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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
848 PM EST FRI FEB 23 1996

RDU: NO CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE ZFP/CWF TONIGHT.

DISC: MAIN FCST CONCERN THIS EVENING IS LOCALY DENSE FOG THAT HAS
DEVELOPED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.  I ECHO ILM'S THOUGHTS THAT
THIS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS PREVIOUS NIGHTS.  IN FACT A QUICK
LOOK AT THE LATEST AWOS/ASOS OBS IN FOGGY LOCALES SHOWS FOG LIFTING.
THUS NO NEED FOR ADV.  WILL HANDLE WITH NOWCASTS IF NEEDED.  WITH
DEWPTS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S AND GOOD CHANCE THE ATMOS WILL BECOME
MIXED LTR TNGHT SEE NO REASON TO MESS WITH CURRENT FCST LOWS.  NSAT
LOOP SHOWS PTCHY MID/HIGH CLDS SO I CAN LIVE WITH PC FOR TONIGHT.

NOT TOO MUCH TO GET EXCITED ABT WITH NXT FRNT AS ONLY SHALLOW MOIST
AVBL AND BEST DYNAMICS TO N.  MID SHIFT PRBLY COULD REMOVE MEASLY 20
POP.  THINK FRNT WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR THE CST TOM WITH PREFRNTL
WSHFT LINE ALLOWG WNDS TO BECOME W.  DWNSLOPE WILL BOAST TEMPS TO
ARND 80.

CWF:  AGREE WITH CURRENT FCST OF RAPIDLY INC WNDS BY TOM AM.  9AM
CHART SHOWG 60KT GESO WNDS AHEAD OF FRNT THIS EVENG.  MIXING ARND
SUNRISE SHOULD QUICKLY BRING WNDS TO SCA LEVELS ESP OVR NRN SECTIONS
WHERE MODELS INDICATE BEST PRES GRAD.

.MHX...NONE.

JME