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AFDBMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1028 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

.UPDATE...FOR MORNING DISCUSSION.

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.DISCUSSION...

WIDE RANGE OF THINGS GOING ON THIS MORNING...STARTING WITH A FEW 
SNOWFLAKES BEING SEEN OVER OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES.  NO ACCUMULATIONS 
BEING REPORTED...NOR ARE THEY EXPECTED...JUST A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 
FOR FOLKS IN THAT AREA.  JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THEM...FROM TCL TO BHM 
TO GAD...MAYBE A LITTLE DRIZZLE/SNOW MIX AS TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT 
ON THE EDGE OF ALLOWING A FEW FLAKES TO FALL.

OTHERWISE...AS I SIT HERE TYPING THIS...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE 
ALLOWING FOR A LITTLE SUN TO PEAK THROUGH...AND THIS WILL BE THE 
CASE FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS 
THE CLOUD DECK CONTINUES TO ERODE AND PUSH EAST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.  
MOST WOULD EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO WARM SLIGHTLY WITH THE SUN COMING 
OUT...BUT CAA MOVING INTO THE STATE WILL LIKELY KEEPS TEMPERATURES 
FROM GETTING MUCH WARMER TODAY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WINDS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO SUBSIDE...THOUGH 
SLOWLY...AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW TO 
OUR NORTH STARTS TO RELAX.  I WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY THAT IS 
VALID THROUGH 3 PM FOR NOW...BUT WILL RE-EVALUATE AROUND THE NOON 
HOUR AND MAY CANCEL AT THAT TIME.

UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

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.AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

MVFR CEILINGS IN WAKE OF LIFTING UPPER LOW OVER OVER MIDWEST WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN
LIFTING AND CLEARING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. VFR
CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

WINDS ARE SHIFTING TO THE WEST AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS
MORNING. ALTHOUGH GUSTS ARE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS
YESTERDAY...SOME WIND SPEEDS OF 25 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR TCL,
BHM, EET AND ANB THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS DROP OFF TO NEAR
CALM BY 00Z.

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY THRU 3 PM TODAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59.

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