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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
930 PM EST MON DEC 9 2013

.DISCUSSION...-- Changed Discussion --A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT AND BRING WITH IT ANOTHER ROUND
OF SHOWERS.  HOWEVER...WITH COOLER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND AN
EXITING COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BELOW FREEZING ACROSS
MUCH OF THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT.  THIS WILL
ALLOW THE RAIN TO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY ACROSS
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...FAR NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA.  AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THE RAIN/FREEZING RAIN MAY SWITCH TO SNOW WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORMAL
UPSLOPE LOCATIONS.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT
FOR THESE LOCATIONS.  ALL ON TRACK IN THE CURRENT FORECAST
PACKAGE...WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
-- Changed Discussion --CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN  37  41  25  50  27 / 100  20  10  10  10
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN    34  40  23  47  26 / 100  50  10  10  10
OAK RIDGE, TN            33  38  23  46  25 / 100  40  10  10  10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN   32  37  19  44  21 /  90  60  10  10  10-- End Changed Discussion --

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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING
     TO 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER...
     HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...MARION...MORGAN...SCOTT TN...
     SEQUATCHIE...SULLIVAN...UNION.

VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
     TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...
     WASHINGTON...WISE.


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