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000 FXUS62 KTAE 221313 AFDTAE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 920 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2008 .DISCUSSION...A STRONG SFC RIDGE REMAINS ENTRENCHED TO OUR NORTH... AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING. PLENTY OF MID LEVEL DRY AIR HAS ALREADY WORKED INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...BUT A STRATUS DECK BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET FROM THE STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IS OBSCURING THE DRY AIR FOR NOW. ONCE THIS BURNS OFF...HOWEVER...EXPECT A MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT DAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SO SHOULD BE ABLE TO REDUCE POPS IN THIS AREA. FURTHER TO THE EAST...SCT SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE TROF...BUT MOST OF THESE ARE RELEGATED TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AS OF MID MORNING...BUT EXPECT SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FL BIG BEND AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SW GA AS THE DAY WEARS ON. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THE SCEC CONDITIONS FROM THE NOCTURNAL SURGE HAVE DROPPED OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY...SO WILL DROP THE HEADLINE ON THE MORNING UPDATE. && .AVIATION...STILL DEALING WITH SOME LOWER STRATUS FROM KPFN TO KTLH AND KVLD THIS MORNING GENERALLY IN THE LOWER MVFR RANGE. THIS STRATUS WILL BE SLOWLY LIFTING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT THIS PROCESS WILL BE SLOW WITH PLENTY OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS RIDING OVERHEAD. AWAY FROM THE MID-LEVEL CLOUDS CONDITIONS ARE VFR AT BOTH KDHN AND KABY AND SHOULD CONTINUE IN TO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CHANCES FOR MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE BEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM KTLH TO KVLD. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ GOULD/MROCZKA