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FXUS62 KCAE 172307
AFDCAE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
706 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY. FRONT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE AREA TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DRY WEATHER.
LIGHT WINDS WITH LOWS IN THE 50S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AGREE WITH NAM/GFS MOVING HIGH TO THE EAST AS A SHORT WAVE AND
COLD FRONT DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. A 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD FRONT
COMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN
FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL MONDAY WITH
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S AND LOWS UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LIKE GFS SOLUTION BRING SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY.
SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST BY WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT SURFACE
THROUGH THURSDAY. UPPER LOW DEEPENS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRINGING
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST IN UPPER NORTHWEST
FLOW. TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS
MAINLY IN THE LOWER 60S.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. COLD FRONT WELL
OFF THE COAST AND DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. NO FOG
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH THE DRIER AIR AND LOW LEVEL NOCTURNAL JET IN
PLACE. GENERALLY LIGHT SW WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. CIRRUS WILL THICKEN A BIT TONIGHT WITH MID
LEVEL CIGS DEVELOPING AFTER 14Z SUNDAY. A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE BY
THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. WILL
KEEP A LITTLE WIND OVERNIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION
EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&
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