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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 350 AM CST Sun Dec 21 2025

- Low to medium chances of rain early this morning, continuing periodically through Tuesday evening.

- Unseasonably mild conditions are expected Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with highs rising into the 60s and 70s.

NEAR TERM

(Today) Issued at 350 AM CST Sun Dec 21 2025

Currently, temperatures are in the upper 40s to lower 50s, with lower 40s over northeast Alabama. Very light showers are also progressing over west-central Alabama and over areas south of the Tennessee River as a weak cold front enters northwest Alabama. These have produced very little rainfall, less than a tenth of an inch at best, when looking at surface observations for the past few hours. Because of this, not anticipating much more than a few hundreths of an inch of additional measured (sporadic) rainfall through the early morning hours as these showers translate eastward. Chances of showers (mainly south of the Tennessee River) then gradually decrease from mid to late morning. By this afternoon, dry weather will take hold once again and clouds will mostly clear. It'll be a mild day, with highs topping out in the mid to upper 50s for most locations. Overall, no significant weather of note is slated for today, so enjoy your Sunday!

SHORT TERM

(Sunday night through Tuesday) Issued at 1019 PM CST Sat Dec 20 2025

A strong upper ridge builds over the Gulf coast states early next week. This will bring warmer temperatures to the central and southeastern states. At the same time, several weak disturbances move southeast further north across the Ohio Valley. The southern edge of some of this forcing extends southwest into the area Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. This will bring a low chances of some light rain and cloudy conditions periodically back to the forecast during that timeframe. No much accumulation is expected, but maybe between one and two tenths at the most through that entire period. This will likely keep temperatures cooler on Monday and Tuesday (especially Monday).

LONG TERM

(Tuesday night through Saturday) Issued at 1019 PM CST Sat Dec 20 2025

The rain low rainfall chances seem to taper off by Wednesday and conditions remain dry into the end of next week. With sunny conditions and the strong upper ridge remaining in place over the southeast, much warmer temperatures will occur. Highs on Tuesday/Wednesday will climb into the 60s to lower 70s. On Christmas day we will likely see highs in the 70 to 75 degree range in many areas. Definitely, doesn't look like it will feel like a typical Christmas Day.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1124 PM CST Sat Dec 20 2025

There may be a low chance (PROB30) of -RA bringing down VSBYS and CIGs to the MVFR realm between 7Z and 10Z at KMSL and between 9Z and 12Z at KHSV. CIGS should break up at both terminals by 14Z or 15Z. Afterwards, a mostly dry day is in store with sustained northeast winds between 5-10 knots and gusts up to 15 knots during the day. Winds will then diminish come the evening.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AL...None. TN...None.