000 
FXUS64 KOHX 031536
AFDBNA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
935 AM CST WED JAN 3 2001

CURRENT SURFACE MAP SHOW A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE FROM SOUTH 
TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE TO MAINE. 
SURFACE TROUGH OVER FARGO TO NE NEW MEXICO DROPPING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST 
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. CLOUD SHIELD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH EXTENDS INTO 
NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...TO OKLAHOMA. 

SATELLITE OVER CWA MOSTLY CLEAR WITH PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS NEAR 
RIVERS AND LAKES. GOOD SNOW FIELD EVIDENT IN VISUAL SATTELITE NEAR 
NORTHERN BORDER OF CWA AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES AT 15Z 
ARE IN THE UPPER TEENS...LOWER 20S SOUTH. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS 
GOOD SINCE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE AT LEAST 10 DEGREES WITH LIGHT 
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND AMPLE SUNSHINE.

WILL MONITOR CLOUD COVER IN ADVANCE OF TROUGH TO THE NORTH. IT MAY 
MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...R.ATHER THAN 
THIS EVENING AS INDICATED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST. WILL NOT UPDATE 
AT THIS TIME.
 
.BNA...NONE.

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DC