Area Forecast Discussion
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
623 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.UPDATE...
FOR 00Z AVIATION.

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.DISCUSSION...

ALABAMA WILL BE ENTERING INTO A PRECIPITATION FREE AND WARM PERIOD
THIS WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS STATES
SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD AND STRENGTHENS. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL KEEP
THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY CONFINED TO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND TO
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
NOT VARY MUCH FROM DAY TO DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
80S. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES AS A
RELATIVELY DRY AIR MASS CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA IS REPLACED MY A
MARITIME AIR MASS. BY NEXT WEEKEND...A SHORT WAVE TROF MOVING
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY REGION MAY GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO NORTH
ALABAMA TO PRODUCE SMALL RAIN CHANCES.

58/ROSE


&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PASSING HIGH
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE TAF CYCLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT
AROUND TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST TOMORROW AS THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES TO THE EAST.

05/MA

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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