Mainly Cloudy With Showers Out There At Midday

Radar Check at 12:15 PM

Birmingham Radar image at 12:10 PM.

We have some scattered shower activity stretching across the central parts of central Alabama at this point of the first full day of Winter (solstice occurred at 10:28 AM on Thursday), mainly from Forkland and Eutaw, to Coaling and West Blocton, and spreading out a little more from Leeds to Childersburg and all of the way over to Oxford.

For those not getting any raindrops at the moment, skies are mainly cloudy for you. The good news is that temperatures are pretty mild at this point, ranging from the upper 50s to the upper 60s throughout the area. Birmingham was at 63ºF, while the warm spot is Eufaula at 67ºF.

Weather For The Rest Of Your Friday

Experimental WPC National Forecast Chart. Its purpose is to provide a preview and solicit comments of an ongoing redesign of the National Forecast Chart.

Skies will continue to be mainly cloudy throughout Central Alabama for the remainder of the afternoon and into the early afternoon hours. We’ll have a few isolated to scattered showers moving through well ahead of the cold front that will be moving in tomorrow. Afternoon highs will be ranging from the lower 60s to at or near 70 degrees throughout the area. Those isolated shower chances will continue throughout the night and overnight hours tonight, before better rain chances move into the northwestern parts of the area after midnight. Lows will be in the lower 60s throughout the area.

Scattered Showers With Some Thunder Possible For Your Saturday

Experimental WPC National Forecast Chart. Its purpose is to provide a preview and solicit comments of an ongoing redesign of the National Forecast Chart.

A cold front will be sweeping through Central Alabama bringing with it a good chance of showers and a few thunderstorms. At this point of the day, there is a Marginal Risk for severe storms during the morning hours along and ahead of the cold front, with damaging thunderstorm wind gusts being the main threat. At this point, the tornado threat is too low to mention, but with thunderstorms during our secondary severe weather season, you need to expect the unexpected. Flooding will not be an issue as rainfall amounts through midnight will be less than 1/2 inch. The heavier axis of rain will stay north of the state, where some places in Tennessee could receive over 5 inches of rainfall. No worries of any wintry mischief on the backside of the rain, as highs will be in the upper 50s to the mid-70s throughout the area from north to south. All rain should be out of the state well before daybreak on Sunday, with lows dropping into the upper 30s to the upper 40s.

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Experimental WPC National Forecast Chart. Its purpose is to provide a preview and solicit comments of an ongoing redesign of the National Forecast Chart.

Sunday’s weather will be much cooler and drier compared to what we’ll see throughout the remainder of today and the day on Saturday. Temperatures will start off ranging from the upper 30s to the upper 40s throughout Central Alabama at daybreak, will only be on a slow climb throughout the day as the drier air continues to filter in from the northwest. Clouds will continue to persist throughout the day, helping to hold the highs in the upper 40s to the upper 50s. Skies will begin to clear out and Santa Claus will have an easy time making it through the mostly clear skies of the area during the overnight hours. The GFS is painting lows in the mid-20s to the mid-30s… not quite Arctic cold, but the reindeer should feel quite OK traveling in this weather.

For Christmas Day, temperatures will be mighty chill throughout the day as highs are expected to be in the lower to mid-40s throughout the area, even with the sun shining to the surface through the mostly clear skies trying to help warm us up. Those skies will continue to be mostly clear for the evening and overnight hours, with lows dropping down into the 20s to the lower 30s.

The Beach Forecast
A small chance of showers today with increased rain chances on Saturday along the Alabama and West Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast. Much better weather for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with mainly sunny skies and cool temperatures.
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On This Day In Weather History
1989 – A total of 137 cities across the central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Thirty-five of those cities established record lows for the month of December. Morning lows of 23 degrees below zero at Kansas City MO, 26 degrees below zero at Concordia KS, and 27 degrees below zero at Goodland KS established all-time records for those three locations. Unofficial morning lows included 50 degrees below zero at Recluse WY and 60 degrees below zero at Rochford SD. Broadus MT and Hardin MT tied for honors as the official cold spot in the nation with morning lows of 47 degrees below zero. Chinook winds at Cutbank MT helped warm the temperature 74 degrees, from a morning low of 34 degrees below zero to an afternoon high of 40 degrees.

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