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FXUS64 KHUN 101725
AFDHUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1225 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
..NEW NEAR TERM
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 948 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
- NO IMPACTFUL WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
NEAR TERM
(TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE CAROLINAS, GEORGIA INTO ALABAMA. LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL RESULT UNDER A CLEAR SKY (OTHER THAN THIN
HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES). A MODEST RIDGE-VALLEY SPLIT IS EXPECTED FOR
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. READINGS WILL DIP INTO THE
LOWER 50S FOR MOST VALLEY AREAS, PERHAPS UPPER 40S IN A FEW
COOLER POCKETS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA, WITH MIDDLE TO PERHAPS UPPER
50S ABOVE THE INVERSION ATOP THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
SHORT TERM
(SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 948 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
A 5H RIDGE WILL SHIFT A BIT FURTHER EAST SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY INTO
THE EASTERN GULF OF AMERICA THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC
STATES, WITH THE 8H AND SURFACE HIGHS SHIFTING JUST A BIT EAST OF
THAT LOCATION AS WELL. THIS WILL ENABLE MORE ROBUST SOUTHERLY FLOW
TO DEVELOP AND KEEP TEMPERATURES UNSEASONABLY WARM. MOISTURE
ADVECTION WILL BE SLOW TO TICK UP DESPITE THE FLOW INCREASE AS THE
MODIFIED CP AIRMASS WITH THE HIGH TO THE EAST KEEPS A STRONG
INFLUENCE. HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH DAYS WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S
FOR MOST AREAS, POSSIBLY HITTING 85 OR SO IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THE
HIGHEST CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LOCATIONS MAY SIT JUST BELOW 80 FOR
HIGHS.
LONG TERM
(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 831 PM CDT THU APR 9 2026
BY THE START OF THE WORK WEEK WE WILL BE IN A SOLID BLOCKING PATTERN
BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. ALOFT, A TROUGHING WEST/RIDGING EAST
PATTERN WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE, STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR EAST WILL PROMOTE CONTINUAL SSE FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP
TEMPS IN THE MID 80S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 50S THROUGH THE WORK
WEEK. OUR ATTENTION WILL THUS BE DIRECTED TOWARDS WHEN THE BLOCKING
PATTERN WILL ERODE. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, SEVERAL
SHORTWAVES WILL RIPPLE OFF THE BASE OF THE TROUGH THROUGH THE CENTRAL
CONUS, YET THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL DIMINISH THESE SYSTEMS
BEFORE THEY CAN REACH US. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT A
FRONTAL SYSTEM NEARING THE TN VALLEY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEK, YET DIVERGE IN SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRESSION OF THE
FRONT. THIS CREATES SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHEN OUR NEXT
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE WILL RECEIVE. IF THE
FRONT DOES MAKE IT THROUGH, MODELS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH ON THURSDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS FAR
OUT, IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THE RIDGE AND HIGH PRESSURE WINS OUT
AND WE REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WE WILL KEEP AN
EYE ON THIS SYSTEM TO ASSESS IF IT WILL INDEED GRANT US ANY RAINFALL
OR IF OUR WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1055 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2026
VFR FLIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST.
HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
NEAR TERM...17
SHORT TERM....17
LONG TERM....RAD
AVIATION...17
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