Red Flag Warning 5, 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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

.UPDATE...
AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR TODAY AND MOST OF SUNDAY AS A
MID LEVEL RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. CONSIDERABLE UPPER LEVEL
CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL REACH INTO
THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S FOR THE AFTERNOON.

RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A
POSITIVE TILT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES WITH ENOUGH LIFT AND
MOISTURE ADVECTION FOR A BAND OF WIDESPREAD RAIN AND POSSIBLE
EMBEDDED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL BE RATHER SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH DUE TO MID LEVEL FLOW
ORIENTED NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. INCREASED POPS TO 100
PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR MONDAY AND TRIMMED
POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FOR MONDAY NIGHT TO ALIGN SOMEWHAT MORE
WITH THE FASTER GFS SOLUTION.

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY AND NICE WEATHER IS LIKELY FOR TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AS WEST-NORTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW PERSISTS. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SOME
POTENTIAL FOR FROST OR A LIGHT FREEZE WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE NORTH.
A WARMING TREND SHOULD BEGIN BY THURSDAY.

87/GRANTHAM

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH ONLY
SCT-BKN CLOUDS ABOVE 15K FT. EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE THIS MORNING TO AROUND 10KTS.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     68  43  71  53  61 /   0   0  10  30 100
ANNISTON    67  45  72  54  64 /   0   0  10  20 100
BIRMINGHAM  69  48  72  57  61 /   0   0  10  40 100
TUSCALOOSA  72  49  75  57  60 /   0   0  10  60 100
CALERA      69  47  72  55  62 /   0   0  10  30 100
AUBURN      67  46  71  53  69 /   0   0  10  10 100
MONTGOMERY  71  48  75  54  67 /   0   0  10  20 100
TROY        71  47  74  54  69 /   0   0  10  10 100

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
648 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-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-
648 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN AFFECT. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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