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000 FXUS62 KTAE 160209 AFDTAE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1009 PM EDT WED OCT 15 2008 .UPDATE...A DEEP LAYER RIDGE AND PLENTY OF DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE GRADIENT TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AS A RESULT...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE EXPECTED. WE DID MAKE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE TEMPS/DEW POINTS/ WINDS...BUT NO MAJOR UPDATES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. BY THE PREDAWN HOURS SOME SHALLOW FOG WILL BE PRESENT IN INLAND LOCATIONS BUT EXPECT TERMINALS TO REMAIN AT MVFR CATEGORY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF VLD WHERE IFR VISBY MAY BE SEEN. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ GIBBS/GOREE