Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Nashville, TN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
910 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996

COLD FRONT EXTENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 14Z MAKING SLOW
EASTWARD PROGRESS AS WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD ALONG
THE FRONT. H5 S/W ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL DIVE INTO
BASE OF THE TROUGH AND SHOULD HELP TO ACCELERATE THE FRONT EASTWARD
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXTRAPOLATION OF LINE OF CONVECTION
ON 88D WOULD PUT IT NEAR BNA AROUND 11 AM. THUS GOING FORECAST LUKS ON
TRACK ALTHOUGH TEMPS MAY REACH THE MID 70S (LOWER 70S PLATEAU) BEFORE
LINE OF TSRA MOVES IN.

MORNING BNA RAOB SHOWS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...DRY
AIR ALOFT AND STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS INDICATE THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS BEING MIXED DOWN TO THE SFC AS HAS BEEN THE CASE TO OUR WEST THIS
MORNING. FFG RUNNING FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR WITH 2 TO 2.5
INCHES FOR THREE HOURS...SO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON TRAINING
CELLS TODAY.

CBD