608  
FXUS61 KLWX 180024 AAA  
AFDLWX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
824 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NOTHING.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
-1) BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
BEFORE SEASONABLE WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE  
WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY BEFORE SEASONABLE WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE REMAINDER OF  
THE WEEK.  
 
DESPITE SOME RESIDUAL WINDS AND CLOUD COVER, LOWS TONIGHT  
PLUNGE INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO 20S (TEENS FOR THE MOUNTAINS).  
EARLY TOMORROW WILL BE THE COLDEST MORNING. AFTER THAT, A SLOW  
MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK IS  
EXPECTED WITH NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST- NORTHWEST THROUGH MUCH OF  
THE NIGHT, BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE. WIND COULD  
BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR A TIME JUST PRIOR TO DAYBREAK,  
BEFORE TURNING LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST, AND THEN EVENTUALLY SOUTH  
TOMORROW MORNING. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS  
PERSIST TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY.  
 
CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE ON FRIDAY, BEFORE  
TURNING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING, BECOMING SUB-SCA IN  
NATURE BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT. SUB-SCA LEVEL SOUTHERLY  
WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND  
THURSDAY.  
 
SUB-SCA LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. WINDS  
COULD NEAR LOW-END SCA LEVELS WITHIN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ON  
SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
DC...NONE.  
MD...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR MDZ008.  
VA...NONE.  
WV...NONE.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ530>534-  
537-539>543.  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ535-  
536-538.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...CS/LFR/KJP  
AVIATION...LFR/KJP  
MARINE...LFR/KJP  
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