999 
FXUS62 KMHX 301418
AFDMHX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
920 AM EST TUE MAR 30 1999

CWF: SFC HIGH PRES WAS ABOUT 3 MB LOWER THAN PROGGED AND THUS CAA
SURGE NOT AS STRONG AS ADVERTISED. ONLY LOCATION THAT HAD SCA WINDS
WAS THE TOP OF OL DIAMOND WITH COASTAL LOCATIONS 15-20 KT. PRES
RISES OF 3 MB ARE CROSSING THE WATERS ATTM AND WE SHOULD SEE A
DECREASE IN WINDS...ESP WITH DIURNAL PRES FALLS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON. BASED ON THESE FACTORS THE SCA WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND
WILL GO WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-20 KT.

DISC: JUST A TEMP FCST TODAY WITH LOTS OF HIGH PRES. LOCAL TEMP
SCHEMES AND MOS ALL INDICATING HIGHS NR 70 WITH MID 60S OUTER BANKS.
WE WILL SEE SOME THIN CI AT TIMES BUT NW FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP
BULK OF HIGH LVL MOIST AT BAY.

.MHX...NONE.

COLBY/ELARDO