Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
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422 FXUS64 KHUN 121147 AFDHUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 547 AM CST Wed Nov 12 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 340 AM CST Wed Nov 12 2025 - Warming temperatures through late week and into the weekend. - Some rainfall could return late Sunday night into early next week, but there is a medium chance of heavy rainfall by midweek. && .NEAR TERM... (Today) Issued at 340 AM CST Wed Nov 12 2025 Tranquil weather across the Tennessee Valley early this morning with high pressure at the surface over the Deep South in control. This feature will promote a mostly clear/dry day, with plenty of sunshine. The combination of this ample sunshine and southerly flow around the western edge of this ridge, will help warm temperatures back into the low to mid 60s by this afternoon. A welcome warm-up after some of the very cold air we experienced earlier in the week. && .SHORT TERM... (Wednesday Night through Friday Night) Issued at 912 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 The aforementioned upper ridge looks to slowly build over the region through late week. Although, a very subtle impulse is shown to traverse the outer portion of the ridge over the Mississippi Valley and down into the Tennessee Valley on Thursday. This feature isn`t expected to bring much moisture, but will bring an increase in clouds for Thursday. Additionally, surface high pressure will dominate the Southeast for much of the week, but begin to shift east slightly as a system develops over the western CONUS. This will result in an increase in moisture for the Tennessee Valley on Friday and into the weekend. Overall, no rain is forecast through Friday night, but a warming trend is expected through the week. Highs are forecast to increase from the lower/mid 60s on Wednesday into the lower to mid 70s by Friday. Lows follow a similar pattern, warming into the 50s for much of the local area by Friday night. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 912 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 This weekend will start out with a busy upper level pattern. There`s a trough off the southern part of the West Coast, another one up in south central Canada and a third trough still anchored in far Northeast U.S/eastern Quebec, with a ridge underneath it all. High pressure will keep us dry and warm on Saturday with breezy southwesterly winds and partly cloudy skies pushing daytime highs to unseasonably warm values in the low to mid 70s. On Sunday, the trough in south central Canada will overcome the ridge and try to phase in with the stubborn trough near Quebec. Its associated sfc low in the Great Lakes will have a trailing cold front through the OH Valley, the Mid MS Valley and into the Southern Plains. Right now, looks like low chances of precip return Sunday night with low/medium chances on Monday and Tuesday as the cold front gets hung up on the OH Valley to Mid MS Valley. The question is on exactly where that front will get held up which will affect our precip chances. One feature that will effect the front`s location is the now cut off low that lifts out of the Four Corners and into the Plains on Monday. After that, there is a lot of model disagreement on location, intensity and timing so have low confidence for Tuesday. Regardless, looks like temps will be in the upper 60s early next week with low/medium chances for precip, but stay tuned for additional forecast updates. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 547 AM CST Wed Nov 12 2025 VFR conditions will prevail at each terminal through the period under a mostly clear sky. Winds may become gusty again out of the SW between 10-20 kts, before becoming nearly calm after sunset. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 455 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 Moderate Risk for Much Above Normal Precipitation: The Climate Prediction Center has included much of north Alabama and southern middle Tennessee in a Moderate Risk for Much Above Normal Precipitation for November 19-20th. Precipitation exceeding 1-2 inches is possible during this period. More information on the CPC U.S. Hazards Outlook can be found at: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. TN...None. && $$ NEAR TERM...AMP SHORT TERM....26 LONG TERM....JMS AVIATION...AMP.24