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FXUS62 KRAH 130741
AFDRAH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
340 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
SYNOPSIS
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES
THROUGH WEDNESDAY, BRINGING WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION.
THE LOW WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NE OF THE AREA BY LATE WEEK WITH HOT
AND HUMID WEATHER TO FOLLOW.
NEAR TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/
AS OF 340 AM TUESDAY...
* FLOODING THREAT LINGERS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
* MARGINAL/LEVEL 1 RISK OF OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST-NORTHEASTWARD,
FROM THE MID SOUTH THIS MORNING TO THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE TROUGH ENERGY SWINGING AROUND THE BASE OF THE
ATTENDANT UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT NE ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATER TODAY.
MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE, A FRONTAL TRIPLE POINT WILL MOVE NE
THROUGH THE AREA.
THE LOW-LEVEL WARM MOIST CONVEYOR AND ASSOCIATED MAIN CONVECTIVE
BAND THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA BETWEEN 12-15Z. UNTIL IT
DOES SO, 0-1KM HELICITY OF 200-300 M/S AND RELATED STRONGLY CURVED
HODOGRAPHS WILL SUPPORT A LOW END THREAT OF A WEAK AND BRIEF
TORNADO, MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN/COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES WHERE WEAK
INSTABILITY EXIST.
FOLLOWING A BRIEF LULL, DURING WHICH TIME CLOUD BASES WILL LIFT AND
BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER WILL EVOLVE OWING TO ENTRAINMENT OF DRY AIR
ALOFT, MODERATE DESTABILIZATION WITH MLCAPE OF 1500-2000 J/KG SHOULD
BE REALIZED BY THE AFTERNOON. THIS COUPLED WITH WEAK MID-LEVEL
HEIGHT FALLS AND DPVA SHOULD SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30-35 KTS ALONG WITH FAVORABLE
DCAPE ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH
SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.
ADDITIONALLY, AFTER HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY, AREAS MAY BE MORE
SENSITIVE TO FLOODING GIVEN HIGHER SOIL MOISTURE, AND ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS REMAIN, MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN AND
NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT, BUT PARTIAL CLEARING
OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO FOG DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIALLY DENSE BETWEEN 06-
12Z, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64.
HIGHS TODAY RANGING FROM MID/UPPER 70S NORTH LOWER 80S SE. LOWS
TONIGHT IN THE 60S.
SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
AS OF 400 PM MONDAY... THE MID-LEVEL CYCLONE WILL WEAKEN FURTHER AND
LIKELY TURN INTO AN OPEN WAVE OVER THE OH VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS FURTHER NORTH. THE ATTENDANT
TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATE WEDNESDAY, WITH MOISTURE
FLUX ON THE EAST SIDE STILL RESULTING IN PW VALUES AROUND 1.5
INCHES. AT THE SURFACE, DESPITE THE OCCLUDED LOW AND ASSOCIATED
FRONTS MOVING TO OUR NORTH BY THIS POINT, AND OVERALL MODEST FORCING
FOR ASCENT, THE COMBINATION OF COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT FROM THE
MID-LEVEL TROUGH, DECENT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE (SURFACE DEW POINTS IN
THE MID-TO-UPPER-60S), AND SOME BREAKS OF SUN COULD STILL RESULT IN
SBCAPE IN THE 1000-2000 J/KG RANGE. DID CAP POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE
GIVEN THE WEAK LARGE-SCALE FORCING AND PRECIPITATION BEING MORE
CONVECTIVE BY THIS POINT. THE MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE WEAK ENOUGH
THAT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED. FORECAST HIGHS ARE MID-
70S TO LOWER-80S. DRIER AIR FROM NW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD REALLY BEGIN
TO MOVE IN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH FINALLY PUSHES
TO OUR EAST. LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER-50S TO MID-60S.
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
AS OF 400 PM MONDAY...
SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL THEN BUILD TO OUR WEST ON THURSDAY AND MOVE
OVERHEAD ON THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH ASSOCIATED HEIGHT RISES. MODEL
SOUNDINGS INDICATE THIS WILL BRING A DECENT CAPPING INVERSION THAT
SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT STILL CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW
ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS AS GOOD SURFACE HEATING AND CONTINUED LOW-
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN WEAK TO MODERATE DESTABILIZATION ONCE
AGAIN. FOR NOW ONLY HAVE SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS (HIGHEST EAST).
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TURN ABOVE AVERAGE, IN THE MID-TO-UPPER-80S.
LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID-TO-UPPER-60S.
THE FIRST PART OF FRIDAY COULD BE DRY AS WELL AS WE ARE STILL UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SHORTWAVE RIDGING PUSHING TO OUR EAST, BUT BY
LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WE WILL EXPERIENCE SOME WEAK MID-LEVEL
HEIGHT FALLS FROM THE NEXT CLOSED LOW THAT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE ACROSS OUR
REGION. SO PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE, AND ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE. GIVEN STRONG DESTABILIZATION
OF 2000-3000+ J/KG OF CAPE SHOWN ON BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS, ALONG
WITH 40-50 KTS OF BULK SHEAR, STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN, WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER-80S TO MID-90S ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DEW POINTS WILL RISE TO
THE UPPER-60S AND POSSIBLY LOWER-70S BOTH DAYS, SO HEAT INDICES WILL
BE A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY ARE FORECAST TO REACH
THE MID-90S TO 100 FROM THE TRIANGLE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.
A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON ITS TIMING AND PLACEMENT.
LOOKING ALOFT, THE FLOW WILL TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY AS THE MID-
LEVEL CYCLONE PUSHES FARTHER EAST AND RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE
CENTRAL US. FOR NOW EXPECT A DRYING TREND WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY CONVECTION WOULD
BE IN THE SOUTH DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONT GETS HUNG UP. FORECAST
HIGHS DECREASE CLOSER TO NORMAL BOTH DAYS.
AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
AS OF 200 AM TUESDAY...
MVFR TO IFR RESTRICTIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT, WITH BRIEF PERIODS
OF LIFR POSSIBLE DUE TO ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS PIVOTING NEWD
ACROSS CENTRAL NC THROUGH DAYBREAK.
BY MID MORNING, THE MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST NC
AND VA, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER AND
GRADUAL LIFTING TO VFR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, AIRMASS
DESTABLIZATION WILL ALLOW FOR THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS AND ASSOCIATED SUB-VFR RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT, BUT PARTIAL CLEARING
OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO FOG DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIALLY DENSE BETWEEN 06-
12Z, MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TERMINALS.
OUTLOOK: CHANCES FOR DIURNAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. MORNING FOG AND LOW STRATUS WILL BE
POSSIBLE EACH MORNING, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL THE PREVIOUS DAY.
RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ007>011-024>028-
041>043-078-089.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ021>023-038>040-
073>077-083>086-088.
SYNOPSIS...BADGETT
NEAR TERM...CBL
SHORT TERM...DANCO
LONG TERM...DANCO
AVIATION...CBL
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