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FXUS64 KOHX 222332
AFDOHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
532 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

.UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECAST

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.AVIATION...
UPPER TROUGH CAN BE SEEN ROTATING IN BOTH SATELLITE AND RADAR AS
IT WORKS SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. LATEST WATER VAPOR
(23Z) WOULD PLACE CENTER OF ROTATION OVER COFFEE COUNTY TN. LOTS
OF LOW ETAGE CLOUDS ACROSS AREAS TO OUR SOUTH THAT WILL WORK
NORTHWARD TONIGHT. EXPECT A CONTINUED DETERIORATION OF CIGS AND
VSBYS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AT BOTH BNA AND CSV WITH SOME
IMPROVEMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. LOOK FOR PATCHY LIGHT
RAIN/DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT.

BOYD



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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009/

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY IN NRN AL MOVING NEWD. EXTENSIVE CLOUDS
CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH LIGHT RAIN OVER LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTH
AND EAST. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TOMORROW. A BRIEF DRY PERIOD UNTIL THE
NEXT H5 WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA TUE NGT. THEN ANOTHER BRIEF
PERIOD OF RAIN TUE NGT AND WED AS THE WAVE TRANSITS THROUGH THE
MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

THEN A MORE POWERFUL SYSTEM DIVES SEWD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO
THE OH/TN VALLEYS ON WED/THU. 850 MB TEMPS WILL DROP FROM THE +4C
TO AROUND -5C BY FRI AM. PRECIP WILL BE RAIN OR SHOWERS ON WED NGT
AND THU...BUT COULD TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THU NGT.

A STRONG SFC RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON SAT AS COLD AIR
POURS INTO THE MIDSTATE. HIGH TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD FRI TO SUN. CPC 6-10 DAY AND 8-14 DAY
PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW BELOW NORMAL TEMPS FOR THE ERN US. THE
DAY10 GFS IS SHOWING ANOTHER LARGE SFC RIDGE MOVING IN ON SUN WITH
850MB TEMPS DROPPING TO -10C ON WED(12/02).

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.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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