769 FPUS03 KMHX 041805 AFDMHX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 104 PM EST MON NOV 4 1996 THINK GENERALLY CLR SKIES (SOME CI) WL LAST INTO LATE AFT/EARLY EVE WITH RAPID TEMP DROP INTO 40S AFT SUNSET. CI WL OVRSPRD REG LTR ON. CLDS JUST OFFSHR ALSO HAV A GD CHC TO MOV ONSHR OVN AS SFC-5K FT WNDS QUITE FAVORABLE. OFTEN TIMES WITH GD VORT GOING BY TO OUR NW AS IS THE CASE LATE TNT CLDS OFFSHR WL BE DRAWN INLAND AHEAD OF VORT. GRIDDED DATA FRM ETA VRY EMPHATIC ON THIS SCENARIO AND NGM GRIDDED DATA ALSO INDICATES GD THETA-E ADV LTR TNT WITH INCR LO LVL MOIST. WORDING COULD BE BEC P/C MANY SPOTS. AFT RAPID TEMP DROP THIS EVE THINGS WL STEADY OUT AND FWC/FAN NOT TOO BAD. NOT WORRIED ABT FROST/FREEZE ANYMORE. FWC NOT INDICATING MUCH POPS FOR TUE BUT WORRIED ABT A FEW -SHRA ARND AS WK LIFT FRM NEWD MOVG VORT HITS BTR LO LVL MOIST OVR HERE. AVN POPS VRY HIGH AND MAYBE COMPROMISE IS BEST WITH 20/30% CHC SHWR AND P/C SKIES...ITS UP TO YOU DEPENDING ON HOW STRNG YOU FEEL. LGT ONSHR FLOW PERSISTS INTO WED BUT UPP LVL FORCING WK SO P/C WL PROB WORK WITH LO 70S. CWF: NO FLAGS. MDLS HAV THEIR SUBTLE DIFFS BEC ETA STRNGST WITH CSTL TROF...WL COMPROMISE. SPDS ARND 15KT/3FT SEAS. .MHX...NONE. GATES