FXUS62 KILM 150221
AFDILM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
945 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL SYSTEM APPEARS CENTERED NEAR ORLANDO FL AT 
THIS TIME. PRESSURES RISING SLOWLY ACROSS THIS AREA. 

COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND 
GUSTING TO OVER 20 MPH HAS DROPPED DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER TO MID 
50S INLAND AND NEAR 60 ALONG THE COAST. GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
TIGHTEN OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WITH LOW MOVING BY TO SOUTHEAST 
AND STRONG HIGH SITUATED TO THE NORTH.

EXTENSIVE CLOUD SHIELD EXTENDS NORTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST. 
A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...OTHERWISE DRY 
ACROSS THE AREA. WILL REMOVE POPS AND KEEP SKIS MOSTLY CLOUDY 
OVERNIGHT.

TIDES RUNNING ABOUT 2/3RDS ABOVE PREDICTED HEIGHT. SINCE NEXT 
PREDICTED HIGH TIDE IS BELOW NEXT PREDICTED HIGH TIDE...WILL REMOVE 
HEADLINE ABOUT SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOOD 
THREAT SHOULD BE AROUND WITH EVENING HIGH TIDE ON SATURDAY.

CWF: WINDS GUSTING TO 35 KT AT FPSN7 AND 41004. SEAS NEAR 6 TO 8 FT. 
WOULD EXPECT THAT HIGHER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN WITH COLDER 
AND DRIER AIR PENETRATING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WARM WATERS.

FCSTID = 27
ILM   59  75  62  76 /  10  20  30  20
LBT   56  75  56  76 /   0  10  10  10
FLO   58  75  57  76 /   0  10  10  10
MYR   60  75  62  75 /  10  20  30  20

.ILM...
NC...GALE WARNING AMZ250-252.
SC...GALE WARNING AMZ254-256.

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