Opelika, Alabama 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1215 AM CST Sun Dec 21 2025

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, CLIMATE...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025

 - Showers will affect parts of the Gulf Coast and Tennessee
   Valley regions through Tuesday. For central Alabama, the bulk
   of activity will occur today.

 - Above-normal daytime and nighttime temperatures are expected on
   and around Christmas. Highs will be in the lower 70s for nearly
   all of Central Alabama with a medium to high chance for some
   communities to get as warm as the middle 70s.

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.DISCUSSION...
(Today through next Saturday)
Issued at 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025

A front will be draped across Alabama today with isentropic lift
promoting cloudiness and light showers. As of 12:00 am Sunday,
budding showers are starting to show on radar across north
Mississippi. This activity will spread southeastward over the coming
hours.

The primary corridor of lift should be nudged gradually to the west
and then north on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, as the center of
surface ridging drifts from near the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast
U.S. In turn, additional shower activity should be favor west
Alabama on Monday and to our north on Tuesday.

An anomalous ridge of high pressure will become our primary weather
feature mid to late week. This will result in above-normal
temperatures for late December, by nearly 15 degrees for highs and
lows. A climate summary has been provided at the bottom of this
product for reference. Probabilities are now medium to high that
some communities reach the middle 70s. Rain-free weather is forecast
mid to late week, though spells of variable cloudiness may occur due
to lobes of sub-tropical moisture along transversing the ridge.

89^GSatterwhite

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.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025

VFR/MVFR cloudiness will overspread central Alabama overnight, with
a trend to MVFR/IFR generally after 12z today. Scattered light showers
will also affect central Alabama. Winds will be light throughout
today, with some directional variability overnight as a front
arrives, becoming predominately northeast with time.

89^GSatterwhite

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.FIRE WEATHER...

Light showers will affect much of central Alabama today with rain
totals averaging less than 0.25 inches. A few showers may continue
to affect west Alabama on Monday, in contrast to dry air arriving
to east Alabama where MinRHs are forecast to reach the upper 20s
to lower 30s. Above-normal temperatures and rain-free weather is
forecast for mid to late week with no issues from RHs based on
elevated dew points. Winds will become northeast today, southeast
on Monday, and southwest on Tuesday.

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.CLIMATE...
Issued at 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025

Record High Temperatures:

December 23:
KBHM: 73/2015
KEET: 74/2015
KANB: 73/2015
KTCL: 75/1964
KMGM: 78/1990

December 24:
KBHM: 77/1964
KEET: 74/2016
KANB: 78/1964
KTCL: 86/2019
KMGM: 79/2016

December 25:
KBHM: 78/2016
KEET: 79/2016
KANB: 78/2015
KTCL: 80/2016
KMGM: 82/2016

December 26:
KBHM: 76/2021
KEET: 75/2016
KANB: 78/2015
KTCL: 75/2021
KMGM: 82/2015

December 27:
KBHM: 77/2015
KEET: 77/2015
KANB: 76/2015
KTCL: 79/2015
KMGM: 80/2016

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     58  39  60  46 /  30   0   0  10
Anniston    59  43  60  47 /  40  10   0  10
Birmingham  57  46  60  50 /  50  10  10  10
Tuscaloosa  60  47  62  50 /  50  10  20  10
Calera      60  45  62  47 /  50  10  10  10
Auburn      63  49  62  47 /  20  20   0   0
Montgomery  62  51  65  47 /  30  20   0   0
Troy        66  50  65  46 /  20  20   0   0

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
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DISCUSSION...89^GSatterwhite
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