Midday Nowcast: Sun & Clouds and Mild Temperatures

We are seeing more clouds in the sky today, but overall it is a nice day of weather across the state. Temperatures this afternoon are heading into the upper 60s and lower 70s, and again, great weather for all you last minute shoppers.

ACROSS THE USA: Progressively colder weather systems will bring areas of rain, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. Heavy rain in the Southwest may produce flash flooding and debris flows on burn scars. Snow levels may bring accumulating snow in the Pacific Northwest, including the Seattle and Portland Metro Areas. High winds in the Plains will produce areas of critical fire weather.

SANTA’S RIDE: No weather issues for Santa tonight across Alabama. The sky will feature more clouds, but it will be noticeably warmer for all of us as temperatures will only fall into the 50s by first thing tomorrow morning.

CHRISTMAS DAY: We will see more clouds in the sky as moisture levels rise, and a few sprinkles could fall, but overall it will be another great and very warm day of weather for Alabama. After the 50s in the morning, we will see low and mid 70s across Central Alabama, with upper 70s across South Alabama. No reason the kids can’t get outside and play with all the new bikes or toys Santa delivers tonight.

SUNDAY: Little change in the forecast for the day after Christmas…It will remain partly sunny with afternoon highs again surging into the low 70s. Again, a few sprinkles could show up in the radar, but rain chances are less than 20%.

BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.

WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 115.2F at Shark Bay Airport, Australia. The lowest observation was -71.3F at Delyankir, Russia.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 86F at McCamey, TX. The lowest observation was -21F at Masardis, ME.

WEATHER ON THIS DATE IN 1983: The barometric pressure reached 31.42 inches at Miles City, MT, to establish a record for the U.S. It was the coldest Christmas Eve of modern record. More than 125 cities reported record low temperatures for the date, and all-time record lows for December were reported at seventeen cities, including Chicago with a low of 25 degrees below zero, and Havre MT with a reading of 50 below zero.

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