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TTAA00 KILM 181507

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
933 AM EST WED FEB 18 1998

RAH/CAE: PRVS TEMPS IN GUD SHAPE THIS AFTN. MGT WATN TO PUSH WNDS
15-25 ON SE NC SIDE. MAYB LAKE WND ADV SC?. CWF: WL KP SCA GOING
THIS AFTN. PRVS PKG LUKS FINE.

ZNS: SATL VIS IMAGERY HAS AREA OF LLVL MSTR MOVG ACRS THE PIEDMONT
MOVG E AND SPREADG E ON A GUD SW LLVL FLO. SFC FNT/UPPER TROF ON
LINE TO COME THRU THIS AFTN AS PER 12Z UPPER AIR ANAL. THE FTRE
APPRS TO HAVE NIL LIFT. LLVL SPD MAX (35-40KTS) RUNNG INTO CWA FM
THE SW HELPG TO TRANSPORT MILDER AIR INTO THE RGN. RAOBS SHOWG
PRETTY DRY CONDS W/PWS ARND .60". AGREE W/ERLIER AFDILM THAT COLD
AIR ALF CUD AID IN SCU DVLPMNT THIS AFTN. WRKSTB GIVES ARND 70 FOR
CWA THIS AFTN. LCL SCHEME PUTS ILM ARND 72 W/O ADVECTION. SOME WK
CAA NOTED BY ERLIER GUID & CUD C H8 TEMPS HELD IN CHEK FM THIS MRNG
AS S/WV PIVOTS THRU. TEMPS WL B SOME 5 DEGS COOLER THAN TUE. BLYR
WNDS IN THE RNG OF 15-25 W/GUSTS ESP ERLY.

CWF: RA1/OMRS SHOWG 20+ KTS W/41004 AVGG NR 25. SEAS RUNNG 6-7 FT
FM SC-NC. WL SPDS UP DUE TO ARRIVAL OF TROF. DIR ARND TO W LATE ESP
NC SIDE. THIS WL HELP TO KNOCK SEAS SOME.

HAVE A FINE MRNG!.  ...UPDATED FOR SATL INTERPRETATION...

JOE