FXUS64 KMRX 241750 AAA
AFDMRX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1250 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009

.AVIATION...
WINDS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AT CHA.
WINDS WILL BE INCREASING RAPIDLY WITH HEIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT
THIS SHOULD BE GRADUAL ENOUGH TO NOT QUALIFY AS LLWS. GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN IS
NOW MOVING INTO CHA...BUT MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
LATER THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE IFR
CONDITIONS...HOWEVER MVFR SHOULD BE PREDOMINANT. PRECIP SHOULD END
AND VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN BETWEEN 09Z AND 15Z AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.

TN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON 
     EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLEDSOE...
     CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...MARION...MORGAN...SCOTT TN...
     SEQUATCHIE.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY 
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE 
     SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...JOHNSON...MCMINN...NW 
     BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST 
     COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...SEVIER SMOKY 
     MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST 
     MONROE...UNICOI...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.

VA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...
     WISE.

&&

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DGS