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FXUS64 KHUN 100614
AFDHUN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
1214 AM CST Wed Dec 10 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1052 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025

 - Confidence is increasing in the potential of cold conditions
   early next week (~25% probabilities for low temps in the teens
   Monday morning).

 - Low chances of Precipitation return to the forecast Saturday
   night as a cold front pushes through the area.

&&

.NEAR TERM...
(Rest of tonight and Wednesday)
Issued at 1052 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025

A fast-moving upper-trough will dive southward overnight and into
the day on Wednesday, bringing a dry cold front through the air.
The tight pressure gradient may result in some gusty NNW/NW winds
late tonight and through the day tomorrow, with gusts potentially
in the 15-25 MPH range. Scattered to broken decks of cirrus are
being shown on satellite data and these clouds will move across
the region through the day on Wednesday. The clouds and winds
won`t limit heating too much, however, as highs should make it
into the mid to upper 50s.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Wednesday night through Friday)
Issued at 1052 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025

In wake of the front a brief cool down will take place Wednesday
night as lows will drop back into the 20s and highs on Thursday
will only peak in the upper 40s to lower 50s despite the ample
sunshine. This will change on Friday as a ridge axis builds across
the Deep South and Tennessee Valley. Plenty of sunshine and
southerly winds will help to boost highs into the upper 50s to
lower 60s on Friday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 1052 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025

High pressure at the surface will promote fairly tranquil
conditions Friday night into Saturday, with zonal flow continuing
aloft. This will result in another fairly mild day on Saturday
with high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 50s once again. A
weak shortwave will bring another cold front through the area.
Modest moisture return ahead of this feature should allow for some
low chances (20-30%) for light precipitation Saturday night,
before rapidly tapering off between 09-12z Sunday morning.
Depending on the timing there could be a brief window for
precipitation to mix with snow (with no impacts), but for a vast
majority of locations think this will remain a cold rain -- with
precipitation ending by the time the subfreezing air arrives.

A much colder air mass will arrive on Sunday, with highs
struggling to climb much above the 40 degree mark. Then, a clear,
cold, dry night will knock lows into the upper Teens to lower 20s
Sunday night. This colder air mass will quickly begin to modify
monday and Tuesday as high pressure builds in and winds veer back
to a southerly direction. This will allow highs to climb back to
seasonable norms.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1214 AM CST Wed Dec 10 2025

Broken-overcast Cs will continue to spread southeastward across
the region early this morning, providing VFR cigs arnd 25 kft.
Combined impacts from the high clouds and a lgt SSE wind (that
should veer to SSW and gradually strengthen by 12Z) will limit
development of BR/FG to wind-sheltered locations. Thus, the only
aviation weather concern will be LLWS, which should increase by 9Z
as a westerly low-level jet strengthens into the 40-50 knot
range. Impacts from LLWS will diminish by 15Z, but sfc flow will
veer to WSW and increase to 13G23 kts by this time, before
shifting to NW and subsiding late in the aftn as a dry cold front
crosses the region. Conditions will remain VFR both ahead of and
behind the front, with few-sct Cu (prior to fropa) and a sct-bkn
coverage of high clouds.

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...None.
TN...None.

&&

$$

NEAR TERM...AMP
SHORT TERM...AMP
LONG TERM...AMP
AVIATION...70/DD