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FXUS64 KBMX 100159
AFDBMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
759 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012

.UPDATE...EVENING FORECAST UPDATE.

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.DISCUSSION...

HIGH CLOUDS CURRENTLY STREAMING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT NOTHING 
OF ANY CONCERN OR CONSEQUENCE. TEMPERATURE TRENDS THIS EVENING HAVE 
BEEN PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WITH PRIOR FORECASTS...AND ONLY MINOR 
ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED IN THE EVENING UPDATE.

/61/

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.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CONDS EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD. CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS 
CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS. A QUICK MOVING 
SHORT WAVE TROF WILL PASS ACROSS ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SYSTEM 
WILL BRING SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 18Z 
FRIDAY...WITH CIGS GRADUALLY LOWERING DURING THE AFTERNOON...MAYBE 
DOWN TO 5K FEET AGL. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY BY 18Z AND 
THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AFTER 18Z...BUT AIR MASS WILL BE 
RELATIVELY DRY AND VSBYS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 5 MILES IN SHWRS.

58/ROSE

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.FIRE WEATHER...
A VERY DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY
WITH DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR SUNDAY ACCORDING
TO THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES THIS MAY LEAD TO 
RED FLAG CONDITIONS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW 25 
PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE. 

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