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FXUS64 KBMX 091735
AFDBMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1135 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

.UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION AND MORNING DISCUSSION.

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.DISCUSSION...

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE GEORGIA STATE LINE...AND SO
DOES THE COLD FRONT.  CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST PAST INTERSTATE
65...WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE WITH SUSTAINED
OF 10-12 MPH AND GUSTS TO 20 MPH.  THESE WILL INCREASE AS WE GO
THROUGH THE AFTER...AND SHOULD CREATE GUSTS UP TO 30 IN SOME
PLACES.  BECAUSE OF THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.

SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LATEST
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS THE CLOUD LINE HALF WAY THROUGH
MISSISSIPPI ALREADY.  IF YOU HAVEN`T ALREADY DONE SO...TAKE A LOOK
AT THE VISIBLE SAT AND WITH CLOUDS FINALLY CLEARING OUT...YOU CAN
SEE ALL OF THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN JUST TO OUR NORTH.

NOTICEABLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE
COLD FRONT...SO KEEP THOSE JACKETS HANDY THIS EVENING.

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.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

LIGHT RAIN STILL FALLING OVER THE EASTERN 1/3 OF THE CWA AT ISSUANCE
TIME...BUT WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 21Z THIS AFTERNOON.
IFR CIGS AND VIS WITH THE RAIN AT ANB...HOLDING IFR JUST BEHIND THE
RAIN...THEN LIFTING TO MVFR...WHICH IS WHERE ALL OTHER SITES ARE AT
THIS POINT.  THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR EACH SITE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH SKIES CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WILL POSSIBLY SEE SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUD COVER LATER THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN SITES...BUT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY FLIGHT ISSUES
AS CIGS REMAIN VFR.

REMINDER NOTE: WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE LINE (AMD LTD TO VIS
WIND AND WX) FOR KEET DUE TO CONTINUED CONCERN OVER THE CEILOMETER.
THE CEILOMETER WILL BE IN TESTING PHASE THROUGH FEBRUARY.

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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