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FXUS61 KAKQ 150652
AFDAKQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
252 AM EDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
THEN SHIFTS OFF THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WEAK COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
CONVECTION ASSCTD WITH TROF OF LOW PRS ROTATING ARND NE LOW SLOWLY
WEAKENING AS IT MOVES S OFF THE MD CSTL WTRS. SOME GUSTY WINDS ALONG
THE BEACH NOTED AS IT TRACKED S. KEPT CHC POPS NXT HR OR SO FOR
NRN CSTL WTRS.

OTW...SKIES MAINLY CLR AS HIGH PRS BLDS INTO THE AREA FOR THE REST
OF TONITE. RTHR COMFY WITH LOWS BTWN 55-60 XCPT L60S SERN BEACHES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
MID LEVEL TROUGH PULLS WELL OFF THE COAST SATURDAY...AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE GREAT LAKES CENTERS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BECOMES MORE ZONAL SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
FLATTENING AND SHUNTING UPPER RIDGING EASTWARD.

THIS WILL PRODUCE A STEADY WARMING TREND WITH HIGHS SATURDAY
RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL (LOW TO MID 80S). HIGHS CONTINUE TO RISE
SUNDAY REACHING THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
EXPECT DRY AND MOSTLY CLEAR/SUNNY FOR SAT INTO SUN. A WEAKENING
SHORTWAVE TROUGH CROSSES THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
AREA ALONG WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LINGER THROUGH MONDAY AS WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY SWINGS
THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MEDIUM/EXTENDED RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL
AMPLIFIED PATTERN DURING THE EXTENDED...FEATURING A STRONG TROUGH IN
THE WEST...STRONG RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS AND TROUGHING OVER THE NE.
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL BE STUCK BETWEEN AFOREMENTIONED NE
TROUGH AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SE COAST. OTHERWISE...MODELS
STRUGGLE ON HANDLING SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES IN THE UPPER FLOW.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS PROGGED TO IMPACT THE REGION TUES. SHORTWAVE
ENERGY WILL DIG SEWD OUT OF S CNTRL CANADA OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION MONDAY NIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...A COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS EWD
FROM THE OH/TN VALLEYS...REACHING THE LOCAL AREA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. 14/12Z GFS DIGS STRONGER SHORTWAVE FARTHER SOUTH
THAN OTHER GUIDANCE...DEVELOPING A SFC LOW ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE
OH VALLEY. OTHER GUIDANCE WEAKENS THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE NE...WITH
THE SFC LOW LIFTING OVER THE NE INTO SE CANADA. SENSIBLE WEATHER
IMPACTS WILL BE DAYTIME TEMPS AND RAINFALL CHANCES. MOISTURE RETURN
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TUES...MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. FRONT FORECAST TO CLEAR THE COAST TUES NIGHT...BRINGING AN
END TO POPS. THEREAFTER...CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ANCHORED
OVER THE ERN CONUS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE SFC. DRY
CONDITIONS FORECAST TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
ALTHOUGH...WILL NEED TO MONITOR A BOUNDARY LIFTING NWD ON FRIDAY.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN RIGHT AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HIGHS
GENERALLY IN THE MID/UPPER 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID/UPPER
60S.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HI PRES BUILDS OVR THE RGN THROUGH TNGT RESULTING IN VFR CONDS AND
LGT WNDS (WNW BCMG SSW). WEAKENING CDFNT APPROACHING FM THE NW LT
SUN AND SETTLES OVR THE FA SUN NGT W/ PSBL ISOLD/SCT TSTMS AND
ASSOCIATED MVFR CONDS. LO PROB AFTN/EVE SHRAS/TSTMS MON. LO PRES
TRACKS ACRS THE FA TUE W/ INCRSG PROB FOR SHRAS/TSTMS.

&&

.MARINE...
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SEAS CONTG TO SLOLY SUBSIDE OVR THE NRN OCN WTRS. BASED ON
TRENDS...WILL BE LWRG SCAS W/ NEW FCST PACKAGE. HI PRES BUILDS NR
THE WTRS DURG TDA...SETTLING OFF THE SE CONUS CST BY THIS EVE. WNW
WNDS BCMG SSW BY LT TDA...SPDS RMNG MNLY BLO 15 KT. SW WNDS
TNGT...INCRSG IN SPDS TO (JUST) SHORT OF SCAS...CONTG INTO SUN
AFTN. WEAKENING CDFNT APPROACHES THE WTRS FM THE NW LT
SUN...SLOLY PUSHING ACRS THE WTRS SUN NGT WHILE DISSIPATING. MAY
NEED SCAS FOR SEAS NR 5 FT ON THE NRN OCN WTRS. CONTD SW WNDS ERY
IN THE UPCOMING WK AS HI PRES OFF THE SE CONUS CST HOLDS ITS
GROUND AND AHD OF NEXT AREA OF LO PRES TRACKING TWD THE WTRS FM
THE W.
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&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FLOOD WARNING CONTS FOR THE BLACKWATER AT FRANKLIN. THE LATEST
FORECAST SHOWING A GRADUAL DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SAT AFTRN.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
     ANZ650-652.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...AJZ/DAP
NEAR TERM...MPR
SHORT TERM...AJZ/DAP
LONG TERM...SAM
AVIATION...ALB
MARINE...ALB
HYDROLOGY...AKQ