Area Forecast Discussion
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673 FXUS62 KILM 100611 AFDILM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 211 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2024 .SYNOPSIS...
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A cold front will continue to drop south and east bringing scattered showers and storms as well as ending the heat today. Rain- free and seasonable conditions for much of the week will give way to a late week increase in humidity and rain chances.
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&& .UPDATE...
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Lingering showers and storms along the coast but otherwise mainly clouds. Weather will remain unsettled through today as front continues to drop south and east. Looks like best chc of rain will be along the coast, especially from the Grand Strand southward along the SC coast.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... A front will drop into the area tonight into Monday as a series of shortwaves at H5 move through the area. This should produce isolated to scattered showers and storms this evening into Monday with the greatest chances for rain spreading from north to south with time. Lows tonight will fall to the upper 60s to around 70. Highs Monday will be in the low to mid 80s. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Unsettled weather expected Monday night with a front stalled just offshore but still enough mid level ascent to lead to low level upglide. There`s a pretty good indication that the showers and storms will be focused along a narrow axis, and this will hinge upon the position of the boundary. Some guidance paints the high QPF along the immediate coast whereas others keep it over the water. A weak wave of low pressure should turn low level winds offshore Tuesday allowing for dry air to advect in from the NW, aided further by the mid level trough axis swinging through. Tuesday`s highs will be near normal whereas both nights will be just a few degrees on the cool side. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Much of the long term should be rather quiet as weak westerly mid level flow goes light and variable while the surface pattern grows similarly mushy. Early period temperatures will be near normal while late period highs run a few degrees above climatology. Some isolated convection may be able to develop along the seabreeze beginning Thursday or Friday. More synoptic scale moisture advection may come out of the south over the weekend. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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Mainly VFR conditions but showers and thunderstorms will continue to affect the terminals as a cold front continues to drop south and east into Today. Included some fog in FLO into the morning hours and low clouds may affect the area terminals. Overall, weather will remain unsettled through today with best chc of shwrs/tstms across SC terminals, especially coastal terminals into this afternoon. northerly winds will become more variable this aftn into this evening as front remains in the vicintiy or just south.. Extended Outlook...VFR through the period though restrictions are possible in isolated/scattered showers and storms into Tue and again late in the week.
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&& .MARINE... Through Sunday: SW winds to 15 to 20 KT late this afternoon will decrease to about 10 KT by Monday as they veer to the NW. Seas will run 2 to 3 FT. Monday night through Friday... A weak wave of low pressure passes by along an offshore frontal boundary Tuesday. Thereafter a well- defined pressure pattern will be hard to come by. High pressure will be in it`s normal location across the western Atlantic but the lingering troughiness from the decaying frontal boundary appears to prevent it from extending westward into the U.S. much. As such winds will be capped at 10 knots and a pronounced direction will be hard to forecast. Seas will run 2-3 ft generally in a shorter period wind wave. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. SC...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...ILM UPDATE...RGZ NEAR TERM...31 SHORT TERM...MBB LONG TERM...MBB AVIATION...RGZ MARINE...ILM