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FXUS64 KOHX 081944
AFDOHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
144 PM CST SAT MAR 8 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SKIES HAVE REMAINED MOSTLY CLEAR WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S MOST
LOCATIONS AT EARLY AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT EXTENDS DOWN ALONG THE
OHIO RIVER TO NEAR POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI THEN INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS.
COLDER TEMPS AND CLOUDS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN
BREAKING OUT IN FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BACK INTO MISSOURI BUT NOT
ALOT AT THIS TIME. STILL CAN SEE SOME SLEET/SNOW ON THE GROUND IN
VISIBLE ACROSS BOOTHEEL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. SNOW AND ICE FIELD
HAS CONTINUED TO ROB THE AIR OF ITS HEAT IN TRYING TO MELT WHATS
ON THE GROUND WHICH HAS HELD TEMPS DOWN IN THESE AREAS. SURFACE
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR
LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE WITH VERY LIGHT QFP. TEMPS TONIGHT DOWN IN MID
AND UPPER 30S NORTH HALF WITH NEAR 40 SOUTH HALF. HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPS NOT AS WARM AS TODAY
WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW DOWN INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. CLEAR SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH LOWS UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S AND A LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND.
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTHWARD WITH TEMPS WARMING WELL INTO THE 60S
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY A SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN GULF BEGINS
TO MOVE THIS WAY AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ROLLS EASTWARD WITH RAIN ADVANCING NORTHWARD
AND INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SYSTEMS
EXIT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY COOLER TEMPS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      39  55  40  68 /  20  10  05  05
CLARKSVILLE    34  53  39  68 /  20  10  05  05
CROSSVILLE     39  55  38  63 /  20  20  05  05
COLUMBIA       40  58  41  69 /  20  20  10  05
LAWRENCEBURG   40  60  41  68 /  20  20  10  05
WAVERLY        36  54  40  68 /  20  10  05  05

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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