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FXUS62 KMHX 061409
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1008 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 1999

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONT POSITIONED JUST TO THE WEST OF OUR 
AREA...FROM NORFOLK THRU ROCKY MOUNT...DOWN TOWARDS COLUMBIA. WITH 
WEAK HIGH NOT BUILDING IN MUCH TO OUR NORTH...THIS BNDRY WILL NOT 
MOVE MUCH TODAY. ONE SHRTWV MOVED OFFSHORE THIS MORNING...WITH 
ANOTHER SHRTWV DROPPING SE OUT OF VA THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS 
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DESPITE THE BNDRY AND SHRTWV...MHX 12Z SOUNDING 
SHOWS MOISTURE LIMITED TO BELOW AN INVERSION AT 700 MB...BUT VERY 
DRY ABOVE THAT.  DRY ENTRAINMENT SHOULD LIMIT CU DEVELOPMENT A BIT 
AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE CU DEVELOPMENT 
THIS AFTERNOON...WILL STICK WITH MOSTLY SUNNY IN ZONES...HOWEVER A 
FEW SPOTS COULD SEE BROKEN CIGS. TEMPS LOOK GOOD...WARMING UP TO 
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S OUTER BANKS TO MID 90S INLAND.  

COASTAL...SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS FRONT STAYS NW OF THE 
WATERS. PRES GRADIENT WILL BE SLACK MOST OF THE DAY...WITH WINDS IN 
THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE. WILL LOWER SEAS N OF HAT TO 2 FEET WITH LIGHT 
OFFSHORE FLOW.

.MHX...NONE.

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