FXUS64 KTSA 021738
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1138 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
FOR THE 18Z TAFS... LIGHT RAIN WITH POSSIBLE SNOW FLURRIES WILL
AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL
AT OKLAHOMA SITES KTUL... KRVS... AND KMLC. GUSTY NORTHERLY
SURFACE WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT ALL SITES THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1127 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009/
..UPDATE...
DISCUSSION...
SLEET WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLIER THIS MORNING AND THE
ASOS AT TUL HAS JUST REPORTED SNOW FLURRIES. THE SLEET CHANCES HAVE
ENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION
HAVING MOVED EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER... HAVE UPDATED
THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE FLURRIES AREAWIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE LOW ENOUGH THAT WITH THE
SEVERAL DEGREE SPREAD WITH DEWPOINTS... ENOUGH COOLING SHOULD BE ABLE
TO OCCUR TO SUPPORT OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WITH ANY REMAINING
PRECIPITATION.
HAVE LOWERED POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. HAVE LOWERED FORECAST
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES GENERALLY FROM I 44 NORTHWARD AS THE FRONT
HAS PUSHED THROUGH THESE AREAS AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL WARMING IS
EXPECTED. HAVE ALSO INCREASED WIND AND WIND GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN
SENT.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...99
LONG TERM....99
AVIATION...06