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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
508 AM CST Thu Dec 11 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 506 AM CST THU DEC 11 2025

 - Seasonable temperatures expected the remainder of the week
   with little chance for rain until the weekend.

 - Dangerously cold temperatures expected Sunday night through
   Monday morning with Wind Chill values dropping to 10-15 degrees
   by Monday morning.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(Today through next Wednesday)
Issued at 1108 PM CST WED DEC 10 2025

Seasonable conditions expected through the remainder of the week as
high pressure builds in across the region. This should keep the area
rain-free through at least the weekend.

The pattern changes over the weekend as a trough digs southward
through the Eastern CONUS and pushes a cold front through Alabama
Saturday night through Sunday morning. This will likely be more
of a light to moderate rain with generally less than a quarter-
inch of rainfall expected. The main story is the very cold air
behind the front. A continental polar airmass is expected to move
into the region Sunday with daytime highs not reaching above
freezing for some of our northern locations on Sunday. Monday
morning lows are currently forecast to be in the upper teens to
low 20s area-wide.

Temperatures then moderate slightly Tuesday into Wednesday as the
center of the surface high shifts eastward.

25/Owen

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 506 AM CST THU DEC 11 2025

VFR conditions expected through the next 24 hours. Light
northerly winds should persist through the day, becoming more
southerly around or after 00z.

25/Owen

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

Dry conditions expected today with MinRHs ranging from 35% - 50%.
Rain-free conditions are expected to continue through the end of the
week before another frontal passage Saturday night into Sunday. Rain
chances increase with this front, but widespread wetting rains may
be on the lower side. Much colder air builds in Sunday through early
next week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     50  31  61  32 /   0   0   0   0
Anniston    50  34  62  36 /   0   0   0   0
Birmingham  50  37  61  37 /   0   0   0   0
Tuscaloosa  53  35  64  38 /   0   0   0   0
Calera      53  34  64  38 /   0   0   0  10
Auburn      52  36  63  43 /   0   0   0   0
Montgomery  53  34  65  44 /   0   0   0  10
Troy        54  34  65  44 /   0   0   0  10

&&

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

$$

DISCUSSION...25/Owen
AVIATION...25/Owen