. While not a complete washout, showers and thunderstorm chances are very good with pretty much greater than 70 percent each afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 80s to near 90 before the rain activity begins. Much like yesterday, a few of the storms will be strong, and will need to monitor as the pulse through the heating of the day. Heavy rainfall will accompany these storms so localized flooding will be a threat. Much of the activity will dissipate by Midnight. 16 && .LONG TERM... (Sunday night through next Friday) Issued at 1001 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2025 Sunday night through Tuesday, high pressure will be over the southern Florida/eastern Atlantic region, with another area of high pressure over TX and the southwest. Weak troughing will be present between the two high pressures, just north of the area. Low and mid level winds will be from the southwest bringing moisture and warm air advection to the state. There is a medium to high chance for diurnal thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Instabilities should be anywhere between 2000 -3000 J/kg with PW values near max for this time of year. The wind profile will be fairly weak with weak shear, so summer time, develop-build-collapse storms will be the most popular mode of convection these two days. By Wednesday, the pattern shifts slightly with the trough weakening and zonal flow prevailing to the north of the area. The high pressure over the southwest will begin to strengthen and move east, with the high over the Florida area maintaining influence over the state. Low and mid level flow could shift to a more westerly direction, with PW values decreasing from over 2 inches to around 1.6 inches for much of the area. Models are trying to hint at a low chance for Wednesday to be the day with the least amount of coverage with light winds and lower instabilities, and diurnally driven convection continuing Thursday through the beginning of next weekend. With southwesterly to westerly flow through the long term period bringing moisture and warm air, heat indices will be in the upper 90s to near triple digits in many areas of the west and southwest. Will need to keep an eye on these trends for increases in the heat threat. 24 && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 624 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2025 We have some patchy fog with MVFR/IFR ceilings in place this morning. We should begin to lift by 14 to 16z. Showers begin after 15z with thunderstorms after 18z north and west and 21z south and east. Much of the activity will end by 3 to 6z. More MVFR/IFR ceiling/fog will develop overnight. NOTE: AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND has been added at MGM until further notice due to comms issues. 16 && .FIRE WEATHER... MinRH values are forecast to remain above 50 percent for the next several days as very moist air mass moves northward over the Deep South. Daily rain chances will remain elevated as well. 20 ft winds from the south to southwest should remain less than 7 mph through the weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 87 67 87 68 / 80 60 70 30 Anniston 86 70 86 70 / 80 60 70 30 Birmingham 86 70 87 70 / 80 60 70 30 Tuscaloosa 87 71 86 71 / 80 60 70 30 Calera 85 71 86 71 / 80 60 70 30 Auburn 85 71 86 71 / 80 50 70 30 Montgomery 88 71 88 71 / 80 50 80 30 Troy 89 70 88 70 / 70 40 80 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...16 LONG TERM....24 AVIATION...16