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FXUS64 KOHX 181631
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1131 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...CELLS ARE NOW STARTING TO DEVELOP MAINLY EAST
OF I-65, WHERE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS A LITTLE MORE PLENTIFUL. LAPS
SOUNDING FOR BNA VALID AT 15Z ALREADY SHOWS A LIFTED INDEX OF -3.6
AND A CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF 1896 J/KG. K-INDEX
IS A LITTLE LOW AT JUST 23, OWING MAINLY TO DRY AIR ABOVE ABOUT
850 MB. NAM SHOWS THE UPPER TROUGH SITUATED JUST EAST OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE, WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
PLACING THE MID STATE UNDER A NW FLOW ALOFT, WHICH SHOULD HELP
FURTHER STEEPEN OUR MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. RUC MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR
THIS AFTERNOON SHOW THE LI DROPPING TO BETWEEN -5 AND -6, WITH
CAPES EXCEEDING 2500 J/KG DURING THE MOST UNSTABLE PARTS OF THE
DAY. FULLY EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING. CURRENT
FORECAST OF LIKELY POP`S ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE PLATEAU, WITH
SCATTERED POP`S ELSEWHERE, APPEARS TO BE JUSTIFIED. SPC IS KEEPING
MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS. BELIEVE MOST
AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE STRONG AT MOST, ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS CERTAINLY CAN`T BE RULED OUT.

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