No snow for Birmingham Christmas
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Associated Press - November 30, 2009 4:04 AM ET
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Don't expect a white Christmas in Birmingham.
The National Climatic Data Center reports that there's a less than 5 percent chance of Alabama getting any measurable snow on Christmas this year.
Gary Goggins is a meteorologist with the weather service. He says the chance for white stuff is not nonexistent but very slim.
In the approximately 100 years since weather records have been kept, the weather service reports Birmingham hasn't had enough snow on Dec. 25 to have a true white Christmas.
The closest the Birmingham area came to a white Christmas was in 1985. That year a light dusting occurred but the snow was not deep enough to measure.
Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews
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