Area Forecast Discussion
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062 FXUS62 KILM 101939 AFDILM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 339 PM EDT Mon Jun 10 2024 .SYNOPSIS...
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Drier air will work into the area behind a front Tuesday. The midweek period will be rain-free and increasingly warm. A backdoor cold front this weekend will not bring appreciable rain chances.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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A shortwave moving overhead could lead to unsettled weather over NE SC through this evening. The treat of severe weather has expanded for this area with the main threat being isolated damaging wind gusts and perhaps some hail. The question will be how far this shortwave pushes south, as several CAMs have the activity being pushed offshore by it and staying to our south. The issue will then become fog for tonight due to the lingering low level moisture with less confidence near the coast where there could be more low level stratus. High pressure looks to get hung up to our west Tuesday with afternoon showers/storms possible along the sea breeze. Lows in the low to mid 60s with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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&& .SHORT TERM/TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
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Quiet and seasonable weather is expected through the short term. Mid level flow will be zonal and capped at 15kts. Moisture offshore will be suppressed well to our south along frontal boundary.
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&& .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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Mid level ridge builds Thursday through Sunday. Even so a backdoor cold front will sag its way either into or through the area over the weekend. It will be quite deprived of moisture and will thus be hard- pressed to yield meaningful rain chances. The building heights will bring a late week warmup to some hot temperatures and heat index values. The reversal of both temperatures and dewpoints will depend on whether or not the late week boundary pushes through, which is not yet certain.
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&& .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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KMYR/KCRE remain within the axis of showers/storms that have been moving across the area vaguely west to east. Unsettled weather could continue near these terminals through 00Z with intermittent restrictions should precip move over terminals. Otherwise, later tonight the majority of activity is expected to move offshore with restrictions largely turning to impaired VSBY/CIGs due to fog/low stratus due to lingering low level moisture. Uncertainty still remains for coastal terminals due to the proximity of offshore precip, things may become more clear with the next set of TAFs. Extended Outlook...Generally VFR each day, with fog possible most nights through the week.
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&& .MARINE...
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Through Tuesday...Isolated unsettled weather is possible over the waters through the period due to passing upper level disturbances. SW winds tonight will become light and out of the N/NE Tuesday morning. A sea breeze will have winds turning to out of the SE and increasing to near 10 kts in the afternoon. Outside of wind waves, the primary swell appears to be out of the SE at 1-2 ft and 7-9 seconds. Tuesday night through Saturday... Very light winds will show some variability but generally tend to favor onshore direction as weak low along frontal boundary remains well to our south. Later in the period as speeds remain capped at 10kt while turning to the south ahead of backdoor cold front. Seas will be comprised of a short period wind wave and thus remain in the 2-3 ft range.
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&& .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. SC...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...ILM NEAR TERM...LEW SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...MBB AVIATION...LEW MARINE...ILM