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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
825 PM EST THU FEB 6 1997

RDU: AGREE WITH ILM TO RAISE TEMPS AND GO WITH A RANGE OF 35-40.

CWF: WEAK SFC HIGH CENTER NOTED AT DUCK WITH VERY LGT WINDS.  EXPECT
WINDS OF 15 KTS OR LESS OVERNIGHT WITH 3 FT SEAS.  PERSISTENT NE
FETCH COULD BUILD SEAS TO 4 FT LATER FRI.

DISC: SAT LOOP AND SFC OBS INDICATE LOTS OF THICK CI OVR THE AREA
WITH PLENTY MORE UPSTREAM.  THINK INC CLOUDS FCST NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED TO FAIR OR M CLOUDY.  CLOUDS THICK ENUF TO RETARD RAD
COOLING SO RAISING TEMPS A GOOD BET

FRI/SAT FCST INTERESTING AS WEAKENENSS OFF THE NC COAST SHOULD
GENERATE LGT PCPN ACROSS OUR CWA.  AVN/ETA ARE STRONGEST WITH SYSTEM
BUT HAVE BEEN OVERDONE OF LATE.  EVEN STRONGEST ETA KEEPS BULK OF
VVEL OFFSHORE SO LIKE IDEA OF MINIMAL POPS FOR FRI AS BULK OF PCPN
WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNSET WHEN STRONGER VORT PASSES BY TO THE N.

.MHX...NONE.

JME  










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