513  
FXUS64 KOHX 041732  
AFDOHX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN  
1232 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1226 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
- RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH COOLER  
TEMPERATURES TO START THE WEEK.  
 
- RAIN AND STORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT  
AND WEDNESDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING THROUGHOUT  
THE WEEK, BUT ALSO STAYING CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS. LOW TO  
MEDIUM RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE DURATION OF THE WEEK  
AS WELL AS NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
- SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR AT LEAST  
THE NEXT 8 DAYS. IN ADDITION, TOTAL QPF VALUES FROM TONIGHT  
THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY RANGE FROM <1/4" ALONG THE KY STATE LINE TO  
A LITTLE OVER 1" NEAR THE AL STATE LINE.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(REST OF TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1103 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS  
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY, AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND  
TOMORROW AS AN UPPER LOW CIRCULATES TO OUR IMMEDIATE NORTH. OWING  
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND A NORTHERLY FLOW, TEMPERATURES  
WILL STAY UNSEASONABLY COOL THROUGH TOMORROW BEFORE WE CLEAR OUT  
AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO INCREASE.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1103 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
WE'LL GET TO ENJOY MAYBE 24 HOURS OF RAIN-FREE WEATHER BEFORE  
RAIN AND STORM CHANCES RESUME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE  
NEXT SHORTWAVE. THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK AND  
WEEKEND WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED, WITH PERSISTENT LOW TO  
MEDIUM RAIN CHANCES. DESPITE THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS POPS, QPF  
VALUES ARE REMARKABLY LOW. EXPECTED TOTALS FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS  
(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) RANGE FROM <1/4" ALONG THE KY LINE TO A  
LITTLE OVER AN INCH NEAR THE AL STATE LINE. AND OWING TO  
RELATIVELY WEAK DYNAMICS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD, THERE'S  
NOTHING THAT POINTS TO ANY SORT OF SEVERE WEATHER RISK.  
TEMPERATURES FROM TUESDAY ONWARD WILL GRADUALLY WARM, BUT WILL  
ALSO STAY WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF SEASONAL NORMALS. WE WON'T  
BE GETTING ANY MAJOR FROPAS THAT WOULD HERALD A SIGNIFICANT AIR  
MASS CHANGE, EVEN LOOKING OUT TO 10 DAYS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
RAIN SHOWERS AND LIGHT DRIZZLE CONTINUE ACROSS MIDDLE TN. MOST  
TERMINALS ARE SEEING MVFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SOME BOUNCING  
UP TO VFR FOR SHORT PERIODS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE  
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL  
FOR TERMINALS TO SEE CIGS DROP TO IFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT, BUT  
CONFIDENCE ON THIS HAPPENING IS VERY LOW. NW WINDS ARE A LITTLE  
GUSTY OUT THERE, BETWEEN 15-20 KTS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AFTER 00Z  
THIS EVENING, BECOMING LIGHT SW EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
NASHVILLE 49 66 50 76 / 30 30 0 0  
CLARKSVILLE 48 64 48 75 / 40 30 0 0  
CROSSVILLE 42 60 44 70 / 30 40 0 0  
COLUMBIA 48 66 48 75 / 20 10 0 0  
COOKEVILLE 45 60 47 70 / 30 50 0 0  
JAMESTOWN 43 60 44 70 / 40 70 10 10  
LAWRENCEBURG 47 65 48 74 / 20 10 0 0  
MURFREESBORO 48 65 47 75 / 30 20 0 0  
WAVERLY 47 64 47 75 / 30 20 0 0  
 
 
   
OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...ROSE  
LONG TERM....ROSE  
AVIATION.....CRAVENS  
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