675 FXUS62 KILM 040036 AFDILM AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 836 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1999 WK CD FNT APPEARS TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF NC. THIS AGREES REASONABLY WELL WITH PROGGED 00Z POSITION BY THE ETA. FNT SHOULD CONT TO PUSH SE AND BE INTO THE COASTAL SECTIONS AROUND 12Z BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY FOR FRI. ETA KEEPS A RIBBON OF MOISTURE CONV ALONG THE FNT OVERNIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO THE FA. S/WV THAT SPARKED THE TRW ACTIVITY THIS AFTN AND EVE IS MOVING OFF THE COAST AND SUBSIDENCE IS PROGGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THIS COUPLED WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING SHOULD KEEP ACTIVITY TO A MINIMUM OVERNIGHT. REMAINING RADAR ECHOES IN THE FA ARE QUICKLY DISSIPATING ATTM SO AM PLANNING TO REMOVE THE POPS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. DEW POINTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. WITH THE FNT NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE TON DRIER AIR MAY NOT ARRIVE SOON ENOUGH TO ALLOW INLAND AREAS TO COOL INTO THE MID 60S. WILL GO WITH A RANGE OF 65 TO 70 FOR THERE AND KEEP AROUND 70 ALONG THE COAST. CWF: WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF THIS EVENING AND WITH THE BEST GRADIENT N OF THE WATERS WILL LOWER SPEEDS TO MATCH CURRENT CONDS. AS THE FNT APPROACHES THE WINDS SHOULD TURN TO THE W FOR THE NC WATERS AC CURRENTLY FCST BUT AGAIN WILL LOWER SPEEDS SLIGHTLY WITH BEST GRADIENT STAYING TO THE N. .ILM...NONE. IRELAND