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FXUS62 KILM 182352
AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
752 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
Weakening low pressure will bring unsettled weather through
Thursday. Slightly cooler and drier weather will accompany
persistent north-northeasterly winds over the weekend while high
pressure maintains control.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Upper level reflection of former PTC8 now more open and less
impressive. No surprise then that convection has been
hard-pressed to produce lightning. Guidance is in good
agreement in keeping this so as well as confining coverage to
western half of the CWA. Expect a diurnally-driven downward
trend in coverage overnight, perhaps to zero for a time. Patchy
fog is possible overnight especially in areas that see rain.
Slightly better coverage of storms tomorrow but very poor lapse
rates will keep lightning to a minimum and rainfall amounts
light while we see temperatures similar to those of this
afternoon.

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.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
Best rain chances will be near the coast at the start of the
period as low pressure departs to our northeast. High pressure
will build in from the west where the forecast now remains
mostly dry. Some isolated showers and storms could form along
the sea breeze Friday afternoon but they should remain shallow
and chances of rainfall accumulation >0.05" will be low. Highs
in the low to mid 80s with lows in the low to mid 60s.

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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Guidance now keeps the offshore low far to our northeast, which
diminishes chances of enhanced forcing clipping our area. The
period is now looking mostly dry with some temperature
complications due to ridging high pressure. Depending on how
quickly the high pressure moves in, temperatures could drop into
the 70s by Sunday staying seasonable into early next week. The
coolest day is looking to be Monday currently.

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.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Recent thunderstorm coverage has weakened to mainly shower
activity while moving across Northeast SC into Southeast NC
this evening. May either include a prevailing p6sm -shra or
indicate a tempo group to cover this overall dissipating pcpn.
Otherwise looking at a mid and high level cloud decks
overnight. If a high deck prevails toward daybreak, may see
MVFR/IFR fog and/or low stratus especially in the 08 to 12z time
frame. CFP to occur during Thu morning with calm winds becoming
N-NE around 5 kt, sfc pg rather relaxed in the wake of the
FROPA. May observe several VFR cloud decks at different levels
once morning stratus and fog dissipates and the cold front sinks
further southward. Will maintain the prob30 convective group
especially at the coastal terminals during Thu aftn.

Extended Outlook...Morning MVFR/IFR possible Friday morning
otherwise VFR should dominate the extended.

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.MARINE...
Through Thursday...Light SW to at times variable winds early
in the period with wave energy that continues to abate. A weak
boundary turns flow to the north on Thursday as mainly swell
waves of 9 seconds remain in the 2-3 ft range.

Thursday Night through Monday...N to NE flow will remain
dominant through the period due to departing low pressure. Wind
speeds will be generally around or above 10 kts with strongest
wind speeds (15- 20 kts) expected Sunday into Monday due to
ridging high pressure from the north. Waveheights generally 2-4
ft with building 5 footers towards the end of the period due to
increasing N-NE swells.

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.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
High astronomical tides during this full moon cycle will lead
to bouts of minor coastal flooding during both the daytime and
night time high tide cycles into and likely thru the upcoming
weekend. This includes the immediate coasts of both Northeast SC
and Southeast NC Coasts.

The lower Cape Fear River will also experience minor coastal
flooding during each successive high tide cycle into and
possibly thru the upcoming weekend. Both high astronomical tides
and the runoff from the heavy rains early in the week working
its way downstream.

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.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...Coastal Flood Advisory until 11 PM EDT this evening for NCZ106-
     108-110.
     Coastal Flood Advisory until 2 AM EDT Thursday for NCZ107.
SC...Coastal Flood Advisory until 11 PM EDT this evening for SCZ054-
     056.
MARINE...None.

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SYNOPSIS...ILM
NEAR TERM...MBB
SHORT TERM...LEW
LONG TERM...LEW
AVIATION...DCH
MARINE...MBB/LEW
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...DCH