FXUS64 KMRX 082316
AFDMRX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
620 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009

.AVIATION...A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NE ACROSS 
MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF HEAVIER 
SHOWERS AFFECTING CHA...WHERE IFR CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH 
THESE SHOWERS. EXPECT THE RAIN TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH A 
DOWNWARD TREND IN CEILINGS AND VSBYS AT ALL 3 TAF SITES. 

OTHER ITEM OF AVIATION CONCERN IS THE STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET 
...WHICH SHOULD REACH 50 TO 60 KNOTS TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR 
WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...THEN SURFACE WINDS 
WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE TO BE QUITE GUSTY AT TIMES. 

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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY 
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.

TN...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY 
     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...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM 
     EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLEDSOE...
     CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...MARION...MORGAN...SCOTT TN...
     SEQUATCHIE.

VA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY 
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WASHINGTON.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WISE.

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