Cold With Some Light Rain Through Tomorrow
COLD/WET WEATHER: A strong upper air disturbance over the Ark-La-Tex region is spinning up a surface low in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon. Clouds cover most of Alabama with temperatures only in the 40s in most areas, and light rain is falling over the southern counties of the state.
Look for occasional light rain over the southern 2/3 of the state through tomorrow, otherwise the weather will stay cloudy and cold. Temperatures tomorrow won’t get out of the 40s again for much of the state as the cold core upper trough passes overhead.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: The sky becomes partly to mostly sunny Wednesday, with a high in the mid 50s. The warming trend continues… the high Thursday will be in the low 60s, followed by mid 60s Friday with a good supply of sunshine both days.
CHRISTMAS WEEKEND: Christmas Day will be mild with a high between 65 and 70 degrees.. we expect a mix of sun and clouds. For now the chance of showers looks very low, although moisture levels will rise a bit.
Here are the years (ten of them since 1900) when temperatures have reached 70 degrees on December 25 at Birmingham…
2016 78
2015 77
1987 74
1982 73
1942 73
1964 72
1926 71
1922 71
2019 70
1901 70
Safe to say we won’t have a snow threat this year on Christmas Day, unlike 2010 when parts of the state had over 5 inches of snow on the ground December 25. Temperatures this year on Christmas will be below average over the western third of the nation, and the weather looks brutally cold over the western half of Canada.
SUNDAY AND NEXT WEEK: At this point the weather looks mild and mostly dry Sunday and through most of next week as an upper ridge persists across the Deep South… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
ON THIS DATE IN 1836: A famous “sudden freeze” occurred in central Illinois. A cold front with 70 mph winds swept through around Noon, dropping the temperature from 40 degrees to near zero in a matter of minutes. Many settlers froze to death. Folklore told of chickens frozen in their tracks and men frozen to saddles. Ice in streams reportedly froze to six inches in a few hours.
ON THIS DATE IN 2012: A pre-dawn EF-1 tornado moved through the western part of Mobile. The tornado formed around 449am CST near Davidson High School, and lifted near Telegraph Road in Prichard. The tornado path was approximately 7 miles in length and 50 to 75 yards in width.
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