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FPUS03 KCHS 301948
AFDCHS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
247 PM EST THU OCT 30 1997

ETA/AVN IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN PLACEMT OF LARGE SCALE FEATURES. NGM IS TO
THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK THAT ETA/AVN PROG. LEANING TOWARDS ETA WITH AVN
BEING THE TIE BREAKER. AT 12 HRS A DEEP WEDGE IS FCST WITH A CSTL FRNT
FORMING AND PROGRESSING INLAND FRI PM. SFC LOW FORMS ON THIS FRONT AND
TRACKS FROM APPROX SOUTH CENTRAL AL TO WESTERN NC. AT H5 BROAD TROF
ACROSS THE MID NATION HAS SEVERAL VIGOROUS SHORT WAVES ROTATE AROUND
BASE OF NEG TILTED DIGGING TROF. MOISTURE QUICKLY RETURNS FRI AS LARGE
AREA OF UVV TRACKS NORTH UP THE CST FRI AND SAT BRINGING WITH IT A GOOD
CHANCE OF PRECIP. AT 48 HRS DRY TONGUE MOVES ACROSS CWA AS A WAVE
ROTATES THRU. MIGHT SEE A GOOD CHANCE OF SVR WX ON MOIST/DRY BOUNDARY
LATE FRI NITE AND EARLY SAT. NASTY MID SHIFT POSSIBLY FRI NIGHT.

CCF
CHS ARPT  52/70/55/71 088
CHS CITY  55/68/56/69 088
SAV ARPT  50/69/54/70 088

S CSTL FA /CHS-NBC/
.TONIGHT...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE.  LOWS 50 INLAND AND 55 ALONG
COAST. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRI...CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON.  CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM LATE.  HIGHS UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 10 MPH BECOMING SE 15
MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
.FRI NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS MID 50S. CHANCE
OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
.SAT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS NEAR 70.
$$
CWF...
.TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 3 FT.
.FRI...E WIND 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT.
AREAS OF RAIN.
.FRI NIGHT...S 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT...SW WIND 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT.
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

JCI