000 FXUS64 KOHX 120856 AFDBNA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 255 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 HIGH PRESSURE HAS SLIPPED OFF EAST COAST WITH SURFACE LOW CENTERED JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY AT 08Z. COLD FRONT DOWN THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS INTO TEXAS. SATELLITE LOOPER SHOWING LOTS OF CLOUDS HEADED OUR WAY BUT TOPS HAVE BEEN WARMING ON STUFF ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OHX DOPPLER NOT SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN HITTING THE GROUND AT THIS TIME IN THE MID STATE BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWING UP IN WEST TENNESSEE. MEMPHIS RADAR AT 08Z SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF RAIN ALONG AND WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER WORKING NORTHEAST WITH A FEW RENEGADE SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON BRINGING IN RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS IN AFTERNOON. CURRENT POPS LOOK REASONABLE FOR TODAY. VORT MAX PUNCHES IN LATER TONIGHT SO EXPECT ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE A THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WILL BE MADE. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: NASHVILLE 64 47 57 39 60 7610 CROSSVILLE 60 47 52 38 55 663- .BNA...NONE. BOYD 01