Area forecast discussion
National Weather Service Nashville Tennessee
229 am CDT Thursday may 23 2013
Discussion...
weak surface cool front off to our northwest along the Ohio River
prognosticated to move down into the middle state during the day and into
northern Alabama this evening. Will have to keep a small pop going for
the middle state today due to frontal system with best chance over
northeast half. Front gets south of my County Warning Area tonight with a modified
Continental polar air mass sinking down into the Tennessee Valley
will drive temperatures down into the upper 40s in the northwest to the
lower 50s elsewhere. Tonights lows will be the coolest since
may 14th when we had 47 at Nashville...39 at Crossville and 49 at
Clarksville. Lows this past week have been mostly in the 60s at
many locations in middle Tennessee. On Friday look for pleasant
weather with highs around 70 most locations except middle and upper
60s along upper Cumberland and some eastern areas. Friday night
lows will be in the 40s at all locations.
Upper level pattern will be developing into an Omega block with upper
ridge running north to south through central US as we go through
the Memorial Day weekend. Temperatures warm up each day over the weekend
and into next week. Upper ridge gradually translate eastward by
the middle of next week with strong Bermuda ridge building over
southeastern US at the surface. Other than a slight chance for
thunderstorms over northeastern middle Tennessee on Memorial Day I
kept the forecast dry after today through much of next week.
Certainly cant rule air mass type stuff developing middle of next
week but no trigger other than heating can be found.
Boyd
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Preliminary point temps/pops...
Nashville 78 52 70 45 / 20 10 05 0
Clarksville 76 48 68 43 / 20 10 05 0
Crossville 73 50 64 41 / 30 20 0 0
Columbia 81 54 72 46 / 20 10 05 0
Lawrenceburg 82 55 73 45 / 20 10 05 0
Waverly 78 50 70 44 / 20 10 05 0
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Ohx watches/warnings/advisories...
none.
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Boyd
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