FXUS64 KTSA 291408
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
808 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING BETWEEN 10 AND 14 DEGREES BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT AS IT WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHS FOR THE DAY WILL
LIKELY BE REACHED JUST PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH NEAR STEADY
OR POSSIBLY A CONTINUED SLOW DECLINE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS COLDER
AIR MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY
OF RECOVERY WITH CLOUDS AND PATCHY LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING BEHIND
THE FRONT.
WATCHING THE DEVELOPING RAIN/SHOWERS AREAS TO THE WEST HAVE
PUT IN ISOLATED THUNDER IN SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA AS VERY
STEEP LAPSE RATES ARE APPARENT ALOFT AND AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
STRIKE IS SHOWING UP.
UPDATED ZONES SENT AND REMAINING PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 519 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009/
AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING KTUL/KRVS SHORTLY AFTER ISSUANCE
TIME AND WILL PASS THROUGH KFSM AROUND 18Z. MVFR CEILINGS WILL
REMAIN WIDESPREAD MUCH OF THE DAY WITH PERIOD OF IFR CEILINGS
POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER FRONT PASSAGE. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
RAIN TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY
IMPROVING CONDITIONS NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
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SHORT TERM...15
LONG TERM....06