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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
900 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998

RDU: CONVECTION FIRING IN THE COASTAL PLAIN AND SHOULD TRAVERSE ERN
NC THROUGH MID AFTN. LIKELY POPS INLAND...MAYBE ONLY 40 PCNT ALG THE
OUTER BANKS-LATE. MID 70S INLAND AND 65-70 BANKS. QUITE BREEZY THIS AFTN
WITH STRONG LLJ AND GOOD MIXING AHEAD OF TSTMS.

CWF: WILL RAISE SEAS ON S END TO 10 FT. FEW OTHER CHANGES NEEDED.

DISC: SUNSHINE IS OCCURRING AHEAD OF LEADING EDGE OF LN TSRA...CAPES
LIKELY TO RISE TO AROUND 1000 J/KG. SUPER WIND FIELDS TDA AND SVR
POTENTIAL IS GOOD WITH WARM AND SOUPY AIR MASS AND IMPRESSIVE UPPER
LEVEL DIVERGENCE. JUST SPOKE WITH SELS AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING SVR
TSTM WATCH FOR MHX CWA.

.MHX...SCA COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS.

RVT