NWS Tulsa Wed Evening Area Forecast Discussion

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FXUS64 KTSA 300157
AFDTSA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
857 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2008

.UPDATE...

&&

.DISCUSSION...
ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT THE FORECAST AREA IS TRANQUIL AND
CLOUD FREE. THE NEAREST CLOUD IS APPROXIMATELY 562
MILES NORTHWEST OF TULSA IN COLORADO...AS SEEN ON IR
SATELLITE. THIS CLOUD APPEARS TO BE CIRRUS IN NATURE...
BEING GENERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WEAK UPPER TROUGH
CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THE CIRRUS CLOUD IS GENERALLY
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND IS TRAVELING AT A
RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 KNOTS. WITH THIS CLOUD FORECAST
TO MISS THE REGION BY AT LEAST 372 MILES... AND ALL OTHER
FORECAST ELEMENTS ON TRACK... THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO
UPDATE THE FORECAST THIS EVENING.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

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SHORT TERM...06