National Weather Service Text Product
AFOS product AFDILM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTCDisplaying AFOS PIL: AFDILM
Product Timestamp: 2004-12-24 15:02 UTC
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000 FXUS62 KILM 241502 AFDILM AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1002 AM EST FRI DEC 24 2004 .SHORT TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/... RADAR COMPOSITES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST CONFIRM THE TREND ESTABLISHED BY THE 12Z MODELS THIS MORNING... MOISTURE OVERSPREADING THE FRONT WILL COME BACK INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET ALONG THE COAST. THIS WAS INITIALLY THE SOLUTION THE MODELS HAD SETTLED ON DAYS AGO AND NOW APPEARS TO BE THE PREFERRED SOLUTION AGAIN. FOR THE FIRST PERIOD...TODAY...WILL MAKE NO CHANGES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INCREASING SKY COVER TO OVERCAST IN THE GRIDS AND TEXT FORECAST. WILL INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BY LATE IN THE DAY ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. TONIGHT WILL BRING IN A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET ALONG THE COAST. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION INTENSITY EXPECTED. ALSO RAISED LOWS A LITTLE WITH THE PRECIPITATION AND THICKER CLOUD COVER. && .MARINE... CONDITIONS WILL STAY FAIRLY STABLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH CEILINGS REMAINING BETWEEN 2-3 K. RADAR INDICATES MOISTURE TRYING TO MOVE NORTHWARD...AND INCOMING ETA ALSO SHOWS MOISTURE FURTHER NORTHWARD THAN THE PREVIOUS RUN. LOOK FOR INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN TO MOVE INTO COASTAL TERMINALS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIP WILL KEEP CEILINGS IN THE MFR RANGE. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TWENTIES...EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL PROBABLY BRING THE CHANCE FOR SLEET LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .AVIATION... CONDITIONS WILL STAY FAIRLY STABLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH CEILINGS REMAINING BETWEEN 2-3 K. RADAR INDICATES MOISTURE TRYING TO MOVE NORTHWARD...AND INCOMING ETA ALSO SHOWS MOISTURE FURTHER NORTHWARD THAN THE PREVIOUS RUN. LOOK FOR INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN TO MOVE INTO COASTAL TERMINALS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIP WILL KEEP CEILINGS IN THE MFR RANGE. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TWENTIES...EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL PROBABLY BRING THE CHANCE FOR SLEET LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. $$ SHORT TERM...TRA MARINE...MBB AVIATION...HDL