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FOGGY NIGHT: The NWS has issued a dense fog advisory for parts of Northwest Alabama, where the Arctic boundary will slowly move northward tonight. Dense fog has developed, with visibilities down to 1/2 mile in spots.
We will maintain the risk of showers tonight and tomorrow, with mild weather continuing. Where the cold air invaded today (West and Northwest Alabama), temperatures will most likely rise tonight. Everyone should be well into the 60s tomorrow afternoon.
NEAR RECORD WARMTH THURSDAY: Still looks like we will head up into the 70s Thursday; the GFS is printing 73 for Birmingham, which is 3 shy of the record high of 76 set in 1984. The chance of rain Thursday will be very small, and some decent intervals of sunshine are likely.
The warm weather continues on Friday and Saturday, and we will mention a chance of showers on both days as moist air continues flowing into the state.
TEMPORARY SHOT OF COLD AIR: Sunday and Monday should be considerably colder. The GFS shows the Arctic boundary moving through at some point Sunday; it could be a day with falling temperatures (50s during the morning, 30s by afternoon). Some light rain is likely with the frontal passage, but at this point we don’t see a major ice problem. Monday looks dry and cold with temperatures having a hard time getting out of the 30s.
CHRISTMAS WEATHER: We moderate during the middle of next week, and at this point it looks like the high on Christmas Day will be in the 50s or 60s. Maybe a little light rain around; we will fine tune this forecast as the week rolls along.
VOODOO LAND: We are seeing signs of the NAO moving from positive territory toward the neutral zone around January 1… makes you wonder if we might deal with an Arctic blast as the New Year arrives…. time will tell. See Tim Coleman’s post below this one concerning the amount of cold air that covers the northern hemisphere.
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