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ABUS30 KRDU 010921
SWSNC 

NORTH CAROLINA STATE WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
520 AM EDT THU JUL 1 2004 

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS KEPT TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL YESTERDAY FOR 
THE LAST DAY OF JUNE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. HIGHS WERE IN THE MID 
AND UPPER 70S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 82 
AND 87 FROM THE PIEDMONT TO THE COAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE 
STATE DISSIPATED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...LEAVING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES 
ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN MANY LOCATIONS 
THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
PIEDMONT. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE COASTAL 
PLAIN TO THE COAST...MID AND UPPER 60S FROM THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH 
THE PIEDMONT...AND UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP PLENTY OF 
MOIST AIR INTO THE STATE TODAY. THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW 
OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME 
ISOLATED FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. 
AFTER A CLOUDY START...EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY 
WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID 80S IN MOST LOCATIONS...EXCEPT UPPER 70S 
TO LOWER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE 
MAINLY IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED 
TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  

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