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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Columbia SC
715 PM EDT Sun Sep 24 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
Surface high pressure centered over the Great Lakes Region will
extend southward into our area through Monday. High pressure will
weaken a bit as Hurricane Maria moves northward off the Carolina
coast Monday through Thursday. Above normal temperatures will cool
for the end of next week behind a moisture limited cold front.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
Dry conditions to continue. There will be a stronger low level
jet because of the tightening pressure gradient from Maria.
Plenty of cirrus moving over the region from Marias upper level
outflow, which will help weaken any radiational cooling. Dewpoints
will also be lower than the past few nights. Therefore fog
appears unlikely. Lows will be in the mid 60s.

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
An upper level ridge over the Northeastern and Mid Atlantic States
will continue extending into the Carolinas through Monday. Air
mass remains dry and capped. Hurricane Maria will be moving
north well east of the South Carolina coast. Aside from
increased waves and swells along the coast no impacts are
expected from Hurricane Maria. Model consensus indicating
above normal temperatures with with afternoon highs in the upper
80s to lower 90s and overnight lows mostly in the mid 60s.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Models show a pattern shift taking place for the latter half of
the week. The trough/ridge over the west/east on Tuesday will
transition to a ridge/trough over the west/east by Friday.

Surface high pressure extending from the eastern Great Lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico through Wednesday will weaken as Maria moves
northward well off the Carolina coast through Thursday.
Maria is forecast to remain offshore with no impacts for
Midlands and CSRA. A moisture limited frontal boundary moving
through on Friday will bring cooler temperatures for next
weekend, generally a couple of degrees below normal.

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.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR conditions to dominate the period.

High pressure over the Northeast will continue pushing dry air
southward and into the terminals through the period. With the
dry air in place, and with scattered to broken high clouds and
a moderate low level jet, fog is not expected tonight. Vfr again
on Monday with northeast winds between 5 and 10 knots.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...No significant impacts to aviation
expected Tuesday through Friday.

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.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
SC...None.

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office