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Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
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247 FXUS64 KHUN 160156 AFDHUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 856 PM CDT Mon Sep 15 2025 ...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .NEAR TERM... (Tonight and Tuesday) Issued at 856 PM CDT Mon Sep 15 2025 While our CWA currently remains dry, showers and storms can be seen on area radars both to the east and the west supported by the passage of a weak shortwave. Through the night, the shortwave will continue to travel along the base of an upper level trough situated off the Mid Atlantic coast. This coupled with slightly higher PWATS from NNE flow aloft will support at least a low chance (10-15%) of rain through tonight and into tomorrow. Anything that does develop will likely be isolated in nature with most of the area remaining clear and dry. Conditions will be very similar tomorrow as we remain in a blocking pattern between the low to our east and ridging to our west. Ridging will support mostly sunny and hot conditions with temps in the high 80s and low 90s. Continued NNE flow will again support a very low chance for a stray shower through the afternoon though most areas will remain dry. && .SHORT TERM... (Wednesday through Friday) Issued at 856 PM CDT Mon Sep 15 2025 The blocking pattern will continue through the short term amounting to dry and hot days through the end of the week. Ridging will gradually nudge east into the TN Valley and keep temps in the high 80s and low 90s. Fortunately, temps have continued to trend a few degrees cooler through the end of the week than previously forecasted. With the ridge now dominating the TN Valley, subsidence from surface high pressure will largely suppress rain chances through the end of the week keeping conditions high and dry! && .LONG TERM... (Friday night through Tuesday) Issued at 856 PM CDT Mon Sep 15 2025 Our pattern looks to change slightly through the long term with the blocking pattern finally being disrupted. By the start of the weekend troughing will have significantly elongated over the Atlantic allowing ridging to cover most of the eastern CONUS. Without any resistance, high pressure ridging looks to gradually be pushed into the Atlantic as a deepening trough builds in the plains and pushes east through the start of the new work week. Locally this will result in a slow increase in Pops as the attached surface cold front looks to brush the TN Valley. Models currently struggle to take the front all the way through thus Pops remain at or below 30% from Saturday through Tuesday. Coverage of showers and storms will have an impact on our temperatures as well leading to a little bit more uncertainty in seeing any significant break from the summer like conditions. We will continue to monitor this trend as it draws closer. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 544 PM CDT Mon Sep 15 2025 VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period. There is a low chance of rain overnight and tomorrow afternoon however confidence is too low to include in the TAF at this time. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. TN...None. && $$ NEAR TERM...RAD SHORT TERM....RAD LONG TERM....RAD AVIATION...RAD