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FXUS61 KCTP 190314
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1114 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
THE PERSISTENT JUNE PATTERN OF A BROAD THROUGH OVER THE MID-
ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST STATES IS FORECAST TO TRANSITION AND BE
REPLACED BY A SUMMERTIME UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MIGRATING EASTWARD FROM
THE PLAINS. A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR MASS WILL FOLLOW
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. INCREASING HEAT
AND HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE ON SCHEDULE WITH THE OFFICIAL START OF
ASTRONOMICAL SUMMER...AND LAST INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
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850 MB THE BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING. RUC13 HAS GOOD
HANDLE ON BOUNDARY LOCATION AND NEAR TERM CONVECTION...WHICH IT
DISSIPATES BY 08Z FOR MOST. THINK GIVEN THE EXTENT OF ONGOING
ACTIVITY AND TRENDS THAT KEEPING POPS UP INTO THE PRE DAWN HOURS
NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE WILL BE PRUDENT AS CONVECTION HAS
OUT LIVED ITS PREVIOUS EXPECTATIONS.

SUBSIDENCE AND CLEARING WILL COVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL PA
BUT WILL BE SLOWER TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE SOUTH GIVEN LATEST IR
TRENDS OF ADDITIONAL MID LAYER MOISTURE STREAMING EWD FROM
SOUTHERN OHIO...IN ADDITION TO DEBRIS FROM DISSIPATING SHOWER
ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. ALSO...EXPECT SOME FOG IN SOUTHERN VALLEYS AS
WELL SINCE WINDS DO GO CALM IN MANY LOCATIONS. MINS WILL BE CHILLY
UP NORTH...MIDDLE 40S FOR MOST...WHILE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS RANGE THROUGH THE 50S.
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.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
LAST SHORTWAVE TO ENHANCE THE TROUGH OVERHEAD WILL RUN OVER THE
REGION AROUND SUNRISE...AND THEN THE HEIGHTS START TO RISE
STEADILY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE FINALLY PUSHES FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH
AND INTO PA TO REMOVE MOST CLOUD COVER AND ALMOST EVERY BIT OF
POPS. WILL JUST HANG ONTO A SLIGHT CHC OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF
THE LAURELS/SC MTS WHERE ENOUGH MSTR AND ELEVATED HEATING SURFACES
MAY COMBINE TO POP OFF A SHRA OR TWO. TEMPS WILL BE A DEG OR TWO
LOWER WED THAN TUES.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE OVER CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BUILD EASTWARD INTO PA WED
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AS 500 MB HEIGHTS RISE TO 588DM. CENTER
OF SURFACE HIGH SLIPS SE ACROSS GREAT LAKES AND IS LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL PA ON WED NIGHT...SETTING UP IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING
CONDITIONS. DEWPOINTS WILL STILL BE LINGERING IN THE 50S ACROSS
SOUTHERN PA...BUT MUCH LOWER DEWPOINTS NORTH OF I-80 WILL ALLOW
TEMPS TO DROP WELL INTO THE 40S.

STARTING THU...LLVL S-SWLY RETURN FLOW AROUND SFC HIGH /DRIFTING
OFF THE EAST COAST/ WILL BRING A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LLVL MSTR
THRU THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH JUST A SLGT CHC FOR AN AFTN
POP-UP/AIRMASS TYPE TSTM ON FRI. OTHERWISE...SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AS TEMPS CLIMB TO SEASONAL NORMALS ON THU
AND BEGIN A STRING OF ABOVE NORMAL DAYS ON FRIDAY.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AS
HEIGHTS PEAK. BIGGER SURGE OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS SLIDES IN FROM THE
WEST AS HEAT CONTINUES TO BUILD...SO A SERIES OF VERY WARM AND
HUMID DAYS ARE IN STORE FOR SAT INTO TUES...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
REMAINING QUITE MILD AS WELL. WITH STAGNANT AIR AND INCREASING
HUMIDITY ON BACK SIDE OF SURFACE HIGH...HELD ON TO 20-30 POPS MOST
AFTERNOONS - WITH HIGHEST CHANCES OVER WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN OF
ISOLATED DIFFERENTIAL HEATING INITIATED STORMS.

PATTERN ALSO HAS A RING-OF-FIRE LOOK TO IT SO WILL NEED TO WATCH
FOR MCS ACTIVITY/RIDGE ROLLERS SLIDING DOWN FROM THE NW...THOUGH
LATEST MODELS NOT QUITE AS BULLISH ON THAT. EC OVERALL PRODUCING
MORE CONVECTION THAN THE GFS...BUT GENERAL AREAS ARE SIMILAR.

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.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

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A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO ACT AS A LOOSE FOCUS FOR
SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SRN 1/3 OF THE
FCST AREA. MOST SITES WILL REMAIN VFR INTO THE OVERNIGHT...BUT
SOME MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM JST EASTWARD AS THE SHOWERS
MEANDER ABOUT. BEST CHANCE FOR REDUCED CONDITIONS WILL BE WHERE IT
RAINED THIS EVENING.

ANY EARLY MVFR OVER SRN AREAS WILL IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE
LEADING TO WIDESPREAD VFR WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OUT OF
THE GR LAKES.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WX INTO THE WEEKEND.

OUTLOOK...

THU-FRI...NO SIG WX EXPECTED.

SAT-SUN...ISOLD PM TSRA IMPACTS POSSIBLE.
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.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

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SYNOPSIS...STEINBUGL
NEAR TERM...DANGELO/DEVOIR
SHORT TERM...DANGELO
LONG TERM...RXR
AVIATION...LA CORTE