Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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FXUS64 KBMX 210457 AAC
AFDBMX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1157 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
.UPDATE...
FOR AVIATION.
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.AVIATION...
06Z TAF DISCUSSION.
LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS TAFS. VFR CONDITIONS AT PRESENT.
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW JUST ALOFT ABOVE
THE SURFACE. FAIRLY CONFIDENT OF MVFR VISIBILITIES BUT CONTINUE TO NOT
BE QUITE AS CONFIDENT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF IFR VISIBILITIES...SO
ONLY A FEW TEMPOS FOR NOW. WINDS ALOFT NEAR SUNRISE MAY BE TOO
MUCH FOR THE LOWER RANGE. ALL LOCALES SHOULD GO BACK TO VFR BY
14/15Z WITH MIXING EXPECTED.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 838 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013/
UPDATE...
EVENING UPDATE.
DISCUSSION...
AFTER PREVIOUSLY REMOVING POPS FROM THE SMALL PART OF THE
SOUTHEAST THAT ORIGINALLY HAD THEM TONIGHT...THE FORECAST IS
LARGELY IN GOOD SHAPE. DEW POINTS ARE RUNNING A BIT HIGHER THAN
FORECAST (THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EMERGING TREND)...AND I`M GETTING
THE FEELING THAT CLOUDINESS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AS
PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. OTHERWISE...TEMPS ARE DOING FINE AND WINDS
WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN 64 89 66 82 66 / 0 10 10 60 40
ANNISTON 66 88 67 84 65 / 0 10 10 60 50
BIRMINGHAM 68 90 68 83 66 / 0 10 10 60 40
TUSCALOOSA 65 91 67 83 65 / 0 10 20 60 30
CALERA 67 90 66 84 66 / 0 10 10 60 40
AUBURN 66 89 67 85 65 / 0 10 10 40 40
MONTGOMERY 66 92 67 88 67 / 0 10 10 40 50
TROY 64 91 67 89 67 / 10 10 10 30 40
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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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