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FXUS62 KMHX 140748
AFDMHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
348 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
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A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SET UP ACROSS THE MIDDLE
OF THE STATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
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AS OF 330 AM FRI...LOW POPS ALONG THE COAST EARLY AS SHTWV TROF
AND ASSOC CDFNT MOVES OFF THE COAST. SOME UPR LVL ENERGY ROTATES
ARND EXITING TROF WITH BTR AMS MSTR AND A SLGT CHC CONVECTION DURG
THE AFTN ACROSS FOR NERN AREAS. OTHERWISE DRIER AIR FILTERS IN.
SKIES BECOME PTLY CLOUDY WITH COOLER TEMPS TODAY WITH NW WINDS
GUSTING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH. TEMPS SHOULD ONLY CLIMB INTO THE LWR
80S INLAND TO UPR 70S OBX.
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.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY/...
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AS OF 330 AM FRI...SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WITH WINDS
BECOMING LGT/VRBL. WITH DRIER AIR IN PLACE...CLR SKIES... AND LGT
WINDS WILL SEE TEMPS LWR INTO THE UPR 50S WELL INLAND TO THE LWR
AND MID 60S COAST.
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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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AS OF 330 AM FRI...MODELS IN CLOSE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG
TERM AND USED A CONSENSUS BLEND. SURFACE RIDGE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLIGHTLY
COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THE HIGH WILL SETTLE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST
BEGINNING SUNDAY WITH A RETURN TO WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. ON
MONDAY THE LEESIDE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE.
EXPECT SEABREEZE TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON
CONVECTION INLAND FROM THE COAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE NUMEROUS ON TUESDAY AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS WILL LINGER WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE
AREA.
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.AVIATION /07Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM FRI...NW WINDS GUSTING ARND 15 KT TODAY AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN BEHIND FNT WITH VFR CONDS. VFR CONDS CONT TONIGHT WITH
CLR SKIES AND WINDS BECOMING LGT AND VRBL.

LONG TERM /SAT THROUGH TUE/
AS OF 330 AM FRI...VFR SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW
SATURDAY WILL BACK TO SOUTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY. ISOLATED SEABREEZE CONVECTION MONDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEXT COLD
FRONT.
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.MARINE...
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SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM FRI...NO CHANGES TO SCA HEADLINES. CDFNT MOVES
ACROSS WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING IN. NW
WINDS INCR TO 10-20 KT...HIGHEST NRN AND CNTRL WATERS. SEAS CONT
IN THE 4-7 FT RANGE ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING.
SCA CONTS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS S OF OCRACOKE THROUGH 13Z TODAY
THEN SEAS SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 5 FT. SCA CONTS FOR THE RMNDR OF THE
COASTAL THROUGH 04Z TO 06Z TONIGHT WITH SEAS CONTG IN THE 4-7 FT
RANGE...THEN SEAS SUBSIDE TO 3-5 FT ACRS THE NRN AND CNTRL COASTAL
WATERS.

LONG TERM /SAT THROUGH TUE/
AS OF 330 AM TUE...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE LONG TERM AND
USED A CONSENSUS BLEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A GENERALLY LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW. THE
HIGH WILL THEN BECOME CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SUNDAY INTO
TUESDAY WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE MARINE ZONES. SMALL CRAFT
SEAS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT GRADUALLY TIGHTENS UP AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ152-154.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR AMZ156-
     158.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ150.

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SYNOPSIS...JAC
NEAR TERM...JAC
SHORT TERM...JAC
LONG TERM...HSA
AVIATION...JAC/HSA
MARINE...JAC/HSA