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AWUS82 KRAH 142148
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EDT THU OCT 14 2004

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SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WITH
A LIGHT WEST WIND. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE DIVIDED WEST TO 
EAST WITH READINGS IN THE 60S AND 70S RESPECTIVELY.   

CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL BE ON AN INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
AS WINDS THROUGH A GREAT DEPTH OF THE ATMOSPHERE BECOME SOUTHWEST. 
A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE WEST FUELING SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AROUND 
MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AROUND DAYBREAK. 
LOWS TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM UPPER 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS...50S FROM 
THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE PIEDMONT...TO LOWER 60S ALONG THE COAST.

COASTAL AREAS WILL SEE MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. 
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL BE BREEZY WITH A SOUTH WIND BLOWING AT 15 
TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY.  DRY AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BUILD INTO 
THE STATE FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGHS IN THE 
MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 50S...WITH LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S 
IN THE PIEDMONT. COASTAL AREAS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD WARM TO NEAR 
70 ON FRIDAY. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM UPPER 30S IN THE 
MOUNTAINS...40S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT TO 50S ALONG THE COAST. 

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