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FXUS62 KILM 302041  
AFDILM  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
441 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE  
STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER  
CONDITIONS ARRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE A GRADUAL WARMUP TAKES  
PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND  
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE A GRADUAL  
WARMUP TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 349 ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS A  
LINE OF CONVECTION MOVES EASTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALL  
SEVERE THREATS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
LOW CLOUDS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING TRANSITIONED  
TO AN AREA OF STRATOCU AND NOW HIGH CLOUDS WERE STREAMING  
OVERHEAD. THE SUNSHINE WILL HEAT THINGS UP AND HELP WITH  
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT, BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT THAT  
HIGH IN TERMS OF COVERAGE OF STORMS AS QUESTIONABLE FORCING AT  
THE LOW LEVELS WITH WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WINDS AND CLOUDS  
KEEPING SEA BREEZE PINNED CLOSER TO THE COAST. LOOKS LIKE  
TIMING STILL REMAINS THE SAME FOR POTENTIAL STORMS WITH 4 TO 6P  
ARRIVAL WEST OF I-95 TO 6 TO 9P BEST CHC EAST OF I-95.  
 
AN APPROACHING DIGGING UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH THIS COLD FRONT  
THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING DRIER AND RELATIVELY COOLER  
AIR INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONGER AND GUSTY  
INCREASING A BIT THROUGH THIS EVENING AS TROUGH DEEPENS ALOFT. WARM  
AND MOIST AIR REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF IT WITH TEMPS UP AROUND  
80 MOST PLACES AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S, BUT OVERALL  
MOISTURE THROUGH THE COLUMN IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE WITH PCP  
WATER VALUES REACHING UP TO 1.6 INCHES. SOUNDINGS SHOWING WEAK  
CAP ERODING NOW LEADING TO INCREASED CHC OF STORMS LATE THIS  
AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. MODELS SHOW LINE OF CONVECTION  
APPROACHING, BUT WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO AND ACROSS THE  
EASTERN CAROLINAS BUT ALSO SHOWS SECONDARY BIT OF SHORTWAVE  
ENERGY ROTATING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS LINE AND COULD PRODUCE  
ADDITIONAL STORMS. MAIN THREAT OVERALL SHOULD BE POTENTIAL FOR  
DAMAGING WINDS, BUT WITH COLDER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT, COULD SEE  
SOME HAIL AND CAN NOT RULE OUT A TORNADO.  
 
GUIDANCE SHOWS CLEARING SKIES BY MIDNIGHT WITH MAINLY CLEAR  
SKIES INTO SAT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP A BIT BELOW NORMAL WITH  
MOST PLACES DROPPING BELOW NORMAL INLAND OF THE COAST. OVERALL  
EXPECT A SUNNY AND WARM DAY ON SATURDAY WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY  
BELOW NORMAL BUT STILL REACHING INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. CAN NOT  
RULE OUT SOME PASSING CLOUDS AS SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY RIDING  
AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH SAT.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/  
 
A FAIRLY DECENT MID LEVEL TROUGH FOR EARLY JUNE WILL  
BE IN PLACE THROUGH BASICALLY ALL OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. OVERALL  
THE PERIOD REMAINS MOSTLY DRY BUT A SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED  
BAROCLINIC ZONE OFFER UP A CHANCE OF CONVECTION LATER SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS ALSO A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES SATURDAY EVENING AS WELL. THE  
TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE/FORECAST IS ONE OF JUST BELOW OR NEAR  
CLIMATOLOGY ACCORDING TO DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC GUIDANCE.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
THE EXTENDED PERIOD REMAINS ESSENTIALLY VOID OF POPS WITH A  
WARMING TREND VIA MID LEVEL RIDGING DEVELOPING. THERE IS AN  
INTERESTING FEATURE PERHAPS A "TUTT" THAT IS SHOWING UP IN SOME  
GUIDANCE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THAT IF IT DEVELOPS COULD BRING  
SOME CLOUD COVER AND OR SHOWERS MID TO LATE WEEK. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES REACHING OR JUST ECLIPSING NINETY DEGREES LATE IN  
THE PERIOD ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PERIOD.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/  
 
ANY LOW CLOUDS TRANSITIONED TO STRATOCU THINNING OUT FROM W-SW  
TO E-NE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LEAVES ISO TO SCT  
STRATOCU WITH HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING IN ALSO FORM THE WEST.  
VFR AT ALL SITES FOR NOW WILL POTENTIALLY BECOME SUB-VFR IN  
TSTMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVERALL, SHWRS/TSTMS ARE EXPECTED  
TO MOVE THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTN INTO THIS  
EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT, WITH BRIEF RESTRICTIONS  
POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50+ KT  
AND/OR LARGE HAIL, ESPECIALLY INLAND AT KFLO/KLBT. OTHERWISE,  
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH WSW WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND  
20 TO 25 KTS. SHOULD SEE SKC AT ALL TERMINALS BY 04-06Z  
TIMEFRAME, LASTING THROUGH REMAINDER OF TAF PERIOD.  
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...MAINLY VFR.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
THROUGH SATURDAY...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT WITH  
GUSTY WSW WINDS UP TO 25 TO 30 KTS THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT  
DIMINISHING INTO PRE-DAWN HOURS ON SAT. MAINLY WILL EXPERIENCE  
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AND SEAS UP TO 6 FT IN THE NC WATERS AND  
MORE IN THE WAY OF WIND GUSTS TO 25 KTS IN THE SC WATERS. WINDS  
WILL REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 KT RANGE POST FROPA INTO SAT AND  
SEAS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 FT RANGE ON SATURDAY.  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AFTER A BRIEF OFFSHORE FLOW  
SATURDAY EVENING...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE ERRATIC AND LIGHT  
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH IF ANYTHING A SOUTHWEST FLOW PRINTING.  
IT APPEARS A MORE SUSTAINED IF A DAY OR TWO IS SUSTAINED FLOW  
DEVELOPS INTO MID WEEK. SPEEDS REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT A FEW  
KNOTS EITHER SIDE OF TEN. OVERALL SIGNIFICANT SEAS ARE  
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LIGHTER WINDS AROUND TWO FEET.  
 
 
   
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NC...NONE.  
SC...NONE.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ250-252-  
254-256.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...ILM  
UPDATE...  
NEAR TERM...RGZ  
SHORT TERM...SHK  
LONG TERM...SHK  
AVIATION...RGZ  
MARINE...SHK/RGZ/ABW  
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