Hail in Alabama, December 4, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR GRAMMER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
610 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

.UPDATE...
HAVE ALSO UPDATED PREVIOUS 341 AM DISCUSSION TO ADD ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO SYNOPSIS SECTION.
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.PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 512 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005)

.UPDATE....
WILL UPDATE FORECAST FOR THE REMOVAL OF LAMAR...FAYETTE...AND WALKER
COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 889. WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY
EXPECTED TO FALL SLIGHTLY IN SOME LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...WILL ALSO CHANGE WORDING OF FORECAST IN THESE LOCATIONS TO
REFLECT THIS.

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 341 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005)

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...SIMPLY...SURFACE FRONT
CURRENTLY MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AHEAD OF FRONT...LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION OBSERVED ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...WITH SOME
STRONG AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OUR WESTERN AND NORTHERN
COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAVE BEST INSTABILITY AND ASSOCIATED OTHER DYNAMICS
TO SUPPORT CONTINUED CHANCE OF STRONG WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE CONVECTION
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTH EASTERN PORTIONS
OF AREA NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS WEST. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S WITH
SOUTH TO WEST WINDS STILL GUSTING TO AS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. ZONAL UPPER
LEVEL FLOW NOTED...WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED SUBLTE SHORTWAVES IN FLOW.

FORECAST QUANDARIES...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBILITIES ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA TODAY.

WILL CONTINUE WITH AFTERNOON FORECAST PHILOSOPHY OF GOING WITH A CONSENSUS
MODEL SOLUTION. SPC PLACING AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20
IN SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. ACTUAL SPEED
OF FRONTAL MOVEMENT A KEY PLAYER HERE...AS THE MORE AGGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS
HAVE IT APPROACHING AROUND THE I-20 CORRIDOR BY NOON...APPROACHING AN AUBURN
TO MONTGOMERY TO LIVINGSTON LINE BY 6 PM...AND PUSHING INTO SOUTEASTERN
ALABAMA BY 12Z MONDAY. SLOWER MOVEMENT OF FRONT IS PROBABLY MORE PROBABLE.
LOOKING AT INSTABILITY DYNAMICS...BEST INSTABLITY EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH
FRONT...WITH A CONTINUANCE OF MODERATE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. BEST UPPER
LEVEL JET DYNAMICS STILL REMAINING WELL TO OUR NORTH. ZONAL FLOW WILL BECOME
MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH MINOR SHORTWAVE PASSAGES
EMBEDDED IN THIS MODERATE BUOYANCY FLOW. INSTABILITY DYNAMICS STILL IMPRESSIVE
ALONG AND HEAD OF FRONT...SO CAN NOT RULE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZED
BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON
AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THESE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS.

LOOK FOR SOME POST FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING
HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST PORTION OF THE DAY ON MONDAY
AS BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSAGE MOVES ACROSS AREA AND A BROAD AREA OF
MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS MOST POST FRONTAL AREAS.  MOST RAINFALL ACTIVITY
WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON....AS HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCES
BUILD ACROSS REGION.

TEMPERATURES....WILL GO WITH A MODEL TEMPERATURE CONSENSUS THROUGH PERIOD.
LEANING TOWARD SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH
OF FRONT AS SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUANCE EXPECTED.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)

AS STATED IN AFTERNOON DISCUSSION...RELATIVELY BENIGN HIGH PRESSURE PATTERN...
BUT A BIT ON THE COLD SIDE. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO FLIP FLOP IN THE
EXTENDED...WITH SPLIT FLOW ALONG THE WEST COAST...MERGING OVER THE EAST COAST.
BUT LIKE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION STATES...DO NOT PLAN TO MENTION PRECIPITATION.

TEMPERATURES...MODELS SHOWING SLIGHT WARM UP AS WEEKEND APPROACHES...BUT
WILL WAIT FOR FURTHER MODEL RUNS FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE ADJUSTING
TEMPERATURES.

THANKS FOR COORDINATION HUN

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT.
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
SKIES WILL CLEAR MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

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JBW

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
619 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-051230-
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-
619 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...ROUGHLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM TODAY...WITH
THE THREAT AREA SHIFTING SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY.  THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

COLDER AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1205 PM CST SUN DEC 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1204 PM     HAIL             CALERA                  33.10N 86.75W
12/04/2005  0.25 INCH        SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PEA SIZE HAIL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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JSS