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FXUS61 KRLX 230011
AFDRLX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
756 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT CROSSES LATE TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LATE
THURSDAY.  UPPER LOW CROSSES EARLY FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY HIGH
PRESSURE...WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR...FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
230 PM UPDATE...
INCLUDED SVR ATTRIBUTES IN WX GRIDS WITH ISSUANCE OF SVR WATCH.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW...
TRACKING ANOTHER MID LVL WAVE MOVING NE ACROSS CENTRAL OH/KY AS
UPR TROF DROPS DOWN INTO UPR MS VALLEY. MOST OF HI RES
MDLS...RUC...AND NAM SEEM TO HAVE A GRASP ON THIS FEATURE AS IT
HEADS ACROSS CWA INTO THIS AFTN. USED LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
COUPLED WITH MID LVL LIFT ALONG WITH CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS FOR
TIMING. CAP OVER AREA ERODING CURRENTLY JUST AS THIS FEATURE WILL
BE MOVING INTO W AND S ZONES. AS SUCH BEGIN TO RAMP UP POPS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NE KY AND W LOWLANDS NEXT HR OR TWO...OVER TO KANAWHA
VALLEY BY 20Z...WITH LKLY POPS...WITH SCT WORDING UP TO THAT
POINT. NOT SURE HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT REACHES INTO SE OH OR ALONG
OH RVR UP N. THUS HAVE ONLY LOW POPS THERE INITIALLY. OTHER AREA
OF CONVECTIVE INITIALIZATION ACROSS MUCH E RIDGES OF MTNS DOWN TO
SW VA AIDED WITH SOME SE UPSLOPE FLOW. IN FACT MDLS INDICATE THIS
CONVECTION MAY TRY TO COME OFF THE RIDGES TOWARD I79 CORRIDOR TO
COINCIDE WITH CONVECTIVE BAND MOVING THRU KANAWHA VALLEY.
THUS...HAVE SOME CAT POPS IN THIS AREA BY 21Z. MAY SEE A LULL W
ZONES ONCE THIS MOVES THRU UNTIL COLD FRONT APPROACHES BY 00Z AS
BL TRIES TO STABILIZE. QUESTION THEN BECOMES HOW ACTIVE IS FRONT
AS IT MOVES THRU TONIGHT. THINK SE OH STANDS TO SEE GREATEST
COVERAGE OF FRONTAL PCPN SHOULD AFTN ACTIVITY STAY MOSTLY E AND S
OF THEM. WILL ROLL WITH MDL CONSENSUS WITH LKLY POPS SLOWLY
SLIDING E OVERNIGHT WITH FRONT. GRADUALLY DECREASE THUNDER AS
WELL. SFC FRONT BECOMES RATHER DIFFUSE AND HARD TO FIND OVERNIGHT.
SOME LOW STRATUS EXPECTED WITH BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT IN ADDITION TO E
SLOPES. THIS MAY MITIGATE DENSE FG. HOWEVER...ACROSS W ZONES MAY
SEE SOME PARTIAL CLEARING WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME LATE FG TO SET
IN.

SPC CONT SLIGHT RISK OVER MUCH OF AREA FOR THIS AFTN/EVE. MDL
SOUNDINGS LOOK SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. SHOULD SEE SOME DECENT ML CAPE
ACROSS THE AREA WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER FLOW ALOFT COMPARED TO
YESTERDAY. THINK WIND IS GREATEST CONCERN AGAIN TDY WITH DOWNDRAFT
CAPE AND SFC-H7 DELTA THETA VALUES INDICATIVE OF DAMAGING WIND
POTENTIAL. FRZ LVL LOOKS TO BE ARND 12K WITH WETBULB HEIGHTS CLOSER
TO 10K...SO CANT RULE OUT SOME LARGER HAIL. CODED UP THE STRONG
ATTRIBUTES IN WX GRIDS FOR THIS AFTN.

PWATS ARND 1.5 AGAIN TDY BUT STORM MOTION/SPEED MAY MITIGATE
WATER CONCERNS IN SOGGY COAL FIELDS/SW VA/MTNS. WILL MONITOR
TRENDS THOUGH SHOULD RIDGE TOPS GET GOING EARLY.

UPR TROF TRACKS E ON THU WITH POTENTIAL SECONDARY FRONT AS WELL.
MAY SEE A COUPLE BANDS OF PCPN MOVE THRU WITH SOME LULLS IN
IN BETWEEN...ESPECIALLY IN MORNING. SFC INSTABILITY A LITTLE LOW
BUT STEEPENING LAPSE RATES MAY BRING A SMALL HAIL CONCERN IN THE
AFTN.

INHERITED TEMPS OVERALL LOOKED RATHER GOOD AND ONLY NEEDED SOME
MINOR TWEAKS. SHOULD BE COOLER TOMORROW AS UPR HEIGHTS FALL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER SLOWLY DIMINISHES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS UPPER
TROUGH...AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS
WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR
THE START OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SOME
STRONGER WIND GUSTS AS THERE WILL STILL BE MODERATE WINDS ALOFT. NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT THIS TIME.

A DRIER...AND COOLER AIR UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW...WILL TAKE HOLD
FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH PUSHES EAST. COLDER
NIGHT SEEMS TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 40S
LOWLANDS...RANGING TO THE MID 30S HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PARTICULARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...ENHANCED BY RADIATIONAL COOLING PER GOOD
CLEARING...AND LIGHT SURFACE WINDS


HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME
FOG DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED WPC THINKING FOR THIS PORTION OF THE
FORECAST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT.  HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST A FEW WEAK MID-LEVEL
SHORTWAVE MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST.  BELIEVE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY...WITH
A FEW MORE CLOUDS BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT

A WARM FRONT WILL THEN DEVELOP AND APPROACH THE REGION ON MONDAY. AS
A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN
THE 70S ACROSS THE LOWLANDS...WITH 60S ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.  AS THE HIGH PUSHES EAST ON SUNDAY...EXPECT TEMPERATURES
TO WARM TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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00Z THURSDAY THRU 00Z FRIDAY...
WILL BE FOLLOWING A BAND OF CONVECTION WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
ROLLING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. AHEAD OF THIS
BAND WILL BE VFR CONDITIONS. WITH AND BEHIND THE BAND WILL BE MVFR
CONDITIONS...FIRST WITH THE CONVECTION INCLUDING SOME THUNDER...THEN
COLD POOL STRATUS AND FOG. BY 13Z BECOMING VFR CEILINGS AS SOUTHWEST
WINDS PICK UP. SOME AFTERNOON REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED CONVECTION
EXPECTED WITH ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE AND REINFORCING COLD FRONT.


FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND DEGREE OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS DUE TO
CONVECTION TONIGHT COULD VARY...AS WELL AS TIMING AND EXTENT OF
STRATUS AND FOG TONIGHT.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE                                                            THU 05/23/13
UTC 1HRLY       00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11
EDT 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H

AFTER 00Z FRIDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
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&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...ARJ/30
NEAR TERM...30
SHORT TERM...ARJ
LONG TERM...ARJ
AVIATION...JMV