Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Nashville, TN
Issued by NWS Nashville, TN
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654 FXUS64 KOHX 172307 AFDOHX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 507 PM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 459 PM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 - Expect a return to above-normal temperatures beginning Tuesday. - Look for periods of showers and thunderstorms from late tonight or tomorrow through Friday night, with total rainfall amounts of 1-2" for most of Middle Tennessee. - There is a very low risk of strong to severe storms north of I-40 on Tuesday. && .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Tuesday) Issued at 1023 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 The morning sounding from OHX shows a very dry atmosphere in place. Temperatures are warming up nicely following a frosty morning, and a quick warm-up is expected over the next 36 hours or so. A surface ridge will slide across the region today, which will set us up with some return flow by tonight, and that will set the table for showers to begin developing later tonight and tomorrow, although the showers will be slow to get going due to the lack of antecedent moisture. Some convection is possible mainly tomorrow afternoon as temperatures soar into the low to mid 70s most areas west of the Cumberland Plateau, although instability parameters aren`t going to be all that pronounced. Still, look for a warm front to develop just north of Middle Tennessee by 15Z tomorrow, which will place us in a maritime tropical air mass, with a cold front trailing far off to our west. At this time, there is a very low risk of strong to severe storms mainly north of I-40 on Tuesday, as per the SPC. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday Night through next Monday) Issued at 1023 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 Needless to say, an unsettled weather pattern will bring persistent rain chances to Middle Tennessee throughout the week and into the weekend. The lack of a true cold fropa until late Friday or early Saturday means that temperatures will remain unseasonably warm throughout the week. Once that fropa occurs at the end of the week, we can expect our rain chances to drop off and also temperatures to cool down to near seasonal normals. So this morning`s frost/freeze is likely to be the last one for the foreseeable future. Total QPF values through Friday night range from 1 to 2" across most of Middle Tennessee, with the lowest amounts occurring near the TN/AL border, then increasing as we go northward. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 459 PM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 VFR will continue through this TAF cycle. Mid and high clouds will increase overnight with very light east to southeast winds. Daytime Tuesday will feature several layers of scattered to broken clouds as south winds become gusty to 20KT. SHRA/TSRA will impact mainly the Ohio Valley Tuesday, but isolated cells will occur as far south as I-40. Coverage / confidence in impacts to terminals is very low, so keeping tafs dry for now. We may need to consider tempo or prob30 for CKV/BNA/MQY in future updates. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 46 74 59 74 / 10 40 60 10 Clarksville 48 73 58 70 / 40 60 60 10 Crossville 39 65 54 68 / 0 20 80 20 Columbia 47 76 60 77 / 10 20 50 10 Cookeville 42 69 56 70 / 10 30 80 20 Jamestown 40 66 54 68 / 10 30 80 20 Lawrenceburg 46 75 59 78 / 0 10 40 10 Murfreesboro 45 75 60 76 / 10 30 50 10 Waverly 49 73 58 74 / 20 40 60 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Rose LONG TERM....Rose AVIATION.....13