000 FXUS64 KTSA 271113 AFDTSA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 513 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2009 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOUTH WINDS OF LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2009/ DISCUSSION... COLD START THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS UNDER CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS. SHOULD SEE A DECENT WARM UP TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING. WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO AREA ON SATURDAY WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL CLOUDS...KEEPING HIGH TEMPS IN CHECK. COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE INTO FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH AREAS OF MAINLY LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING ALONG/BEHIND BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY WITH LINGERING PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SUNDAY EVENING. STAYED CLOSE TO THE MEX GUIDANCE THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. CUT OFF LOW THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS WEEKEND WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AROUND MID WEEK WITH A LIMITED CHANCE FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...FORECAST TRACK OF UPPER LOW SHOULD STAY FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP THE HEAVIER/BEST PRECIP CHANCES SOUTH OF FA ACROSS TX/LA. ECMWF MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH PUSHING ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY/FRIDAY COMPARED TO THE GFS SOLUTION AND FOR NOW WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO MODELS LATE NEXT WEEK. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM....99 AVIATION...14