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FXUS64 KBMX 130152 AAA
AFDBMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
852 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

.SHORT TERM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

AT 845 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED ALONG AND JUST BEHIND A OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NEAR
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO SELMA TO MONTGOMERY TO PHENIX CITY.
THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY DRIFTED SOUTH.

FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...EXPECT THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE CONFINED TO THE AREAS NEAR THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...MAINLY ALONG A REFORM TO SELMA TO EUFAULA LINE.
MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT...THOUGH
A STRAY SHOWER OR STORM MAY LINGER NEAR THE BOUNDARY...PARTICULARLY
WEST OF TUSCALOOSA WHERE A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET MAY HELP
TO SPARK A FEW NEW SHOWERS OR STORMS OVERNIGHT.  NO MORE STRONG OR
SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS STABILIZED.

WILL HAVE TO DECREASE LOW TEMPERATURES MOST PLACES AS THE RAIN HAS
COOLED THE AIR TONIGHT.  MAY HAVE TO INCLUDE PATCHY FOG AS WELL IF
CLOUDS DISSIPATE...ALLOWING SATURATION TO OCCUR NEAR THE SURFACE.
&&

.UPDATE...WILL LOWER RAIN CHANCES AND LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST
OF TONIGHT.  MAY INCLUDE PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT AS WELL.  UPDATE WILL
BE OUT BY 10 PM CDT.

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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