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FXUS61 KLWX 021939
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
239 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021

.SYNOPSIS...

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High pressure remains in control through this weekend with a
brief wave of precipitation possible along the Allegheny front
early on Thursday. Mostly Dry conditions expected through early
next week.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

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Winds are slowly tapering off this afternoon as high pressure slowly
builds overhead. Clear skies along with cool conditions are expected
to continue through this evening. Although there will be increased
mixing today due to mostly sunny conditions, cold air advection
aloft will lead to afternoon temps in the low to mid 40s. Light
winds along with areas of decent radiational cooling will lead to
overnight lows in the 20s to lower 30s but some elevated winds will
prevent overnight lows from falling further this evening.
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.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...

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A split flow aloft will shift eastward on Wednesday with high
pressure remaining situated over our region. A shortwave will move
south of our region on Wednesday with a surface low impacting parts
of southern Virginia and down into the Carolinas. Precipitation from
this system will stay well south of our region with temperatures
expected to trend upward into the 50s on Wednesday.

A shortwave over the upper plains will drop southeastward into the
northwest portions of our region late Wednesday into early Thursday.
A combination of a west to northwesterly flow along with the lift
from the shortwave will lead to some potential wintry mix showers
along the Allegheny front. Some freezing rain and snow showers can`t
be ruled out with this wave during the early morning periods on
Thursday with minimal accumulations expected along the mountains.
After the shortwave drops south of our region Thursday morning, high
pressure builds back into our region with dry and below average
temperatures expected for the rest of the day and evening.
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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

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Dry and seasonably chilly conditions will persist Friday as a region
of Canadian high pressure builds overhead. This likely suppresses an
area of low pressure to the south on Saturday before heading out to
sea.

Behind this system, attention then turns to a piece of
northern stream energy that will move over the region Saturday
night. Current guidance has minimal QPF associated with this
feature, but should the piece of energy become stronger, a
few rain/snow showers could be possible Saturday night mainly across
the western highlands. Confidence in this occurring is low.

A broad area of high pressure will keep temperatures closer to
seasonal levels Sunday into Monday before moderating Tuesday as
southwest flow returns.
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.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

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Clear skies along with VFR conditions expected through Thursday.
Only aviation considerations will be shifting winds from west today
to light out of the south on Wednesday and back to west /
northwesterly on Thursday.

VFR conditions under northwest winds into Saturday afternoon.
Winds could gust to 25 knots Friday into Saturday.
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.MARINE...

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SCA conditions will taper off this afternoon with SubSCA conditions
this evening. Marginal 18 to 20 knot winds on Wednesday. Small Craft
Advisories are likely for Thursday.

Northwest winds gusting to 20 knots could result in a SCA Friday
into Saturday morning.
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.HYDROLOGY...

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The excess runoff from previous rainfall has entered the Potomac
River Basin. Flooding is expected across portions of the Potomac
River Basin through this evening before water levels subside
by Wednesday. An extended period of dry weather is likely to
persist for the rest of this week into early next week.
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.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...

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Runoff of rain and snowmelt from a couple days ago is heading
down the Potomac River, and minor flooding appears likely this
evening and again Wednesday morning.
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.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...None.
MD...None.
VA...None.
WV...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 3 PM EST this afternoon for
     ANZ530>543.
     Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 6 AM EST
     Wednesday for ANZ531>533-537-539>541.
     Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to noon EST
     Wednesday for ANZ534-543.

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SYNOPSIS...JMG
NEAR TERM...JMG
SHORT TERM...JMG
LONG TERM...CPB
AVIATION...JMG/CPB
MARINE...JMG/CPB
HYDROLOGY...
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...