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SPOT FORECAST FOR NC GOVERNOR SPEECH...CHOWAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
942 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2150 EDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN STALL ACROSS THE REGION
INTO SATURDAY...THEN WILL RETREAT TO THE NORTH AS A WARM LATE
SATURDAY. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL LATE
                    AFTERNOON...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
DOMINANT PERIOD.....2 SECONDS.

TIME (EDT)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............80     73     75     79     88     84
WEATHER COV.........ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV............                            SCTTRD SCTTRD
TEMP................67     68     73     77     78     78
RH..................84     87     76     67     67     67
20 FT WIND..........SE 4   SE 4   SE 4   SE 4   SE 3   SE 4
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      5      5      5      5
DOMINANT PERIOD (S).2      2      2      2      2      2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)....1      1      1      1      1      1

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL EARLY
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT.
DOMINANT PERIOD.....2 SECONDS.

TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).............83     87     79     78     85     90
WEATHER COV.........SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV............SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
TEMP................77     74     71     70     69     68
RH..................67     74     84     87     87     90
20 FT WIND..........E 4    E 4    SE 4   SE 4   S 4    S 3
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      5      5      5      5
DOMINANT PERIOD (S).2      2      2      2      2      2
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)....1      1      1      1      1      1

NOTE...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...AUSTIN
REQUESTED BY...PALMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130517.NCGOV.01/MHX
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
