FXUS64 KHUN 240532 AAC
AFDHUN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1130 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

.UPDATE...FOR 06Z TAFS/AVIATION DISCUSSION
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.AVIATION...CEILINGS THIS LATE EVENING REMAIN JUST ABOVE VFR LEVELS. 
CEILINGS THOUGH ARE XPCTED TO CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE MORNING HRS. 
SE WINDS ARE ALSO XPCTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING TO NEAR 15-20KT WITH 
GUSTS NEAR 30KT STARTING AROUND 14Z. SHRA ARE ALSO XPCTED TO MOVE 
INTO NW AL AROUND 18Z THU...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EWD THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON HRS...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. WX CONDITIONS ARE 
XPCTED TO CONTINUE DETERIORATING BY 00Z FRI WITH +SHRA DEVELOPING 
THEREBY LOWERING CEILINGS/VIS TO IFR LEVELS.
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.DISCUSSION...LIGHT RAIN HAS PRETTY MUCH MOVED NEWD AWAY FROM THE TN 
VALLEY THIS EVENING...WITH SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE 
ERN FRINGES OF NRN AL. RAIN FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD HOLD OFF TO THE 
W FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HRS...GIVEN THE 
AMOUNT OF CONVECTION NOW MOVING INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. STRONG 
MOISTURE INFLOW/CONVERGENCE...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING 
OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS...LOOKS TO STAY CONFINED TO THE W...BEFORE 
EVENTUALLY MOVING INTO NW AL DURING THE DAY THU...WITH THE EWD 
PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT. OVERNIGHT TEMPS MAY STRUGGLE TO FALL MUCH 
MORE FROM THEIR CURRENT READINGS...BUT DEW PTS CURRENTLY AROUND 40 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA MAY ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES 
AFTER MIDNIGHT. REFRESHED OVERNIGHT TEMPS AND DEW PTS TO BETTER 
REFLECT THESE CURRENT TRENDS. OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE 
LOOKS GOOD AND NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
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.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...
     JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...
     MARSHALL...MORGAN.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY 
     NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...
     FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...
     MADISON...MARSHALL...MORGAN.

TN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY 
     NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
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