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ABUS30 KRDU 032052
SWSNC 

NORTH CAROLINA STATE WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
452 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2002

...A DRY AND SUNNY DAY STATEWIDE...

SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AS A RIDGE OF 
HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED OVER THE STATE FROM THE NORTHEAST. AFTERNOON 
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 90S FROM THE FOOTHILLS TO THE COASTAL 
PLAIN...WITH MID AND UPPER 80S AT THE COAST AND SOUTHERN 
MOUNTAINS...AND LOWER 80S IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. IT FELT LESS 
OPPRESSIVE TODAY THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS BECAUSE THE HUMIDITY WAS 
LOWER. DEWPOINTS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO 
MID 60S...EXCEPT NEAR THE COAST WHERE DEWPOINTS WERE MAINLY IN THE 
LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRIER AIR OVER THE PIEDMONT...COMBINED 
WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...ALSO PREVENTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
FROM DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AS IN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA 
WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST...AND MAY CLIP THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH 
CAROLINA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR 
TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE COOLER THAN IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS. 
LOOK FOR LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS...MID TO 
UPPER 60S ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND LOWER 70S NEAR THE 
COAST. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFF THE EAST COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY. HIGHS WILL 
GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...EXCEPT 
UPPER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 
60S TO LOWER 70S. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF AN AFTERNOON OR 
EVENING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE COAST BOTH DAYS.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY FOR THE 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS. THEN AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH...THE 
THREAT WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN AND COASTAL SECTIONS WEDNESDAY 
INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY BE A LITTLE COOLER AFTER THE FRONT 
MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGHS COULD BE IN THE 80S WITH 
OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE 60S.

DGS