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FXUS64 KBMX 070542
AFDBMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1142 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

.UPDATE...
FOR 06Z AVIATION.

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.DISCUSSION...

MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST...BUT THE
TRENDS WERE NOT IMPACTED. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE 25 TO 35
DEGREES WITH A FEW CLOUDS EDGE TOWARD THE NORTHERN COUNTIES LATE
TONIGHT. 

THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BELIEVE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE
20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. ISSUED 
A WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

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.AVIATION...
06Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT...BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY THIS EVENING FOR
ALL TERMINALS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST.
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL REALLY PICK UP DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY...PREVAILING FROM 15 TO 18 KNOTS AND GUSTING OVER 25 KNOTS
AT TIMES FROM THE NORTHWEST. MID-LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL ALSO MOVE
IN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH BROKEN 4-5K FT CIGS EXPECTED.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH CLEAR SKIES
THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

56/GDG

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     26  34  12  30  18 /   0  10   0   0   0 
ANNISTON    28  37  11  31  19 /   0  10   0   0   0 
BIRMINGHAM  27  37  11  32  20 /   0  10   0   0   0 
TUSCALOOSA  28  40  13  34  21 /   0  10   0   0   0 
CALERA      29  38  13  32  21 /   0  10   0   0   0 
AUBURN      30  42  13  34  20 /   0  10   0   0   0 
MONTGOMERY  31  46  15  37  22 /   0   0   0   0   0 
TROY        31  47  15  38  22 /   0   0   0   0   0 

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR 
ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL 
ALABAMA. 

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