Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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759 FXUS64 KBMX 102317 AFDBMX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 517 PM CST Mon Nov 10 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 508 PM CST MON NOV 10 2025 -Temperatures will drop into the lower 20s tonight, ending the growing season for all of Central Alabama. Typically colder locations may reach the upper teens. -Rain-free weather continues for the next several days with the next opportunity for rain coming early next week. && .DISCUSSION... (This afternoon through next Saturday) Issued at 1155 AM CST MON NOV 10 2025 Cold air advection is fully underway as a deep and cold upper trough swings across the eastern U.S. Gusty northwest winds will continue through the afternoon, resulting in wind chill values around 10 degrees lower than the air temperature. A dry air mass has also settled across central Alabama with minimum humidity values as low as 22 percent near and south of the 80 corridor. A Red Flag Warning is in effect through 6 pm for those counties as dry/windy conditions promote critical fire weather conditions. The center of surface high pressure approaches tonight and will be very close by on Tuesday. This will result in a relaxed pressure gradient and, in turn, lighter winds. As such, we`ll transition from a pattern of advection cooling to radiational cooling tonight. Low temperatures will be much colder tonight, averaging in the lower 20s. Our typically cooler locations could reach the upper 10s. This is quite the early-season freeze with record low temperatures in play at several of our climate sites! See the climate section below for stats. Quiet weather is expected through the rest of the week with high and low temperatures moderating from the early-week chill. Our next rainmaker looks to arrive sometime during the Sunday to Monday time frame. Due to notable differences in timing amongst ensemble data, NBM precipitation probabilities are somewhat muted due to the spread in scenarios. Once timing comes into better certainty, current 30-40% rain chances should increase considering how broad the QPF signal is with the front. 89^GSatterwhite && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 508 PM CST MON NOV 10 2025 VFR conditions are anticipated for the entire TAF period. /44/ && .FIRE WEATHER... RH values should drop below 25 percent for a couple hours in far southern portions of Central Alabama, and will be in the 25 to 35 percent range elsewhere. 20ft winds will gust above 25 mph areawide. RH values drop below 25 percent for several hours Tuesday for almost all of Central Alabama, but winds will be much lighter. There are no fire weather concerns at this time beyond Tuesday. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 1145 AM CST SUN NOV 9 2025 Record Low Temperatures: November 11: KBHM: 25/1926 KEET: 27/1996 KANB: 24/1950 KTCL: 26/1953 KMGM: 29/1991 Record Cold High Temperatures: November 10: KBHM: 46/1950 KEET: 50/2018 KANB: 47/1950 KTCL: 51/1977 KMGM: 55/2018 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 21 51 34 65 / 0 0 0 0 Anniston 23 50 34 65 / 0 0 0 0 Birmingham 24 52 37 65 / 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa 24 54 35 69 / 0 0 0 0 Calera 23 54 34 69 / 0 0 0 0 Auburn 25 51 35 65 / 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 24 53 32 69 / 0 0 0 0 Troy 24 53 32 69 / 0 0 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Freeze Warning until 9 AM CST Tuesday for the following counties: Autauga-Barbour-Bibb-Blount-Bullock-Calhoun-Chambers- Cherokee-Chilton-Clay-Cleburne-Coosa-Dallas-Elmore-Etowah- Fayette-Greene-Hale-Jefferson-Lamar-Lee-Lowndes-Macon-Marengo- Marion-Montgomery-Perry-Pickens-Pike-Randolph-Russell-Shelby-St. Clair-Sumter-Talladega-Tallapoosa-Tuscaloosa-Walker-Winston. && $$ DISCUSSION...89 AVIATION.../44/