S. Drought Monitor designated Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions for southeastern Franklin County, TN as of November 9th.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor designated Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions for southeastern Franklin County, TN as of November 9th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 1, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1146 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...New AVIATION... .NEAR TERM... (Rest of tonight) Issued at 930 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 Another cold night in store across the TN Valley. Winds have slacked with sunset and nearly calm at this hour with clear skies overhead, setting up for good radiational cooling. Current temps are in the 30s and expected to drop down to 23-27 degrees for most of us, and 28-32 degrees atop the Cumberland Plateau and closer to bodies of water. With this, there is a Freeze Warning in place from 11pm until 9am tomorrow morning. Take time tonight to bring in pets, find the ice scraper to remove some frost in the morning, and be prepared to dress in layers for the bus stop or morning commute. No major changes to tonight's forecast beyond updating the hourly T's to accommodate current observational trends. && .SHORT TERM... (Thursday through Saturday night) Issued at 236 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 Little change in the overall synoptic environment is anticipated during the short term period, as model consensus suggests that an unamplified/zonal flow aloft will persist across the region through the first half of the weekend. As the surface ridge (initially across the central Appalachians) begins to build northeastward, a light SSE return flow will begin across the region tomorrow and should work in conjunction with a modest increase in SSW flow at the top of the boundary layer to yield highs in the u50s-l60s beneath sunny skies. Another, lighter freeze (featuring lows in the u20s-l30s) is expected for much of the region on Thursday night, but with the potential for an increase in high-level clouds (related to an amplifying shortwave trough across the southern Plains) and gradual modification of dewpoints anticipated tomorrow, lows should be several degrees warmer compared to tonight. The southwesterly low-level jet will continue to strengthen into the 15-25 knot range on Friday and Saturday, to the south of a weak reinforcing cold front dropping into the OH Valley, and the resultant increase in low-level warm advection will boost highs into the mid 60s on Friday and l-m 70s on Saturday. The rate of low-level moisture advection will also begin to increase (albeit very slowly) during this period, leading to warmer overnight lows, as well. A more significant increase in cloud cover is likely to occur Saturday evening, as an amplifying northern stream wave begins to dig southeastward into the TN Valley, and although this disturbance will be accompanied by a decent omega field, profiles appear too dry to support any risk for precipitation (at least at this point). Lows will be warmer Sunday morning as a result of the system's related cloud field, with temps generally in the mid 40s. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through Tuesday) Issued at 302 AM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 High and dry conditions continue through the weekend with high pressure remaining dominate. Sunday and Monday look to embody ideal fall conditions will highs comfortably in the 70s and lows in the 40s and 50s. Focus then switches on Monday to our next cold front early next week. Current guidance has the cold front moving though overnight on Tuesday and has rain chances of of near 40% for the entire CWA. Unfortunately, QPF looks to remain well below a tenth of an inch which will do little to aid our worsening drought. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1146 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 VFR conditions will prevail at each terminal through the period underneath a clear sky. Winds will veer from the NNE/NE this morning to the SE by the afternoon. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Freeze Warning until 9 AM CDT Thursday for ALZ001>010-016. TN...Freeze Warning until 9 AM CDT Thursday for TNZ076-096-097. && NEAR TERM...JMS SHORT TERM....70 LONG TERM....RAD AVIATION...AMP.24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor designated Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions for southeastern Franklin County, TN as of November 9th.
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