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FXUS64 KBMX 180911
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
307 AM CST MON MAR 18 2002

SURFACE FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS N AL THIS MORNING...AND NOW APPEARS TO
BE DRIFTING SLOWLY S AGAIN.  MODELS FORECAST IT TO CONTINUE A SLOW
SOUTHWARD DRIFT...POSSIBLY TO BHM BEFORE RETURNING N AGAIN.  IT
MAY NOT MAKE IT TO BHM...BUT ITS MEANDERING WILL MAKE TEMPERATURE
FORECASTS DIFFICULT AGAIN FOR THE AREAS N OF I-20. SOUTH OF I-20 IT
SHOULD EASILY GET WELL INTO THE 80S AGAIN TODAY.  SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A GOOD BET TODAY FOR THE TN VALLEY...WITH LOWER
POPS TO THE SOUTH...AND ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE MGM AUB TOI AREAS.

TONIGHT...THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE N OF THE STATE. MODELS THEN KEEP US
IN THE WARM SECTOR UNTIL A STRONGER SHORT WAVE PULLS THE FRONT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. POPS WILL BE A BIT LOWER AND
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE UNSEASONABLY WARM UNTIL THE FRONT PUSHES S
AGAIN.

HSV 068/059 078/056 8447
BHM 080/061 083/060 4225
MGM 085/063 085/063 2023

.BHM...NONE.