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FXUS62 KMHX 301456
AFDMHX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
955 AM EST SUN OCT 30 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY)...SFC HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA TODAY (SUPPORTED 
BY SHORT WAVE RIDGING ALOFT) WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DRY/PLEASANT 
CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN NC THROUGH MON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATED 
VERY LITTLE MOIST IN THE COLUMN TO PRODUCE CLOUDS DURING THE NEXT 36 
HOURS SO CLR/MOSTLY CLR SKIES WILL PREVAIL. FCST HIGHS IN THE UPPER 
60S LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART BUT A FEW PLACES COULD REACH 70 OR SO. 
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL PROBABLY FALL INTO THE 30S AGAIN WITH CLR 
SKIES/CALM WINDS...BUT ALL THE STATISTICAL GUIDANCE ARE FORECASTING 
HIGHER DEWPOINTS (AROUND 40) WHICH PRECLUDES A SIG FROST THREAT LIKE 
WE HAD LAST NIGHT WHEN SEVERAL SHELTERED LOCATIONS FELL TO OR JUST 
BELOW FREEZING. THE CURRENT GRIDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO UPDATE IS 
PLANNED THIS AFTERNOON. 

&&

.AVIATION...VFR TO CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH LIGHT 
NORTHWEST WINDS.  

&&

.MARINE...DECIDED TO RAISE SCA FOR WATERS BETWEEN LOOKOUT AND 
HATTERAS THROUGH 4PM THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS STILL 20 TO 25 KT AND 
SEAS IN THE 5 TO 7 FT RANGE. DIAMOND IS REPORTING 7 FT SEAS AS OF 
MID MORNING. WILL MENTION SEAS NEARSHORE 3 TO 4 FT FOR THIS AREA. 
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SFC HIGH 
PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST WITH WINDS/SEAS BELOW ADVISORY 
LEVELS ALL WATERS.  
&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&

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SHORT TERM...ELARDO
AVIATION...WINGENROTH
MARINE...WINGENROTH