810  
FXUS64 KOHX 261114  
AFDOHX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN  
514 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 507 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2025  
 
- THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR LIGHT SHOWERS TODAY, MAINLY EAST OF  
I-65.  
 
- LOOK FOR WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH  
AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S.  
 
- A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LATE SUNDAY, BRINGING  
WIDESPREAD RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, AND A SUBSTANTIAL TEMPERATURE DROP  
STARTING MONDAY.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 918 PM CST THU DEC 25 2025  
 
QUIET NIGHT TONIGHT, WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES. A  
SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS TO OUR NORTH AND HAS KEPT A STRATUS DECK  
OVER MIDDLE TN THE PAST FEW DAYS. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS  
THE SW EDGE OF THIS LAYER ERODING AWAY, LEAVING PORTIONS OF SW  
MIDDLE TN WITH CLEAR SKIES. THAT SAID, MORE CLOUDS ARE BUILDING IN  
BEHIND SO THE CLEARING ISNT EXPECTED TO LAST TOO LONG. FRIDAY  
OFFERS MUCH OF THE SAME WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S AND  
CLOUDY SKIES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL ALSO ONCE  
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. BEST CHANCE WILL BE EAST OF I-65 AND ALONG THE  
PLATEAU. SATURDAY WILL HAVE LOWER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE  
PLATEAU BUT WILL REMAIN WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.  
THERE WILL STILL BE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SO PARTLY CLOUDY  
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)  
ISSUED AT 918 PM CST THU DEC 25 2025  
 
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES THROUGH MIDDLE  
TENNESSEE. THERE ARE SOME RAIN CHANCES ON SUNDAY, BUT EXPECT  
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH PRECIPITATION LINGERING WELL  
INTO MONDAY. MODELS STILL ARE TRENDING WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE  
SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL QPF SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY RANGES FROM  
ROUGHLY 0.40 TO 0.80 INCHES, WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS LINED UP  
ALONG THE TN/KY BORDER AND UPPER CUMBERLAND. THERE IS THE  
POSSIBILITY THAT SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIGHT MIX IN MONDAY  
MORNING, WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS, BUT  
IMPACTS FROM THAT WILL BE MINIMAL. COLD TEMPERATURES SET IN MONDAY  
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS ALSO RETURN  
THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 507 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2025  
 
CIG FORECASTS HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGING WITH  
VARIABLE CONDITIONS FROM LOW VFR TO MVFR ACROSS THE AREA. THE TAFS  
WILL LEAN TOWARD MVFR TODAY WILL SSW WINDS GUSTING AROUND 18KT.  
 
CIGS MAY GENERALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT WITH  
LIGHTER WINDS AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, STRATUS AND AREAS  
OF FOG WILL FORM TONIGHT, MAINLY AFTER 27/06Z. FROM THAT POINT,  
IFR/LIFR WILL PREVAIL.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
NASHVILLE 72 58 75 63 / 20 0 0 10  
CLARKSVILLE 71 55 74 63 / 10 0 0 10  
CROSSVILLE 65 55 69 57 / 20 10 0 10  
COLUMBIA 71 58 75 62 / 10 10 0 10  
COOKEVILLE 66 57 70 59 / 30 10 0 10  
JAMESTOWN 65 55 69 56 / 30 10 0 10  
LAWRENCEBURG 70 58 75 62 / 10 10 0 10  
MURFREESBORO 71 58 75 63 / 20 10 0 10  
WAVERLY 70 57 73 62 / 10 0 0 10  
 

 
   
OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...CRAVENS  
LONG TERM....CRAVENS  
AVIATION.....13  
 
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