Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
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FXUS64 KHUN 210516 AAC
AFDHUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1216 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
.UPDATE...
FOR 06Z TAFS
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.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 933 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013/
THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS REMAINS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION THIS EVENING WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR/CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPS IN THE MID 70S OCCURRING AT 02Z. THE LAST
FEW IR SATELLITE IMAGES HAVE INDICATED THAT THE CIRRUS SHIELD OF
CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND INTO
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI...WERE MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND TO ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION
TOWARD MORNING WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CLOUDS BY MORNING. THIS
SHOULD NOT INFLUENCE TEMPS...AND EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS TO BE IN LINE
WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST LOWS...WHICH ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.
HAVE ONLY MADE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE CLOUD FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
WILL HAVE A FORECAST UPDATE OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
TT
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.AVIATION...
FOR 06Z TAFS...WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEAR TERM WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT
BOTH HSV AND MSL. WILL KEEP IN A TEMPO 5SM BR GROUP AT MSL FROM 09Z
TO 13Z TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME FOG THAT MAY DEVELOP. VFR CONDITIONS ARE
THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST FOR HSV AND MSL.
TT
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.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
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