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FXUS64 KHUN 031942
AFDHUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
242 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
..NEW NEAR TERM
NEAR TERM
(TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS CONTINUING TO MOVE WEST ACROSS THE
AREA. AT THE SURFACE, IT HAS BROUGHT A LAYER OF COOLER AND DRIER
AIR INTO NE AL WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE HAVE YET TO SEE
ANY SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE OR INTENSITY OF RAINFALL TODAY. THIS
SLIGHTLY DRIER TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY.
THE ATTACHED STRATUS IS SLOWLY ERODING FROM WEST TO EAST WITH
I-65 CURRENTLY SERVING AS A DIVIDER BETWEEN OVERCAST CONDITIONS TO
THE EAST AND A FAIR WEATHER CU FIELD TO THE WEST. THIS HAS LEAD
TO A 10+ DEGREE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT FROM NW AL IN THE LOW TO MID
80S TO NE AL IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THE CLOUD DECK IS FORECAST TO
REMAIN OVERNIGHT. EVEN SO, TEMPS WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE MID TO
HIGH 60S MAKING FOR A VERY COOL AUGUST NIGHT TO START THE SCHOOL
YEAR HERE LOCALLY.
SHORT TERM
(MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1033 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
OUR CURRENT MILD PATTERN PRESENT IN THE NEAR TERM FORECAST WILL
EXTEND INTO THE SHORT TERM. WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING
ANCHORED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES, CAD IS SET TO REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ESE FLOW
ALONG THIS REGIME LEADING TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND RAIN
CHANCES FOR OUR EASTERN AREAS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR
FLOODING CONCERNS EACH DAY BASED ON PREVIOUS RAINFALL RECEIVED.
UNDER INCREASED CLOUD COVER, OUR TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN 5-10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. TEMPS WILL WARM UP SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY
INTO THE MID 80S AND INDICATE THE START OF A SLOW WARMING TREND TO
RETURN OUR TEMPERATURES TO NORMAL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 950 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
A TROUGHING PATTERN CONTROLLING OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER INTO THE MID
WEEK, WILL SLOWLY REVERT BACK TO A RIDGE DOMINATED REGIME AS WE GO
TO THE LATE WEEK. MEAN TROUGHING ALONG THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE
CONUS SHOULD BEGIN RETREATING TO THE NORTH WED, AS UPPER RIDGING
TO OUR SW REAMPLIFIES AND SHIFTS SOMEWHAT MORE TO THE EAST. THIS
RIDGE IN FACT BY THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK SHOULD HAVE CENTRAL
500MB HEIGHTS AT OR ABOVE 600 DECAMETERS ON THURSDAY, INDICATIVE
OF A VERY HOT CONDITIONS UNDER IT. BUT TOWARDS SAT, MORE OF A
CLOSED UPPER LOW LOOKS TO BE FORMING OVER THE APPALACHIANS, WHILE
THE RIDGING RETREATS SOMEWHAT MORE TO THE WEST.
THIS ALL CONTINUES UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE MID AND LATTER
PORTION OF THE WEEK. A CONTINUATION OF MOISTURE SEEPING NORTHWARD
FROM THE GULF WILL KEEP MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES EACH DAY. AFTER LOW IN THE MID/UPPER 60S TUE NIGHT, HIGHS
ON WED SHOULD RISE INTO THE LOW/MID 80S. A SLOW WARMING TREND IS
EXPECTED THU/FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S, THEN BACK INTO
THE LOWER 90S BY SAT.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1148 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
MVFR CEILINGS WILL LIKELY BE IN PLACE AT BOTH TERMINALS AT THE
START OF THE PERIOD. VFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED AT MSL FIRST BY
MID AFTERNOON AND THEN SEVERAL HOURS LATER NEAR SUNSET AT HSV.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE DURATION OF THE NIGHT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL LOW STRATUS DECK BRINGING IN MVFR CEILINGS JUST AFTER
12Z TOMORROW. FUTURE TAF ISSUANCES WILL REFINE TIMING AND HEIGHT
OF TOMORROWS MVFR CLOUD DECK.
HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
NEAR TERM...RAD
SHORT TERM....RAD
LONG TERM....RSB
AVIATION...RAD
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