FXUS64 KTSA 091128
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
528 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
MVFR CEILINGS IN WRAPAROUND CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
MORNING AT KFYV AND KXNA. SKIES WILL CLEAR BY MID MORNING WITH VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME LIGHT BY LATE TONIGHT.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009/
DISCUSSION...
UPPER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH WRAP
AROUND CLOUDS AFFECTING NORTHEAST OK AND NORTHWEST AR THIS MORNING.
VERY COLD AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC AT
LEAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT.
CURRENT WIND ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 12Z...BUT WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR AS JUST ABOUT ALL OBSERVED WIND GUSTS REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER VERY
COLD NIGHT AREA WIDE. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO REBOUND THURSDAY AS
WINDS BEGIN RETURNING TO A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT. UPPER PATTERN
APPEARS QUIET FOR THE MOST PART...WITH THE ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTION
WOULD BE A WEAK DISTURBANCE THAT APPROACHES ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT
LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY MONDAY. WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW...BUT
WILL RAISE TEMPERATURES BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THINGS LOOK
WARMER THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
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AVIATION...05