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FXUS61 KRLX 240749
AFDRLX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Charleston WV
349 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
Chances for showers and storms prevail through at least midweek.
Additional rounds of rain possible late in the week into the
weekend as well.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 245 AM Tuesday...

Synoptically you have a disturbance, a small upper level short
wave associated with a weak surface low bringing the morning
rain activity. Then we have an upper level closed low headed
our way from the northwest. This feature will setup directly
west of the area and spin cyclonically around through this
period bringing plenty of moisture up from the deep south. This
pattern will continue beyond this period.

The main theme of today will be stratiform rain initially with
high cloud bases and dark gloomy skies. By the afternoon,
more convective rain regime will takeover with shower and storm
activity becoming very apparent or at least by mid afternoon.
Any thunderstorm may become strong to severe with strong upper
level support. CAPE values exceed 2500 J/kg+ along with very
high shear to support longer lived updrafts. DCAPE values are at
least modest and will support downbursts, especially since we
have high moisture content in the column and very sufficient or
rather excessive PWATs.

With fair amount of helicity and low LCLs, along with high
lifted index and no CIN, we cannot rule out a tornado or two.
This all hazards threat could virtually happen anywhere, but
the higher probability will be across southwestern WV,
northeast KY and southeast OH. There should be a short lived
lull during the late evening into the overnight with rain
returning by the morning.

With cloudier skies than yesterday and potential rain activity
kept temperatures close to guidance which equated to close to
what we had for highs yesterday with a diurnal swing for lows in
the low to mid 60`s.

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.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
As of 345 AM Tuesday...

An upper level disturbance will be the centerpiece for the
extended forecast as it continues to produce daily rounds of
showers and thunderstorms. This nearly stacked system will be
parked over the western Ohio Valley at the start of the period,
and will usher in moisture along southwesterly flow on its
eastern flank up into Central Appalachia. At the surface, a
cold front will be stalled overhead with ripples of shortwave
activity prolonging at least a slight chance for rain from
Wednesday into Thursday.

A resurgence of moisture and lift will move northward on
Thursday night as Tropical Cyclone Nine makes landfall along the
Florida Panhandle and conjoins to the upper level low. This
will enhance shower and thunderstorm potential for the second
half of the work week. While convective parameters will be
lackluster with this newly enriched disturbance, rainfall
accumulation totals will rise once again starting late Thursday
night into Friday.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 345 AM Tuesday...

Widespread potential for much needed rain tracks northward on
Friday as the remnants of what is currently Tropical Cyclone
Nine feeds into the upper level disturbance that remains stalled
over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. 00z global model suite
shows decent agreement with the center of the surface low
remaining parked over Kentucky for a decent majority of the
weekend.

While POPs start off relatively higher on Friday as the tropical
system tracks northward (50 to 70%), shower activity will
gradually wane as the surface low continues to spin and fail to
make any headway to the east. This will ultimately rain itself
dry before its upper level support system finally gets nudged to
the east by ridging moving into the Desert Southwest. Showers
and storms will grow more isolated to scattered as the
disturbance shifts over the forecast area later in the weekend,
but hopefully we can squeeze out some beneficial rainfall totals
to help put a dent in the drought still present across the
region. Active weather extends into the start of next week as
this slow moving system retains residency nearby on Monday.

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.AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 130 AM Tuesday...

Even with shower and storm activity around the area the sites
should get to endure VFR for the most part. Have some stratocu
and mid clouds for the time being then by the late morning
chances for additional shower and especially storm potential
will be on the table. Lower Cu decks will likely be the culprit
today with the potential for storms through the afternoon,
however thinking the cloud decks should stay in the VFR range or
at least really close to the MVFR/VFR threshold. Outside a
temporary reduced VIS under a shower the predominant VIS should
stay unrestricted. Clouds may lift slightly by the early
evening then then more rain expected in the late afternoon and
then a lull by the evening.


FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing of showers and thunderstorms may
vary from forecast.

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                              TUE 09/24/24
UTC 1HRLY       06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17
EDT 1HRLY       02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    L    L    L    L    L    L    M    H    H    M    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    H    M    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY...
Brief IFR possible in showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday.

&&

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

&&

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SYNOPSIS...MEK/JZ
NEAR TERM...JZ
SHORT TERM...MEK
LONG TERM...MEK
AVIATION...JZ