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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 922 AM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

- A cooler airmass will arrive Monday and remain in place through mid-week before temperatures increase to above-normal towards the end of the work week.

- Low chances (30% or less) of showers Tuesday evening and Friday night.

NEAR TERM

(Rest of Today and Tonight) Issued at 922 AM CDT Mon Mar 23 2026

The passage of a dry front can easily be seen on satellite and surface observations. On satellite, a thin band of clouds can be seen exiting our CWA. On surface observations, winds have backed to the north with much cooler air being ushered in behind the front. Currently, temperatures range from the low 50s in TN to the 60s closer to the front in Cullman and DeKalb.

The passage of the front will significantly moderate temperatures and dew points today keeping thing several degrees cooler. Highs are forecast in the upper 60s with dewpoints dropping into the 30s and 40s. The cooler and drier airmass will carry into the night with lows dropping into the 40s.

SHORT TERM

(Tuesday through Thursday) Issued at 922 AM CDT Mon Mar 23 2026

Surface high pressure will build in the central Plains and transition east through the Ohio Valley through Wednesday. This will maintain NNE surface flow and maintain our relatively cooler temperatures with temps forecast in the upper 60s on Tuesday to lower 70s on Wednesday. As the surface high pushes off the Atlantic coast, SSE flow will develop along the backside of the high supporting a gradual warming in temps through the end of the week. This will be apparent on Thursday as temps rise into the low 80s.

Despite the warming temps, an upper level short wave will support an increase in cloud cover and low rain chances from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. Any showers the do develop will likely be scattered in nature with no severe threat associated with them.

LONG TERM

(Wednesday night through Sunday) Issued at 923 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

A strong 5h anticyclone over TX will remain in place through this period with a ridge axis across the Gulf states. The ridge will flatten just enough to allow a cold front to drop into the region on Friday as a strong surface high builds southeast into the lower MO and middle MS valley. The models indicate that precipitation will be anafrontal in nature, and will diminish significantly Friday night as large pressure rises enter the region. So for now, only low chances of -SHRA are in the forecast Friday night. After highs in the lower to middle 80s Thursday, readings will fall through the day into the upper 60s to lower 70s by late afternoon Friday. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40 are expected Saturday and Sunday mornings. Highs on Saturday will be in the lower to middle 60s, but recover into the upper 60s to lower 70s on Sunday as the surface high pushes to the mid Atlantic coast and the 8h high shifts into GA.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1141 AM CDT Mon Mar 23 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at both terminals through the duration of the TAF period.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AL...None. TN...None.