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000 FXUS62 KMHX 050649 AFDMHX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 249 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2010 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... AS OF 250 AM SUNDAY...SOME PATCHY CIRRUS SEEN IN IR SATELLITE IMAGERY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ALL IN ALL SHOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL LATE SUMMER DAY ACROSS THE REGION. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...WITH DEWPOINTS AREA-WIDE IN THE 50S AND 60S MAKING FOR COMFORTABLE WEATHER. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 250 AM SUNDAY...ANOTHER PLEASANTLY COOL NIGHT IN STORE TONIGHT WITH MINS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT ON THE OUTER BANKS WHERE TEMPS WILL REMAIN AROUND 70. UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...TEMPS WILL MODERATE THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH MAXES MONDAY AND TUESDAY INTO THE UPPER 80S WITH MANY INLAND SPOTS REACHING 90 OR BETTER BY WEDNESDAY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 250 AM SUNDAY...GFS AND HPC GUIDANCE INDICATE A WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MOISTURE STILL LOOKS TO BE VERY LIMITED AND WILL NOT INCLUDE POPS AT THIS TIME. ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE NUMBERS INDICATE BOTH MAX AND MIN TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR CONTINUES IN VERY DRY AIRMASS...AND SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. HAVE SEEN PGV AND EWN BOUNCE TO IFR WITH PATCHY FOG JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BELIEVE THIS IS THIN FOG DEVELOPING ALONG THE TAR RIVER AND BRICES CREEK RESPECTIVELY AND DRIFTING OVER THE SENSORS. IT IS LIKELY THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS BUT SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AT THE TERMINALS. DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRES TO INFLUENCE THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING VFR TO PERSIST. HOWEVER...EXPECT THE POTENTIAL FOR EARLY MORNING FOG TO INCREASE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES SLOWLY OFFSHORE ALLOWING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE. && .MARINE... LINGERING SE SWELL COMBINED WITH SHORTER PERIOD SSW WAVE SYSTEM STILL ALLOWING SEAS TO HOVER JUST BELOW 6FT FOR CENTRAL WATERS AND EXPECT THE SLOW DOWNWARD TREND TO CONTINUE TODAY. WAVEWATCH AND SWAN BOTH ABOUT A FOOT UNDERDONE WITH SEAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WENT A FOOT ABOVE GUIDANCE TODAY...OTHERWISE FOLLOWED SWAN CLOSELY THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SWELL FROM FORMER TS FIONA EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE ANOTHER 1-2FT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD LEAVE COMBINED SEAS MAINLY IN THE 2-4FT FOR SUN INTO MON. HIGH PRES WILL MEANWHILE CONTINUE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NW TODAY ALLOWING WINDS TO TREND MORE N/NE AOB 15KT INTO THIS MORNING. SIMILAR LIGHT TO OCC. MODERATE NE TO E WINDS EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THOSE WINDS GRADUALLY VEER MORE SLY THROUGH MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRES MOVES OFFSHORE AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT. SEAS WILL BE AOB 4FT EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS...CTC NEAR TERM...CTC SHORT TERM...CTC LONG TERM...CTC AVIATION...SK MARINE...SK
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