From October, Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions expanded for portions of North Central Alabama and portions of Southern Middle Tennessee, lingering through the end of the month of November. This includes: Limestone and Madison Counties in Alabama, and Lincoln and Moore Counties in Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
From October, Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions expanded for portions of North Central Alabama and portions of Southern Middle Tennessee, lingering through the end of the month of November. This includes: Limestone and Madison Counties in Alabama, and Lincoln and Moore Counties in Tennessee.
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 4, 11:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1135 PM CST Mon Nov 4 2024 ...New AVIATION... .NEAR TERM... (Tonight) Issued at 810 PM CST Mon Nov 4 2024 Low clouds and patchy -RA or -DZ has spread northwest into far northeast AL and into eastern portions of southern middle TN. Have adjusted the forecast to add a low PoP in these locations overnight as this moisture field continues to spread northwest. A bit unsure how far west to take this, so have opted to hold it to our eastern counties for now. Southeast winds continue to gust at 15-20kt in a few locations and that trend should hold as well overnight. && .SHORT TERM... (Tuesday through Thursday) Issued at 1247 PM CST Mon Nov 4 2024 We'll enter a more active pattern Tuesday through Thursday as the slow-moving front and its associated mid/upper trough approach from the west. Due to the tightening pressure gradient, winds will remain quite breezy out of the SSE well into the day on Tuesday, helping to maintain this warm air mass -- with highs pushing into the 75 to 80 degree range once again despite the cloud cover. Rain chances look to be very low (10-20%) and favored during the late afternoon as the best forcing remains to our west. However, after sunset Friday evening into Friday night, our PoPs will increase to 30-60% as the front finally attempts to approach the AL/MS border region. Meager instability aloft may allow for a storm or two, but most of this activity will remain in the form of light to moderate rain showers. With the boundary becoming more diffuse, but generally remaining in the vicinity of the region, 20-40% chance for rain showers will remain in the forecast Wednesday and Thursday. However, QPF will be fairly low and the main story will continue to be the mild air mass, with highs again peaking in the mid/upper 70s to lower 80s in a few locations. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday night through Sunday) Issued at 206 AM CST Mon Nov 4 2024 After the midweek, an active and rather amplified upper level pattern will be firmly in place across the greater North American domain. A troughing west and ridging east setup should continue. Another upper low involved with the western trough should move across southern AZ/NM in the Thu-Fri timeframe, east of the Front Range on Saturday, and over the mid/upper Mississippi River Valley on Sunday. This expected forecast trend should help flatten the upper level flow into a more zonal configuration early next week. More precise details on this upper system were becoming more vague with time as the forecast went further out. The GFS held onto more of a closed upper low as it reached the western Great Lakes early next week, while the ECMWF and Canadian turned the upper system into an open wave. At the surface, this translated to different locations and intensities of the surface low, and where the trailing cold front will be located. Adding more complexity is input from the tropics. The models continued hinting at development in the Caribbean, with a system moving somewhere over the eastern to central Gulf of Mexico this weekend. Given a wide array of solutions in this area as well, the overall forecast for the upcoming weekend is of low confidence. A system is forecast move across the Upper Mississippi Valley on Fri will bring scattered showers to the region. Thunder appears unlikely with these showers, given a good separation between the surface low well to our north and the Tennessee Valley. Then following the blends, have stayed on a drier track for Thu night into Fri morning. Another surge of moisture from the south should return rain chances Fri afternoon and continuing through the weekend. Given how the tropical system develops and where it goes, rainfall chances could be lower than what is now in the grids, or higher if a wetter trend is realized. Despite the clouds and almost daily rain chances, rather mild conditions for early November will continue. High temperatures in the mid 70s to near 80 look possible on Thu/Fri. A bit cooler for the weekend with highs in the lower 70s. Low temperatures in this period should range in the mid 50s to around 60. Normal high/low values by Saturday are around 66/43 for reference. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 1135 PM CST Mon Nov 4 2024 Ceilings in the 015-025agl range (MVFR) will overspread northwest AL before midnight. The ceilings will lift above 030agl (VFR) by 18-19Z. Southeast to south winds will gust over 20kt at times, but mainly after 14Z. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. TN...None. && NEAR TERM...17 SHORT TERM....AMP LONG TERM....RSB AVIATION...17 / RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
From October, Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions expanded for portions of North Central Alabama and portions of Southern Middle Tennessee, lingering through the end of the month of November. This includes: Limestone and Madison Counties in Alabama.
From October, Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions expanded for portions of North Central Alabama and portions of Southern Middle Tennessee, lingering through the end of the month of November. This includes: Limestone and Madison Counties in Alabama.
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