FXUS64 KOHX 050957
AFDOHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
357 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009

.SHORT TERM (SAT-MON)...
HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE PLATEAU RECEIVING MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. BULK OF REPORTS INDICATED THAT SNOW IS
STICKING TO EXPOSED SURFACES NOT PAVEMENT. ADVISORY ON TRACK FOR
1-3 INCHES IN THIS REGION THIS MORNING. 

IN ANOTHER AREA...RADAR ENHANCEMENT FM LAFAYETTE-MURFREESBORO-
LEWISBURG WITH SOME OBS DOWN TO 3SM THIS MORNING. COVERAGE IS 
SCATTERED WITH DRIER B/L. AS THIS BAND MOVES EAST IT COULD ENHANCE
SNOW ACCUMS TO 2-3 INCHES IN A FEW SPOTS. 

ARCTIC AIR SPREADS INTO MID TN THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE PLENTY OF
AFTERNOON SUN...TEMPERATURES WL BE HELD IN CHECK W/UPR 30S N OF
I-40. COLD TONIGHT AS SFC HIGH PRES DOMINANT...COULD BE SOME UPR
TEENS PLATEAU. 

TEMPERATURES SLOW TO MODERATE SUNDAY WITH CIRRUS. DEEPER MOISTURE
MOVES INTO THE AREA SUN NIGHT-MON W/NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. FRONT
CLEARS MON. 

.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...
QUICK MOISTURE RETURN WITH GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TUE-WED. STRONG
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WED. ANOTHER ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE REGION WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS THU NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      39  23  45  36 /  10   0  10  30 
CLARKSVILLE    38  21  46  35 /  10  10  10  40 
CROSSVILLE     35  20  42  32 /  70   0  10  10 
COLUMBIA       40  23  47  36 /  10   0  10  30 
LAWRENCEBURG   41  23  47  36 /  10   0  10  30 
WAVERLY        39  23  47  36 /  10  10  10  40 

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR TNZ011-032>034-
065-066-078>080.

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