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FXUS61 KAKQ 282346
AFDAKQ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
746 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025
SYNOPSIS
LOW PRESSURE LIFTS THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT,
WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND COLD AIR DAMMING GRADUALLY WEAKENING. A
STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT,
LEADING TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, WITH DRY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/
AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
KEY MESSAGES:
- MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
- A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NC INTO
SOUTHEAST VA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THIS AFTERNOON, ~1016MB LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED NW OF THE REGION
OVER INDIANA. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER AREA OF ~1017MB LOW PRESSURE IS
CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF THE WAKEFIELD NWS OFFICE WITH AN INVERTED
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING UP THROUGH EASTERN NC INTO FAR SE VA. A
COOL WEDGE PATTERNS CONTINUE INLAND, WITH ~1025MB HIGH PRESSURE
WEDGING DOWN EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE LOW SOUTH OF THE OFFICE WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING, EVENTUALLY PULLING WELL NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL
AREA LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON, EXPECT THE
SHOWERS TO BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND FOCUS FURTHER TO THE
NORTHEAST BY THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. HAVE STARTED
TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OFF TO OUR SW, BUT FOR
MOST OF THE AREA SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST. THE LATEST
MESOANALYSIS DOES SHOW ~500 J/KG OF MLCAPE CREEPING UP INTO PORTIONS
OF NE NC AND SE VA (HIGHEST RIGHT ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND).
SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA (SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY) ARE IN THE
LOW-MID 70S, COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 70S. THE SMALL
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY, IN ADDITION TO MODEST SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS ACROSS FAR SE VA INTO
NE NC INTO THIS EVENING, BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS LOW.
BY TONIGHT, RAIN CHANCES COME TO AN END FOR ALL BUT FAR NE PORTIONS
OF THE AREA (LINGERING LOW END POPS THROUGH ~MIDNIGHT). A CONTINUED
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER OVER THE AREA WILL BE CONDUCTIVE TO FOG OR LOW
CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW-MID 50S
NW TO THE LOW 60S ACROSS SE/E.
SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/
AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY..
KEY MESSAGES:
- SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
(HIGHEST COVERAGE SOUTH).
- HIGHER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY, IN
ADDITION THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
THURSDAY IS FORECAST TO BE DRIER AND WARMER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS,
THOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE DAY. DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST A PARTLY SUNNY SKY DEVELOPING,
ALLOWING HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH NEAR NORMAL, IN THE UPPER 70S TO
LOWER 80S. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST COVERAGE
SOUTH OF I-64 AND ESPECIALLY NEAR/ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND IN NC
WHERE WE HAVE 40-50% POPS. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, MAINLY ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND, WHERE SPC
HAS US HIGHLIGHTED FOR IN DAY 2 MARGINAL RISK. MODEL SOUNDINGS WOULD
INDICATE A LOW-END DAMAGING WIND THREAT FOR THESE FAR SOUTHERN
LOCATIONS.
THE MODELS STILL REMAIN IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE NEXT
POTENT SHORTWAVE ROTATES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE OH
VALLEY (LOOSELY ASSOCIATED AROUND THE BASE OF A DEEP UPPER LOW
CENTERED NEAR HUDSON BAY CANADA). AS THIS OCCURS, STRONG SFC LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS WHILE TRACKING NE FROM THE OH VALLEY INTO PA/NY
STATE ON FRIDAY. WITH A SW FLOW ALOFT REMAINING OVER THE LOCAL AREA
FRIDAY, AMPLE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY (POTENTIALLY 1500 TO 2000+ J/KG
OF MLCAPE) IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP, ALONG WITH STRONG H7-H5 WINDS.
CURRENTLY, THE LOCAL AREA IS MAINLY IN A DAY 3 MARGINAL RISK WITH A
SMALL AREA OF SLIGHT RISK CLIPPING THROUGH THE CAROLINAS INTO OUR
INTERIOR NE NC ZONES. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED GIVEN THE
STRONG DYNAMICS AND AND POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS, CAPABLE OF
DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. SOME OF THE
EARLY CAM RUNS SUCH AS THE 12Z 3KM NAM HINT AT A WEAK WARM FRONT OR
BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WOULD RESULT
IN AN INCREASED SEVERE WEATHER OR TORNADO POTENTIAL. AFTERNOON-
EVENING POPS ARE IN THE 70-80% THROUGHOUT THE CWA. IN ADDITION, WENT
AHEAD AND ADDED THUNDERSTORMS WORDING TO THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING GIVEN THE AMPLE INSTABILITY. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL BE
IN THE MID/UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. RAIN/STORM CHANCES DIMINISH FROM
WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT GENERALLY IN THE 50S, WITH SOME LOWER 60S ACROSS
THE SE.
BY SATURDAY, A CLOSED UPPER LOW LINGERS OFF TO OUR N/NE ON SATURDAY
LEADING TO DIURNAL SHOWERS/STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POPS ARE CURRENTLY HIGHEST
ALONG/NORTH OF I-64 (~50-60% POPS). HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW-
MID 70S N TO THE UPPER 70S-AROUND 80 SOUTH.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
KEY MESSAGES:
- MAINLY DRY WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
THERE ARE STILL SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO SUNDAY, WITH
SOME OF THE GUIDANCE SHOWING ONE FINAL SHORTWAVE PIVOTING THROUGH
THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SE WHICH WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS. THE NBM WAS FOLLOWED, WHICH YIELDS
SLIGHT CHC( 15-20% POPS) SUNDAY. THEREAFTER, THE PATTERN IS FOR AN
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION FROM THE MIDWEST,
THOUGH SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL MODELS SHOW SOME UPPER TROUGHINESS
LINGERING ACROSS THE SE CONUS. WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS INTO
THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
AS OF 746 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
WHILE ALL OF THE RAIN HAS FINALLY SHIFTED OFFSHORE AND AWAY FROM THE
TERMINALS, LOWERED CIGS AND POSSIBLE PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP
DEGRADED FLIGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING. HAVE
INCLUDED MENTION OF BR AT ALL TERMINALS ASIDE FROM ECG, WHERE WE
HAVE JUST KEPT LOWERED CIGS FOR NOW. CONDITIONS SHOULD START TO
IMPROVE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT FROM THE WNW OVERNIGHT BUT WILL LIKELY BE VARIABLE AT TIMES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST STAY AWAY FROM THE TERMINALS
THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT COULD PICK UP IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND
LOCATION, HAVE LEFT OUT MENTION OF CONVECTION FOR NOW.
OUTLOOK: EXPECT A LOWER COVERAGE FOR MAINLY LATE AFTN/EVENING
SHOWERS/TSTMS THURSDAY, WITH A HIGHER PROBABILITY FRI
AFTN/EVENING WHERE SHOWERS WOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND FLIGHT
RESTRICTIONS BE MORE PERSISTENT. ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED
AFTN/EVENING SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY, FOLLOWED BY
DRY CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
MARINE
AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
KEY MESSAGES:
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL LOCAL WATERS
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ELEVATED WINDS SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
- WESTERLY WINDS BECOME GUSTY BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS WEEKEND.
AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID-
ATLANTIC COAST WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, WINDING
ITS WAY INTO NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO
SUBSIDE ACROSS THE WATERS AS OF EARLY AFTERNOON, WITH CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS SHOWING VARIABLE WIND DIRECTIONS DUE TO THE RAIN MOVING
THROUGH, THOUGH A GENERAL EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY COMPONENT REMAINS
ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH WEST/NORTHWESTERLY ACROSS THE NORTH. SPEEDS
ARE AROUND 12-18KT WITH GUSTS TO 20-25KT; WITH THE PERIOD OF
STRONGEST WINDS BEHIND US, EXPECT ALL WINDS TO GRADUALLY BECOME
WEST/NORTHWESTERLY LATER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER AWAY. SEAS ARE 5-6FT WITH WAVES IN THE
BAY AROUND 3-4FT. AS THE WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH, THE SCAS WILL
BE ALLOWED TO COME DOWN FOR THE RIVERS AND SOUND THIS EVENING, AND
THE BAY OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE, THUS SCAS LINGER
FOR THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL MID-DAY THURSDAY. POCKETS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING, BEFORE RAIN
CHANCES COME TO AN END TONIGHT.
BENIGN CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY. WAVES BECOME 1-2FT WITH
SEAS OF 3-4FT BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A MODERATE RIP RISK REMAINS
LIKELY AT ALL BEACHES ON THURSDAY AS WE TRANSITION OUT OF THIS
SWELL/ELEVATED/WASHING MACHINE SEA-STATE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
BEACHES. MOST OF FRIDAY WILL BRING CALMER MARINE CONDITIONS AS WELL,
HOWEVER, STORM CHANCES WILL BE MORE LIKELY. THERE COULD BE SOME
STRONG, GUSTY WINDS FROM ANY STORM THAT PASSES OVER THE WATERS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SCA CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY EVENING/NIGHT.
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING
AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS INTO THIS EVENING ALLOWING WATER LEVELS TO
RISE, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN BAY AND ALONG THE RAPPAHANNOCK
RIVER. THE TIDES LAST EVENING/THIS MORNING UNDERPERFORMED, BUT
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS EVENING'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE SINCE THE
WINDS BECAME MUCH STRONGER TODAY, POTENTIALLY PUSHING MORE WATER
INTO THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN BAY. BISHOPS HEAD AND LEWISETTA WILL BE
THE MOST VULNERABLE FOR ANY KIND OF FLOODING THIS EVENING. HOWEVER,
GENERALLY EXPECTING THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING MORE THAN
NUISANCE FLOODING DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THIS EVENING/EARLY
TONIGHT. WINDS SHIFT AND BECOME LIGHTER AND WEST/NORTHWESTERLY
TONIGHT, ALLOWING FOR WATER LEVELS TO GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL.
THERE IS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR ALL BEACHES GIVEN,
NEARSHORE SEAS OF 3-6 FT. THE RIP RISK REMAINS MODERATE ON THURSDAY
DUE TO LINGERING ONSHORE SWELL AND ELEVATED SEAS, PARTICULARLY
ACROSS THE NORTHERN BEACHES. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY THE END OF
THE WEEK.
AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ630>632-
634.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ650-652.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ654-656-
658.
SYNOPSIS...AJB/LKB
NEAR TERM...AJB
SHORT TERM...AJB/LKB
LONG TERM...AJB/LKB
AVIATION...JKP/NB
MARINE...JKP/RMM
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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