803  
FXUS64 KOHX 042258  
AFDOHX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN  
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 554 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
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 554 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS MIDDLE TN THIS EVENING AND WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE MOST OF THE AREA HAS  
IMPROVED TO VFR AT THIS TIME, CIGS WILL DROP AGAIN TO AT LEAST  
MVFR AT ALL TERMINALS BY 06Z. CIGS MAY DROP TO IFR WITH THE  
HIGHEST CHANCES OF THAT ALONG THE PLATEAU AT KCSV AND KSRB.  
CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE MONDAY, BUT A RETURN TO VFR IS  
EXPECTED WEST OF THE PLATEAU BY 18Z.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
NASHVILLE 49 66 50 76 / 40 30 0 0  
CLARKSVILLE 47 64 47 75 / 40 30 0 0  
CROSSVILLE 43 60 44 70 / 40 40 0 0  
COLUMBIA 47 67 48 75 / 30 10 0 0  
COOKEVILLE 46 61 46 70 / 40 40 0 0  
JAMESTOWN 43 59 44 70 / 40 60 10 10  
LAWRENCEBURG 47 66 48 74 / 20 10 0 0  
MURFREESBORO 47 66 47 75 / 30 20 0 0  
WAVERLY 46 65 47 75 / 40 20 0 0  
 

 
   
OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...ROSE  
LONG TERM....ROSE  
AVIATION.....CLEMENTS  
 
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