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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
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239 FXUS64 KHUN 131739 AFDHUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1239 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM... .NEAR TERM... (Tonight) Issued at 1238 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 Any isolated convection that remains early this evening should dissipate around sunset. Overnight lows will be in the lower 70s for nearly the entire area. The only upper 60s would likely be limited to the highest elevation of Lookout Mountain in eastern DeKalb County. && .SHORT TERM... (Sunday through Monday Night) Issued at 1238 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 The weak vorticity center in eastern TX into northern LA/southeast AR is forecast to lift northeast into northern MS and AL Sunday and linger through Tuesday. This will continue to erode the already weak capping inversion. Thus, we will maintain a 10-15% PoP Sunday once again for isolated convection, and slowly increase those PoPs into Monday, especially for the southern counties in our forecast area. Steep low level lapse rates will create a favorable environment for gusty winds with associated downdrafts. Will go with near persistence temperature forecasts with highs in the middle 90s to around 100. With strong mixing, dew points will continue to be halted in the upper 60s to around 70 during the afternoon hours, producing heat index values below 105 degrees for most areas. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday through Friday) Issued at 417 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 The most recent suite of global models suggests that conditions on Tuesday will be very similar to Monday, with highs in the m-u 90s, heat indices in the 100-105F range and a 20-30% coverage of afternoon showers and storms (which will likely be slow-moving and capable of producing heavy rainfall in localized areas). By Wednesday, however, our region will experience increasing influence from an amplifying northern stream trough, which is predicted to spread northeastward from Ontario into the Canadian Maritime provinces by Thursday night/Friday morning. The cold front related to this trough is expected to advance southeastward during the middle portion of the week, with the prefrontal wind shift axis expected to slowly cross the TN Valley at some point Wednesday night or Thursday. A higher (60-80%) POP for showers and thunderstorms is warranted as early as Wednesday afternoon given the position of the front to our north and strengthening WNW flow aloft. The greater coverage of convection will likely continue on Wednesday night/early Thursday morning, before becoming focused to the south/east of the wind shift (across our southeastern zones) on Thursday afternoon. Due to some uncertainty regarding the location of the front before it eventually stalls, we will maintain a medium chance POP in the southeastern portion of the CWFA on Thursday night and Friday. Fortunately, a modest coverage of clouds and precipitation should keep highs in the u80s-l90s from Wednesday-Friday, lowering the heat risk region- wide. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1105 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 VFR flight weather conditions will prevail for most areas during the period. There is a 10-20% of SHRA or TSRA from 18-00Z, but this is too low to include at KHSV or KMSL. However, variable and gusty winds will occur with any TSRA that develops. Patchy BR with visibility of 3-5SM (MVFR) is possible from 09-12Z, but confidence remains too low to include at either KHSV or KMSL. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. TN...None. && $$ NEAR TERM...17 SHORT TERM....17 LONG TERM....70 AVIATION...17