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FXUS64 KMRX 011840 AFDMRX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 240 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM

SHORT TERM
(This evening through Thursday)
Issued at 236 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Key Messages:

1. Above normal temperatures and dry conditions continue.

2. Fog tonight should be more confined to on and near bodies of water.

Discussion:

Surface high pressure will remain in control across the region for the short term. Light winds and clear skies will lead to favorable radiational cooling overnight and fog will be possible once again tonight into Thursday morning. However, with time for top soils to dry from previous rainfall the thoughts are this will be more limited to on and near bodies of water. These thoughts match up well with ensemble guidance for probability of visibility less than 4 miles. Upper level height rises occur into Thursday afternoon as anomalous ridging settles in. Above normal temperatures and dry conditions will persist. With convection expected across Mississippi River valley, we could see some high clouds advect across the area late Thursday.

LONG TERM
(Thursday night through next Wednesday)
Issued at 236 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Key Messages:

1. Near normal to above normal temperatures through the long term.

2. Unsettled pattern with chances for showers and thunderstorms each day of the long term.

Discussion:

No big changes to the long term forecast period. The theme of the long term is near normal to above temperatures along with chances of showers and storms each day. No signs of any severe or organized storm threat at this time.

Thursday night into Friday the upper ridge pushes eastward as a broad longwave trough noses in from the west. A weak cold front accompanies the trough and increasing POPS are in place ahead of the cold front. The front moves through on Saturday, keeping POPs in place areawide. An additional cold front moves in on Sunday, keeping POPs elevated across the area.

On Monday, ridging builds back into the area. However, a shortwave will ride the western periphery of the ridge and move across western TN and into the Great Lakes. This shortwave will keep POPs in place across our area through Monday. POPs remain in place Tuesday and Wednesday as we are under quasi-zonal flow with a broad long wave trough in place over much of the the central and western U.S.

AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 115 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Some stubborn low level cu continues to hold onto MVFR cigs at TRI and rather uncertain to when exactly it may lift or scatter out. Have continued the MVFR cigs for a few more hours but this should eventually improve and lead to VFR conditions at all sites.
Fog should be more confined to bodies of water tonight into Thursday morning and have limited mention of fog to TRI for this reason. Winds will remain light throughout the TAF cycle.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Chattanooga Airport, TN 59 88 66 82 / 0 0 20 60 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 57 87 62 79 / 0 10 10 60 Oak Ridge, TN 57 87 62 79 / 0 0 10 70 Tri Cities Airport, TN 54 85 58 82 / 0 0 0 40

MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

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