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FXUS64 KMRX 071500
AFDMRX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1000 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

.DISCUSSION...BACK SIDE OF PRECIPITATION REMAINS VERY LIGHT THIS
MORNING AND GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST
AREA. RADAR ECHOES PASSING SOUTH ACROSS THE MORRISTOWN AREA ARE
BARELY REACHING THE SURFACE...WHILE TRI CONTINUES TO REPORT LIGHT
RAIN WITH NO VISBY REDUCTION AT ALL. SURFACE TEMPS ARE ALREADY IN
THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 DEGREES OVER SW VA AND NE TN...WITH 12Z UPPER
AIR PLOTS SHOWING 850 MB TEMPS RUNNING 1 TO 2 DEGREES CELSIUS ACROSS
THAT AREA. THUS...ONLY SOME LINGERING VERY LIGHT RAIN TO DEAL WITH
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER NOW OFF THE NC COAST WITH THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NE AWAY FROM THE REGION. LATEST RUC MODEL
INDICATES RAIN ENDING ACROSS THE TN VALLEY SHORTLY...AND ALSO ENDING
OVER THE TN-NC LINE BY NOON TO 1 PM EST. FORECAST GRIDS REFLECT THIS
TIMING. PLAN TO UPDATE GRIDS AND WEB PRODUCTS BEFORE NOON...ENDING
RAIN IN MOST AREAS. 12Z OHX SOUNDING SUPPORTS HIGHS REACHING 50S TO
PERHAPS LOWER 60S IN SE TN.

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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
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TG