Midday Nowcast: Cloudy and Cold First Day of Winter
The winter solstice occurred at 9:59AM, and it certainly looks and feels like winter out there today. A surface low in the Gulf and an upper low working across the state today, is keeping it cloudy, cold, and wet.
Most of the widespread rain has pushed east of the area, but we are still dealing with scattered showers underneath the upper low; temperatures are holding in the 40s today.
The sky clears tonight and temperatures will fall to near freezing by tomorrow morning. There will likely be some areas of fog overnight as well.
TOMORROW/THURSDAY: Blue sky and sunshine return in full supply these two days; highs Wednesday will be in the low to mid 50s, and we’ll see highs in the low 60s on Thursday.
CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY: Spring-like warmth highlights the holiday forecast…Both days will feature a mix of sun and clouds; highs Friday will be in the upper 60s, followed by low 70s on Saturday…No jackets and gloves this year, it’ll be shorts and flip-flops for many people in Alabama. This Christmas is much warmer than last year; Christmas 2020 was sunny and cold with a morning low of 24°, while the afternoon high was 38°, and wind chills were below freezing.
BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.
WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 113.7F at Paraburdoo, Australia. The lowest observation was -69.5F at Delyankir, Russia.
CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 87F at Miles City, FL. The lowest observation was -13F at Crosby, ND.
WEATHER ON THIS DATE IN 1929: An exceptional storm produced snow from the Middle Rio Grande Valley of Texas to southern Arkansas. The storm produced 26 inches of snow at Hillsboro TX, 18 inches at El Dorado AR, and 14 inches at Bossier LA.
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