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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
629 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.UPDATE...
FOR 12Z TAFS

&&

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 328 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013/
A FAR MORE QUIET WX PATTERN IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CNTRL TN VALLEY
THIS EARLY FRI MORNING AS COMPARED TO THU. REMNANT SHOWERS/TSTMS
WHICH IMPACTED MUCH OF THE REGION YESTERDAY HAVE PUSHED THEIR WAY
INTO THE ERN GULF COAST...ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF THE WEAK PASSING COLD
FRONT. MOSTLY CLR SKIES THOUGH NOW DOMINATE THE WX PIC ACROSS THE
AREA AS A STRONG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE GREAT
LAKES/OH VALLEY REGIONS. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO
FILTER INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHICH
HOPEFULLY WILL BE A WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT/HUMIDITY
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THIS GENERAL TREND SHOULD LAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING HRS...AS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE N GRADUALLY MOVES
EWD. NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS/BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS LOOK TO PREVAIL INTO
THE WEEKEND PERIOD UNDER MOSTLY CLR/SUNNY SKIES.

A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS THEN XPCTED FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS A
RIDGE PATTERN ALOFT OUT OF THE MID/SRN PLAINS BUILDS EWD INTO THE SE
STATES...COUPLED WITH THE SFC HIGH MOVING INTO THE MID/SRN ATLANTIC.
THE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE REGION THEN LOOKS TO WEAKEN ON SUN WITH GULF
MOISTURE RETURNING TO THE AREA. WEAK UPPER TROUGH AXIS ALSO LOOKS TO
DEVELOP SWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST REGIONS...WHICH SHOULD
TRANSLATE INTO A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES TRAVERSING E/NEWD
ACROSS THE CNTRL TN VALLEY HEADING INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. GENERALLY
UNSETTLED WX LOOKS TO PREVAIL WELL INTO TUE AS A WEAK ATTENDANT COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH PATTERN GRADUALLY MOVES SWD
ACROSS THE REGION. CHANCES/COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD BEGIN TO
DIMINISH BY MID WEEK WITH THE PASSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ALTHOUGH IT
IS CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THE FRONT MAY STALL INVOF
THE FORECAST AREA GOING PAST WED. FOR NOW THOUGH...WILL MAINTAIN AN
OPTIMISTIC FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH
QUIET AND NEAR SEASONAL WX CONDITIONS/TEMPS XPCTED ACROSS THE AREA.

09

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR 12Z TAFS...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THIS FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS SHOULD
INCREASE TO AROUND 10-13KT BY 15Z...THEN BECOME LIGHT FROM THE NE
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

RSB

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

$$

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