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FXUS62 KCAE 030039
AFDCAE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
839 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. AVIATION
DISCUSSION UPDATED FOR 00Z TAFS.
KEY MESSAGES
- 1. RAIN CHANCES ENDING TONIGHT, BUT DAILY CHANCES CONTINUE
THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.
DISCUSSION
- 1. RAIN CHANCES ENDING TONIGHT, BUT DAILY CHANCES CONTINUE
THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING'S THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA, WITH JUST SOME LINGERING LIGHT RAIN IN THE
FAR EASTERN MIDLANDS AND PEEDEE. AFTER THIS ACTIVITY MOVES OUT
OF THE AREA, THE REST OF THE NIGHT IS ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN DRY,
BUT A STRATUS DECK IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE AREA.
AFTER TODAY, A CLOSED LOW IS FORECAST TO BREAK OFF OF THE MAIN
UPPER TROUGH MEANDERING OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR SEVERAL
DAYS. AS SUCH, DAILY CHANCES (30 TO 70 PERCENT) FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD.
TEMPERATURES DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR
TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL VALUES.
AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
LOWERING CIGS AND RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL.
RAIN IS STEADILY CLEARING THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH ALL SITES
NOW VFR AND RAIN IS EAST OF ALL TERMINALS. A FEW SHOWERS AND
STORMS LINGER ACROSS GA BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH ANY TAF
SITES. OVERNIGHT, CIGS WILL STEADILY FALL TO MVFR AND THEN IFR
AFTER 08Z THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TAF SITES; GENERALLY CIGS
BETWEEN 600-1000 FEET EXPECTED THROUGH 14Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRUGGLE TO
ENTIRELY CLEAR THE AREA MONDAY SO SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
STORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...PERIODIC SHOWERS-STORMS EXPECTED IN
THE AFTERNOONS THIS WEEK ALONG WITH CIG RESTRICTIONS IN THE
MORNINGS EARLY THIS WEEK.
CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...29
AVIATION...42
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