Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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FXUS64 KMRX 092334 AAA
AFDMRX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
634 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
.AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT IS MOVING INTO THE AREA AT THE MOMENT...BRINGING GUSTY
WINDS TO THE TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CEILINGS WILL ALSO
BEGIN TO LIFT...AND PERHAPS BECOME SCATTERED AT CHA...AS AN AREA OF
DRIER AIR FOLLOWS THE FRONT. BUT CEILINGS SHOULD FILL BACK IN AS
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES OVERHEAD LATER TONIGHT. DEEPER
MOISTURE WILL BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO TRI DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW. WILL HAVE MVFR CONDITIONS WITH THE SNOW SHOWERS AT
TRI...BUT WILL HAVE VFR CEILINGS AT TYS AND CHA WHERE MOISTURE WILL
NOT BE AS PLENTIFUL. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW...30 TO 35 KT GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES.
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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...JOHNSON...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST
CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...UNICOI.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...JOHNSON...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...UNICOI.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST
/3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDERSON...
BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...EAST POLK...
GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...
MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...
NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...
RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...
SULLIVAN...UNION...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
HANCOCK...HAWKINS...MORGAN...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST
GREENE...SCOTT TN...SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON TN.
VA...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...
WASHINGTON...WISE.
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DGS