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FXUS62 KILM 061845
AFDILM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
145 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
KEY MESSAGES
1) WARM AND MUGGY THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NIGHTTIME FOG MAY BE
DENSE EACH DAY, WITH PERIODS OF DENSE SEA FOG.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...WARM AND MUGGY THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
NIGHTTIME FOG MAY BE DENSE EACH DAY, WITH PERIODS OF DENSE SEA
FOG.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
PERSISTENT FORECAST IN PLAY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK COURTESY OF
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING CONTINUED ADVECTION OF WARM, MOIST
AIR. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, WITH INLAND TEMPS IN THE LOW
80S INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE KEEPING
THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. LOW TEMPS EACH NIGHT
AROUND 60F. FORECAST REMAINS DRY THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO RIDGING
ALOFT. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY, DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZE, AS THE MID-LEVEL
RIDGE FLATTENS AND SUBSIDENCE WEAKENS.
DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH NIGHT AND MORNING INTO NEXT WEEK DUE
TO DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND HIGH PRESSURE KEEPING WINDS RELATIVELY
LIGHT. HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO PERIODS DENSE SEA FOG
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EACH DAY INTO NEXT WEEK, WHICH WILL IMPACT
NAVIGATION AND MAY MOVE ONSHORE AND IMPACT COASTAL AREAS.
AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
PREDOMINANTLY VFR INTO THIS EVENING. PERSISTENCE FORECAST, WITH
PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER NIGHT WITH LOW
VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE AREA. CURRENTLY FORECASTING LIFR-IFR
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
SLOWLY AFTER SUNRISE, WITH WIDESPREAD VFR RETURNING BY LATE MORNING
TO MIDDAY. SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 KTS OR LESS IN PLACE THROUGH
TOMORROW, WITH CALM WINDS TONIGHT.
EXTENDED FORECAST...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
DAYTIME PERIOD INTO NEXT WEEK, BUT PERIODS OF FOG COULD BRING LATE
NIGHT/EARLY MORNING RESTRICTIONS AND SEA FOG COULD ADVECT INTO THE
GRAND STRAND TERMINALS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
MARINE
THROUGH SATURDAY...LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS 2-3 FT REMAIN
IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING
THE FORECAST. SEAS PRIMARILY A ESE 10 SEC SWELL. THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR LOCAL COASTAL WATERS IS THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR
PERIODS OF DENSE SEA FOG.
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SUB-SCA CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WITH BERMUDA HIGH
PRESSURE MAINTAINING ITS POSITION OFF TO THE EAST. PREVIOUS
FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK OVER THIS TIME PERIOD, WITH WINDS
AVERAGING 10-15 KT OUT OF THE S TO SW, AND SEAS CONSISTENTLY 2-4
FT, A LARGE CONTRIBUTION OF WHICH IS 9-10 SECOND SE SWELL. SEA
FOG WILL REMAIN A CONCERN WITH HIGH DEWPOINT AIR FLOWING OVER
COOLER WATERS, AND WILL BE HANDLED WITH DENSE FOG ADVISORIES AS
VISIBILITIES FALL BELOW 1 NM AT TIMES.
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
WHAT HAS CHANGED...VAO
KEY MESSAGES...VAO
DISCUSSION...VAO
AVIATION...VAO
MARINE...MAS/VAO
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