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000 FXUS61 KPBZ 182329 AFDPBZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 729 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF SLOW MOVING DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODIC SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCT SHWRS/TSTMS S OF PIT WL BE DCRG IN COVG AND INTENSITY WITH SUNSET AS INSTAB DCRS. WL KEEP SHWR CHCS SE OF PIT OVRNGT WHERE MORE FAVORABLE MOISTURE AND LIFT SHOULD PERSIST AS A MID AND UPR LVL SHRTWV APRCHS. EXP SIMILAR CONDS SUN AS THE SHRTWV DRIFTS EWD...WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHWR/TSTM CHCS MAINLY S OF I 80. TEMPS WL REMAIN ABV SEASONAL AVGS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... THE MID AND UPR LVL SHRTWV WL CONT TO MOVE SLOWLY E...PUSHING E OF THE AREA MON NGT. EXP SHWRS/TSTM CHCS TO CONT...ESP IN THE AFTN AND ERLY EVE DURING BEST PERIOD OF INSTAB. TEMPS EXPD TO BE WELL ABV SEASONAL AVGS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHWR/TSTM CHCS WL CONT INTO WED. BEST FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY IS EXPD TO BE N OF THE AREA ALG A SFC BOUNDARY. THE NEXT CDFNT IS EXPD TO MOVE ACRS THE RGN THU INTO THU NGT CONTG THE SHWRS/TSTMS. HIGH PRES WL BUILD IN AFT FROPA. MUCH ABV AVG TEMPS ARE EXPD TO FALL TO SEASONAL LVLS BY NEXT WEEKEND.
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&& .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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GENL VFR CONDS CONTG THIS EVE AS SCT SHWRS/TSTMS S OF PIT DMNSH. EXP VFR STRATOCU TO DVLP OVRNGT AT MOST SITES...ALTHOUGH DUJ SHOULD SEE MVFR DVLPG LT TNGT. IFR IS PSBL ESP AT DUJ...BUT LOW CONFIDENCE THIS WL HAPPEN. MGW RCVD TSTMS THIS EVE...SO EXPTG THEM TO DROP TO IFR VSBY IN BR OVRNGT. VFR STRATOCU EXPD TO CONT INTO SUN...AND DUJ/MGW SHOULD ALSO IMPROVE TO VFR BY LT MRNG. A SLOW MOVG UPR WAVE WL BRING SCT SHWRS AND A FEW TSTMS ESP SUN AFTN. LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING/PLACEMENT OF ANY TSTMS SUN SO ONLY MENTIONED VCSH ATTM. .OUTLOOK.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WL BRING PERIODIC SHWR/TSTM CHCS THRU THE PD.
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&& .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. && $$ 07

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