935 FXUS64 KOHX 250835 AFDBNA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 AM CST SAT DEC 25 1999 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING HIGH PRESSURE WORKING INTO AREA FROM THE WEST AND CENTERED IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT 07Z. ONE LAST SHORT WAVE WILL SWING ACROSS MY CWA AROUND DAYBREAK BUT WITH MEAN RH VALUES DOWN IN THE 30 PERCENT RANGE DONT EXPECT ANYTHING WITH THIS. NGM A LITTLE FASTER OF THE BIG THREE IN BRINGING ANOTHER FRONT INTO AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. FRONT MOVES THROUGH MID STATE RATHER QUICKLY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. MOSTLY CHANNEL FLOW IN UPPER STREAM LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH MEAN RH STILL IN THE 20-30 RANGE. AVN SHOWING A RATHER VIRGOROUS SHORT WAVE (CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM) DIVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND COULD BE MOIST ENOUGH FOR SNOW LATE IN THE DAY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. BELIEVE THICKNESSES WOULD SUPPORT THIS. WILL NOT INTRODUCE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME SINCE THIS IS IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD BUT WILL MENTION TO DAYSHIFT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FEATURE ONCE 12Z MODEL RUNS ARE IN. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: NASHVILLE 35 26 49 20 0000 CROSSVILLE 32 23 43 18 0000 MERRY XMAS TO ALL FROM NASHVILLE...ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING NWSFOS. .BNA...NONE. BOYD 01