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Record High Set

| December 21, 2013 @ 11:42 am

Just stepping outside for a moment and you can feel how warm it is for the latter part of December. And already this morning, one new record high has been established.

Tuscaloosa’s most recent observation was 77 degrees which beats the old record of 75 set in 1971. With a few breaks in the clouds, it’s quite possible that the temperature there will climb a bit higher before the day ends.

Light rain was falling in Birmingham, so the temperature there was being held down a bit. It was 68 on the latest observation, and the record high for today is 73 set in 1923. It is quite possible that this record will be tied or broken, too.

And in Anniston, the reading was 70 which is only 4 degrees from the record high of 74 set in 1984.

Nearly all of Alabama remains under a risk of severe storms late this afternoon and into the night. The northwest corner of the state was in the moderate risk area. A tornado watch has already been issued for parts of Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and eastern Texas, and I suspect we’ll see more watches later today.

Stay with the Blog for the latest updates as the whole severe weather event unfolds. And be sure to have a way to get weather warnings tonight while you are asleep since much of the severe weather expected here will occur after sunset.

-Brian-

PS Winter officially began at 11:11 am this morning, so welcome to winter!!

PPS Looks like Anniston has also set a new record with 75 so far at of 1:15 pm.

Category: Alabama's Weather

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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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