Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
500 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING...

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500 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1123 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2010

.UPDATE...FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE APPEARS ON TRACK FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOWS
EXPECTED.  IT WILL BE ANOTHER FRIGID NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH LOWS
NEAR THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE OUTLYING ANS SHELTERED AREAS...AND THE
MIDDLE TEENS FOR THE METRO.  MADE ONLY SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
HOURLY AND OVERNIGHT LOWS TO BETTER CONFORM WITH THE OBSERVATIONS.
UPDATES ARE OUT.

17/KLAWS

&&

.AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOME HIGH CIRRUS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH A
RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE. WITH A WEAK
SURFACE RIDGE IN PLACE...WINDS WILL LIKELY GO CALM AFTER 00Z IN MOST
LOCATIONS.  MID LEVEL CLOUDS AT AROUND 12 TO 15 KFT WILL INCREASE
AFTER SUNSET IN ASSOCIATION WITH WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE SLIPPED BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON IN A NUMBER OF SPOTS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS
WARRANTED THE ISSUING OF THE RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS
EVENING WHEN RH VALUES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
WSW WINDS THAT WERE BEING SEEN TODAY SHOULD RELAX AS THE AXIS OF
THE SURFACE HIGH SLIDES FURTHER EAST THIS EVENING.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AS RH VALUES
ARE EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN FALL BELOW THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT
THRESHOLD. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY.

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&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

HARD FREEZE WARNING AREA WIDE MIDNIGHT THROUGH 10 AM WEDNESDAY.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM 10 AM UNTIL
6 PM WEDNESDAY.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2010

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CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
600 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT UNTIL
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR VERY LOW WIND
CHILLS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY NIGHT...AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND
CHILLS COULD DROP DOWN TO NEAR ZERO OR POSSIBLY INTO THE NEGATIVE
SINGLE DIGITS.

SNOW IS BECOMING LIKELY ON THURSDAY...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING. AT THIS
TIME...GENERALLY ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES.

THERE WILL BE A HIGH FIRE DANGER AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
25 PERCENT FOR THE AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.