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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 512 AM CST MON JAN 26 2026

- Very cold air will continue to spread across Central Alabama tonight, remaining into next week. A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect for tonight and Monday night.

DISCUSSION

(Through next Sunday) Issued at 1119 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2026

Wrap around flurries are possible overnight tonight, with many locations already reporting light dustings. However, this activity will generally diminish into the morning hours as the low pressure continues to move out of the region. A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect for tonight and tomorrow night, as frigid air works into the area behind the front. ApparentT's tonight will range between -1 north and 15 south, before slightly climbing to between 5-20 degrees tomorrow night.

Cold temperatures will remain the weather story for the majority of this forecast, as a series of troughs and cold fronts will keep this frigid air across the region. In fact, the warmest day this week may be Thursday, where highs will only range in the upper-30s north, to upper-40s south. Generally, highs will range in the 30s and 40s for most of the next seven days. Lows won't be much better, with them generally ranging in the low to mid-20s. Lows could also fall into the teens again by next weekend, as the deepest system in the forecast period works into the area. The silver lining here is that next weekend keeps trending drier and drier, as the surface lows keep getting pushed farther south. In turn, additional winter weather keeps looking less likely at this time.

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AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 512 AM CST MON JAN 26 2026

Low CIGS will continue to clear over the next several hours, with VFR conditions expected area-wide by 26/16z. However, strong north winds are also expected for most of this TAF period as well

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FIRE WEATHER

Dry air will quickly work into the region today, with MinRH values dropping back between 30-40%. Here is where they will remain for most of the next week, as a surface high pressure remains situated to our south. Given recent rainfall, fire weather concerns will remain little to none at this time.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Gadsden 32 9 40 18 / 0 0 0 0 Anniston 34 12 40 20 / 0 0 0 0 Birmingham 32 13 40 21 / 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa 34 14 43 22 / 0 0 0 0 Calera 36 13 43 21 / 0 0 0 0 Auburn 38 17 42 24 / 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 39 16 43 22 / 0 0 0 0 Troy 40 16 44 23 / 0 0 0 0

BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Cold Weather Advisory until 10 AM CST this morning for the following counties: Autauga-Barbour-Bibb-Blount-Bullock-Calhoun- Chambers-Cherokee-Chilton-Clay-Cleburne-Coosa-Dallas-Elmore- Etowah-Fayette-Greene-Hale-Jefferson-Lamar-Lee-Lowndes-Macon- Marengo-Marion-Montgomery-Perry-Pickens-Pike-Randolph-Russell- Shelby-St. Clair-Sumter-Talladega-Tallapoosa-Tuscaloosa-Walker- Winston.

Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM CST Tuesday for the following counties: Autauga-Barbour-Bibb-Blount-Bullock- Calhoun-Chambers-Cherokee-Chilton-Clay-Cleburne-Coosa-Dallas- Elmore-Etowah-Fayette-Greene-Hale-Jefferson-Lamar-Lee-Lowndes- Macon-Marengo-Marion-Montgomery-Perry-Pickens-Pike-Randolph- Russell-Shelby-St. Clair-Sumter-Talladega-Tallapoosa-Tuscaloosa- Walker-Winston.