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FXUS62 KCAE 090855  
AFDCAE  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
455 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES EACH DAY WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM  
CHANCES THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. A FEW PERIODS COULD  
FEATURE SOME STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS VERY  
HEAVY RAINFALL.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/  
 
KEY MESSAGE(S):  
 
- SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE EAST THIS MORNING, WITH ADDITIONAL  
ISOLATED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AT THE SURFACE, WHILE  
SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH ALOFT THIS MORNING. THIS HAS PRODUCE  
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE  
PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, WITH A PERIOD  
OF DRY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE  
BACKSIDE OF THE EXITING SHORTWAVE. WITH THE EXPECTED AFTERNOON  
HEATING, AND LINGERING MOISTURE STILL OVER THE AREA, ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST  
AREA. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS  
FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S TONIGHT.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/  
 
KEY MESSAGE(S):  
 
- DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ACROSS GULF COAST BRINGS SCATTERED TO  
NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS MAINLY TO SOUTHERN FA.  
 
- TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL ARE EXPECTED WITH DEVELOPING WEDGE  
CONDITIONS.  
 
THE UPPER CUT OFF LOW CONTINUES TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY  
ALONG THE GULF STATES SATURDAY AS A SURFACE LOW IN THIS REGION  
ALSO DEVELOPS. THIS ALL BRINGS CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW  
ALOFT WITH PWAT'S NEAR 1.3-1.5", HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHERN FA. AS  
THE UPPER LOW SPINS OFF TO OUR WEST, SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS  
EJECTED INTO THE FA AND THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS  
RAIN SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN FA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD BE POSSIBLE. HIGH  
PRESSURE ALSO BEGINS TO SLIDE IN ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND THIS  
SHOULD HELP WITH STARTING TO DEVELOP WEDGE CONDITIONS ACROSS  
THE FA. THIS LEADS TO FAIRLY HIGH UNCERTAINTY IN HIGH  
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AS A DECENT SPREAD IS SEEN AMONGST MODEL  
GUIDANCE BUT IN GENERAL, THERE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A DOWNWARD  
TREND AND THUS I TRENDED HIGH TEMPERATURES TOWARD THE UPPER 60S  
TO LOWER 70S. RAIN CHANCES THEN CARRY INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND  
INTO SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW AND SURFACE LOW SLOWLY SHIFT  
EASTWARD.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
KEY MESSAGE(S):  
 
- DAILY RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT  
WEEK WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  
 
- BELOW NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE EXPECTED INTO  
THE EARLY WEEK.  
 
THE UPPER LOW AND SURFACE LOW SLOWLY WORK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH  
THE EARLY WEEK BEFORE FINALLY CLEARING THE FA INTO THURSDAY.  
BEFORE THIS THOUGH, SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO THE UPPER  
EAST COAST AND WEDGE-LIKE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE  
AS MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT (PWAT'S NEAR 150-170% OF NORMAL)  
RIDES OVER NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW. THIS IS  
EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY  
BEFORE GRADUALLY REACHING BACK NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY. IN TERMS OF RAIN CHANCES, SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD  
RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY  
WEEK, ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AS THE UPPER LOW/SURFACE  
LOW COMBINATION BRING STRONG FORCING FOR MULTIPLE DAYS TO THE  
FA, POSSIBLY ENHANCED BY WEDGING CONDITIONS. THIS BRINGS A  
MULTI-DAY PERIOD WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL SEEMS LIKELY AS THE WPC  
HAS THE WHOLE CWA IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
STARTING SUNDAY AND UPGRADED TO A SLIGHT RISK FOR MONDAY. THIS  
IS SHOWN WELL IN THE ECMWF EFI FOR QPF WHERE MONDAY IN  
PARTICULAR SHOWS EFI VALUES BETWEEN 0.70-0.80 WITH A BROAD 0 SOT  
CONTOUR BUT ALSO A 1 SOT CONTOUR OVER MOST OF THE CWA,  
INDICATING THE POTENTIAL CHANCES FOR A RATHER ANOMALOUS RAIN  
EVENT. THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON AS WE CONTINUE  
TO GET CLOSER AND DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR BUT RAIN CHANCES  
SLOWLY DWINDLE INTO THE MIDWEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
MIXTURE OF CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING AS SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH TAF LOCATIONS.  
 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PASSING THROUGH TAF  
LOCATIONS THROUGH 11Z, THEN ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EAST AND INTO THE  
COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. A MIXTURE  
OF MVFR/IFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS THE SHOWER/STORM  
ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH, THEN A RETURN TO MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS  
EXPECTED AROUND 14Z AS WEAK SUBSIDENCE HELP TO LIFT AND BREAK  
UP SOME OF THE CLOUDINESS. VFR THEN EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF  
THE FORECAST PERIOD AT ALL LOCATIONS. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING  
TURNING OUT OF THE WEST, THEN MORE NORTHERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK... MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS AN UPPER LEVEL  
LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE  
POSSIBLE AT ALL TERMINALS.  
 
 
   
CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SC...NONE.  
GA...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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