1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 2:50 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 350 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THRU THURSDAY)... MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK IS TRYING ITS BEST TO MOVE INTO NORTH ALABAMA THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 40S. MID CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A SHORTWAVE PUSHES CLOSER TO THE AREA. THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY A NORTHERLY FLOW KEEPING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMAL. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AND MAY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER AS CLOUDS WILL INCREASE (MAINLY NORTH) THIS MORNING. THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN RAIN FREE TODAY AS THE AIRMASS IS STILL TOO DRY AND STABLE FOR RAIN. TONIGHT...LOWS WILL ONCE AGAIN GET INTO THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS THE AREA AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY. ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COOL DAY ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY AS 850MB TEMPS COOL OFF EVEN MORE AS THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A SLIGHT COOL AIR ADVECTION PATTERN. AS A RESULT TUESDAYS HIGHS WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY EVEN THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE SOME SUNSHINE MIXED IN WITH CLOUDS. WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO FORM AND MOVE EAST CLOSER TO THE AREA. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AS HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH A NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW PERSISTING. AS THE SHORTWAVE PUSHES NEAR THE FORECAST AREA...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DEVELOP A GULF SURFACE LOW WHICH SHOULD STAY WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINING RATHER DRY AND COOL...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO MOISTEN THINGS UP WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...KEPT ONLY A LOW-END CHANCE OF RAIN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS BULK OF RAIN SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF THE AREA. AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE AREA...ANOTHER COOL DAY IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AS THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER CLOUDS, SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS, AND NORTHEASTERLY FLOW. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THRU MONDAY) ATYPICAL WEATHER OF LATE WILL EVOLVE INTO A PATTERN MORE CHARACTERISTIC OF LATE SPRING BY WEEKS END. LANGUISHING SHORT WAVE TROF OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES SHOULD MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC BY FRIDAY WITH UPSTREAM UPPER RIDGE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. DIGGING UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND KEEP RAIN OUT OF THE PICTURE FRIDAY THRU MONDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 80S AREA WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS USHERING IN A MORE MARITIME AIRMASS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 68 42 66 45 / 0 0 10 10 ANNISTON 69 42 66 45 / 0 0 10 10 BIRMINGHAM 69 43 67 46 / 0 0 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 69 45 69 48 / 0 0 10 10 CALERA 70 44 68 47 / 0 0 10 10 AUBURN 72 47 70 49 / 0 0 10 10 MONTGOMERY 74 47 70 49 / 0 0 10 10 TROY 74 47 71 50 / 0 0 10 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 99/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-021215- 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- 130 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The early morning low temperature measured at Dannelly Field was 44 degrees. This low reading tied the previous record low which occurred in 1963 and in 1909.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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