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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 2:43 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 243 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006 .DISCUSSION... LINE OF CONVECTION AHEAD OF COLD FRONT IS JUST ENTERING THE WESTERN EDGE OF OUR CWA...AND CHUGGING EAST AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. CONVECTIVE LINE SHOULD BE EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND TORNADO WATCH 14 BY 09Z...AND WILL CLEAR WATCH WITH ZONE ISSUANCE. SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS HAS INTERRUPTED BEST INFLOW INTO LINE...AND ALLOWED LINE TO WEAKEN. ONLY PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTS UP TO THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50S AT 07Z...BUT EXPECT A 10-15 DEGREE DROP AFTER PASSAGE OF CONVECTIVE LINE/COLD FRONT. && .SHORT TERM (THROUGH SUNDAY)... MOST OF THE FORECAST ISSUES ARE IN THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF THE FORECAST. WILL WAIT UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE PRESS TIME TO DECIDE ON FIRST PERIOD POPS. CURRENT INDICATIONS FROM SPC ARE THAT WATCH 15 WILL BE SOUTH OF OUR CWA. PROBABLY WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS EAST OF ESTIMATED LOCATION OF CONVECTIVE LINE AT 12Z. BEHIND THAT...WILL CARRY SMALL POPS FOR POTENTIAL WRAP-AROUND PRECIPITATION LATER IN THE DAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION COULD END AS A SHORT PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS MENTIONED IN CURRENT FORECAST. WE WILL HOLD ONTO CLOUDS IN MOST AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON LOCATION OF CONVECTION/COLD FRONT AT 12Z. QUITE A BIT OF THE AREA WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE MORNING HOURS...IF NOT RIGHT AT 12Z. EXPECT WINDS TO STAY SHORT OF ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY...DAY SHIFT CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR. EXPECT WINDS TO STAY UP TONIGHT...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM PLUNGING AS LOW AS THEY COULD...SHOULD STAY NEAR FREEZING. EXPECT SUNSHINE FOR SATURDAY AND MOST OF SUNDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE TRANSLATES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIE DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER SUNDAY MORNING THAN SATURDAY MORNING. FLOW BECOMES SOUTHERLY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...INCREASING MOISTURE. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY AND BEYOND)... NEXT SYSTEM KICKS OUT OF ROCKIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. GFS APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN NAM THROUGH 84 HOURS. GFS EVEN AGREES WITH ECMWF ON A PRECIP EVENT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP TO LIKELY FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SYSTEM FOLLOWING THAT ONE APPEARS TO BE JUST BEYOND THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...LATE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE ONLY DAY OF THE EXTENDED WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 58 33 52 32 / 40 10 0 10 MKL 57 31 48 27 / 60 30 0 10 JBR 52 30 52 29 / 40 10 0 10 TUP 57 31 53 27 / 70 10 0 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && WAGNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1201 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-131100- ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)- MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 1201 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MID-SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT PRECEDED BY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. JCL
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