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FXUS62 KRAH 032325
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
725 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A series of mid level disturbances will move east across the area
through mid week, as a weak surface trough and unseasonably moist
air mass holds over the region. A cold front will approach from the
west Thursday and move across the area Thursday night and Friday,
bringing drier and less humid conditions for the weekend.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 320 PM Monday...

A weak upper level ridge will begin to move across the region
tonight while at the surface a trough moves east from the mountains.
As the trough makes its way across the region, isolated
showers/storms will continue to develop through the afternoon and
evening. Coverage is expected to stay isolated/scattered, but with
PW values well above normal along with these slow moving storms
heavy rainfall and isolated flooding could be possible in poor
drainage areas. Most of the activity is expected to slowly diminish
by nightfall, but a few Hi-Res models are showing a few isolated
showers possible overnight, especially in the NE portion of the FA.
Temperatures overnight are expected to be above climo with lows in
the mid to upper 60s.

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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT/...
As of 230 PM Monday...

Tuesday should be a relatively average June day with a Bermuda high
in place and southerly return flow beneath weak ridging aloft.  A
weak backdoor cold front is forecast to settle down the Mid-Atlantic
coast but models have trended further north with its final push and
it doesnt quite reach Halifax and Edgecombe Counties, perhaps
stopping over southeast VA per NAM 925mb fields.  Aloft, there is a
weak circulation over TN today but it should drift more
northeastward tonight and doesnt appear to have much impact on
convective development tomorrow.  CAMs tend to slightly favor the
northeast CWA, again perhaps in closer proximity to the weak
convergence associated with the weak backdoor boundary.  PW will
increase to around 1.6, which is around the daily 90th percentile,
and thus will support a little better coverage or storms, which will
be slow moving given very weak tropospheric flow under the ridge.
Will trend 30-50 POPs toward the northeast CWA during the afternoon,
with otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies once possible morning
stratus in the Piedmont burns off.  Highs will be in the mid to
upper 60s, falling only into the mid and upper 60s overnight with a
continued slight chance of a shower.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 250 PM Monday...

Shower/storm chances will peak mid week within warm and humid
conditions. We will then trend to dry weather and lower humidity by
Fri with the pattern shift to anomalously low heights over the Great
Lakes region and Ontario/Quebec, lasting through the weekend, albeit
with gradual air mass modification back toward normal by Sun/Mon.

Wed-Thu: Still appears that pops should be highest areawide Wed and
in the Coastal Plain on Thu. Northern stream troughing in the Upper
Midwest early Wed will continue to deepen and dig strongly to the SE
through the Great Lakes region through Thu, leading to gradually
strengthening WNW steering flow at our latitude and, especially, to
our W and NW, as a synoptic cold front slowly approaches from the
WNW. PW is expected to climb early Wed, nearing 2", near or
exceeding daily records, and we`ll have strengthening SW low level
jetting drawing greater moisture in from the Gulf. Models depict one
particular shortwave (perhaps an MCV from Mid Miss Valley
convection) swinging through the central and S Appalachians Wed
night into Thu morning, and with the in situ water content and low
level mass convergence amid improving mid level flow, it won`t take
much to kick off clusters of showers and storms. Will have pops
peaking at likely to categorical Wed into Wed night, then good
chance W to likely E Thu as 850 mb troughing pushes through the area
preceded by the low level jet shifting to the coastal Carolinas. A
few storms may be strong esp in the E Thu into Thu evening where
moderate to high MUCAPE is possible in tandem with the strengthening
mid level flow to 30-40 kts. Temps should be near to a category
above normal, with warm lows and clouds muting daytime heating a
bit.

Fri-Mon: The overall longwave pattern will shift to anomalously low
heights aloft across a large swath of the Great Lakes, adjacent
Canada and the Northeast as a deep northern stream low settles over
or just N of the Great Lakes. Deterministic models and ensemble
modeling systems are all in pretty good agreement on the overall
pattern, although differences persist regarding the amplitude,
wavelength, and orientation of the longwave trough axis, and these
differences show up well in the various model clusters. Generally,
though, with the cold front pushing to our SE, and a cooler air mass
moving in with lower dewpoints, confidence is high that we`ll have
generally dry weather starting Fri and going through the weekend,
although by Sun/Mon, minor perturbations within the fast NW steering
flow may knock down mid level heights briefly, resulting in bouts of
buoyancy along with passing DPVA, supporting a few diurnal showers
or storms, and will carry below-climo isolated afternoon pops both
days. Expect temps slightly below normal Sat, rebounding to near
normal Sun/Mon. -GIH

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.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 725 PM Monday...

Generally VFR conditions are expected tonight. However, isolated
showers/thunderstorms will be around the KRDU area through around
02z/04 associated with old outflow boundaries. In addition, some
stratus and fog will be possible late tonight, especially 09z-13z
around KRWI and KRDU. A return to VFR conditions are expected
between 13z and 18z, with isolated to scattered thunderstorms during
the afternoon (brief sub-VFR conditions).

Outlook: Intermittent Sub-VFR conditions possible Wednesday into
Thursday as a front moves through the area. Drier air is expected to
move into the region Friday through the weekend with VFR conditions
expected.

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.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SYNOPSIS...Hartfield
NEAR TERM...CA
SHORT TERM...BLS
LONG TERM...Hartfield
AVIATION...Badgett