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FXUS64 KHUN 190525
AFDHUN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
1225 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017

.UPDATE...
For 06Z TAFS.

&&

.NEAR TERM...(Rest of tonight)
Issued at 924 PM CDT Wed Oct 18 2017

High pressure continues to dominate the weather pattern across the TN
Valley this evening. Under mostly clear skies and light winds,
temperatures have already fallen into the upper 40s to lower 50s.
Expect this trend to continue through the remainder of the overnight
period, with lows bottoming out in the lower 40s by daybreak. Fog is
possible once again early Thursday morning, especially near bodies
of water and in valley locations.

Only change made to the previous forecast was to lower temperatures
by a degree or two based on current trends.

.SHORT TERM...(Thursday through Friday night)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Wed Oct 18 2017

Once the fog dissipates on Thursday morning, little change in the
weather is expected on Thursday as a synoptic ridge builds from the
NW Gulf of Mexico to the Southeast as a pair of troughs amplify over
the Intermountain West. Daytime high temperatures may be a degree or
two warmer on Thursday with this ridge building and the resultant
deep southerly flow. One thing the models did should is that at the
surface cold air damming may continue through Friday as the surface
anticyclone doesn`t move much from the central Appalachians.
Overnight lows may be a little warmer on Thursday night into early
Friday morning, but still in the 40s.

As the ridge axis shifts east on Friday, a LLJ will become oriented
over the MS River Valley and should begin to bring cloud cover
further north especially over western portion of the CWA (NW AL).
Surface dewpoints may be slower to rise given the lingering cold air
damming over the eastern half of the country. Temperatures should
also be warmer in the mid 70s by Friday afternoon. These warmer
temperatures will also mean `warmer` temperatures on Friday night:
in the low 50s.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Wed Oct 18 2017

High pressure influencing the short term will persist into Saturday.
This will keep temps warm in the mid/upper 70s, overnight lows
seasonable in the lower 50s and dry conditions.

A major pattern change will finish out the extended forecast,
however models still do not agree on exactly how it will play out,
thus lowering forecast confidence on the event. But they at least
have a general agreement on what will happen. The lingering upper
level ridge will be pushed eastward into the Atlantic as a large
upper-level trough digs across the Midwest this weekend. A sfc low up
in Canada will have a trailing cold front that will move into the TN
Valley Sunday night/Monday bringing showers and thunderstorms with
rain ending on Tuesday. Not expecting any severe weather with this
system, however heavy rainfall is possible as PWATs reach over 1.5
inches on Monday.

Behind this system, look for another taste of Fall as the trough
continues to dig into the Southeast. Highs on Tuesday will be in the
upper 60s with overnight lows back in the lower 40s, with Wednesday
even cooler than that!

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Thursday night)
Issued at 1225 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017

Surface high pressure situated from the Appalachians to the Mid
Atlantic will control the general weather, with mostly clear skies
and VFR conditions for the 06Z TAF. Light E-SE winds will continue
for the next 24 hours.

&&

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

$$

NEAR TERM...73
SHORT TERM...SL.77
LONG TERM...JMS
AVIATION...RSB


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