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Marine Weather and Tides Sterrett, AL Version 3.4

NOTICE 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports. 6/2/2019. Many thanks to a user for reporting an error on one of the Edit pages. The switch to PHP 7.2 caused many pages that previously worked to quit working. I fixed many but I still depend on users to report ones I missed. Please report errors HERE or send an email to me at L-36.com. Allen

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Sunrise 6:13AM

Sunset 7:25PM

Friday August 23, 2019 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)

Moonrise 12:00AM

Moonset 1:28PM

Illumination 39%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Sterrett, AL

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Area Discussion for - Birmingham, AL

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Fxus64 kbmx 240013 afdbmx area forecast discussion national weather service birmingham al 713 pm cdt Fri aug 23 2019 Update For 00z aviation. Short term Updated at 0315 pm cdt Fri aug 23 2019 tonight and Saturday. Showers and storms should continue propagating eastward with the greatest coverage transitioning to our east-central counties this evening. Areas that have already experienced rainfall are unlikely to see additional development, and coverage will decrease tonight as the boundary layer cools. This activity is generally being supported by weak height falls associated with an approaching weak upper-level trough and east-west oriented cold front. The front should continue to move slowly southward and become nearly stationary across north alabama. This setup will provide a good focus for numerous showers and storms across our forecast area on Saturday. 87 grantham Long term Updated at 0324 am cdt Fri aug 23 2019 Saturday through Thursday. A wet and rainy weekend looks to be in order across the forecast area as the trough continues moving across the far eastern conus with a ridge and drier airmass building in upstream over the great lakes region. The east to west oriented surface front will meander across the tennessee valley and inch its way into northern alabama on Saturday. This will support numerous to likely showers and thunderstorms among a moist airmass with highs in the upper 80s to near 90f across the forecast area both days. Best rain coverage will be during the afternoon but with some rain lingering after dark as well. Two separate developments, combined with southerly flow around the bermuda high, will help usher this boundary back to the northeast before it has a chance to make it south of the forecast area. The first being a low off the eastern coast of florida, which bears watching over the next few days for tropical development, although this feature will stay well east of the forecast area thanks to southwesterly steering winds aloft associated with the second and more influential feature. A shortwave trough embedded within a larger trough will deepen over the central and midwest CONUS extending south into the gulf of mexico Sunday into Monday as southwesterly winds become more prevalent over the forecast area. As the shortwave moves across the southeast, rain chances are progged to remain elevated heading into early next week with highs lowering into the upper 80s for most of central alabama on Monday and potentially Tuesday as well. We could see a touch of dry mid-level air move in behind the trough in our western counties on Tuesday which may limit overall rain

chances west of i-65, but would expect high moisture content to remain below 500mb for continued support of 50 to 60 percent pops. A cold front is expected to pass on Wednesday and Thursday as the large-scale trough and low height center continues to rotate slowly eastward over ontario and hudson bay. Should see a north to south surge of drier air behind the front towards the end of this extended forecast with rain chances finally trending downwards due to the drier low and mid-level airmass. Increased sunshine and lower rain chances will allow highs to rise back into the low 90s, although humidity values will be much lower. 86 Aviation 00z TAF discussion. Central alabama remains south of a quasi-stationary front through the period. The atmosphere is typical of summer time with high precipitable water values and high surface dew points. Convection has covered a good part of central alabama today, but the activity has migrated with outflow boundaries to near mgm. This activity will last a few more hours and have some mention of convection at mgm toi this evening. Much of the other areas have been worked over and did not see an immediate threat elsewhere. Since there was a fairly large coverage of rain today , some places heavy, have added a mention of some light fog near daybreak at most terminals. A few of the model soundings indicate some potential for ifr ceilings too, but we hold off mentioning anything that low just yet due to overall confidence and light overall flow. The front slowly inches southward on Saturday but much of central alabama will remain in virtually the same airmass. Expect more showers and thunderstorms especially by afternoon. Some areas could see activity before then. Have a combination of prob30 and vcts for all terminals. Outside convection, winds will be light and variable. 75 Fire weather High rain chances and rh values will continue through the weekend for most of the forecast area. There are no fire weather concerns. Preliminary point temps pops Gadsden 70 88 69 86 68 30 70 50 70 60 anniston 71 88 70 86 70 30 70 50 80 60 birmingham 73 89 72 88 71 30 70 50 80 60 tuscaloosa 73 88 72 89 72 30 70 40 80 60 calera 72 87 70 88 70 30 70 50 80 60 auburn 72 88 71 86 71 50 60 50 80 60 montgomery 73 91 73 91 72 60 60 50 70 60 troy 72 90 71 89 70 30 50 50 70 60 Bmx watches warnings advisories None.

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport, AL	18 mi	2.6 hrs	N 0	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	78°F	73°F	87%	1016.3 hPa
Alabaster, Shelby County Airport, AL	22 mi	2.6 hrs	SSE 4	10.00 mi	Fair	79°F	72°F	79%	1015.4 hPa

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Wind Forecast for Birmingham, AL (0,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Birmingham, AL

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