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FXUS64 KMRX 061150
AFDMRX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
650 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
.AVIATION...
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED WARM
SECTOR AIR MASS REMAINING MOSTLY EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. AREA
RADARS REVEAL AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN OVER THE REGION...
WHICH WAS PRODUCING HIGHLY VARIABLE CLOUDS AND VISIBILITIES AT ALL
THREE TAF SITES. SINCE CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN MVRF OR
VFR FOR A FEW HOURS...WILL GO AHEAD AND BE MORE OPTIMISTIC TODAY BY
MENTIONING PREVAILING MVFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD.
HOWEVER...EXPECT TEMPORARY IFR OR LIFR CONDITIONS WITH THE HEAVIER
RAIN SHOWERS. WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE TAF
PERIOD AT ALL THREE SITES.
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.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...
CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...
GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST
CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST
MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...
SOUTHEAST MONROE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON
TN...WEST POLK.
VA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
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