FXUS64 KMRX 250520
AFDMRX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1220 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

.AVIATION...LARGE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING NORTH WEST OF THE AREA. 
HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY WEAKENING TO THE NE. PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS 
STRONG BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS AND STRONG SE WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
OVERNIGHT. A THIN LINE OF MODERATE RAINFALL IS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE 
AREA OF LIGHT RAIN ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF A NE MOVING FRONTAL 
BOUNDARY. FRONT MOVES NE THROUGH AREA BETWEEN 12-18Z. PCPN WILL 
TAPER OFF AND BRISK SW WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. CIGS AND VSBYS
WILL MAINLY BE IN THE MVFR RANGE.

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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     CHEROKEE...CLAY.

TN...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TODAY 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.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
     HAMILTON...MARION...MEIGS...MORGAN...RHEA...SCOTT TN...
     SEQUATCHIE.

VA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.

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