213  
FXUS62 KILM 061820  
AFDILM  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
220 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AFTER  
SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE BERMUDA  
HIGH BECOMES THE DOMINANT FEATURE GENERATING LOCAL WEATHER.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
 
 
WHAT'S LEFT OF CHANTAL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH  
TONIGHT WHILE DISSIPATING. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FEW LIGHT BANDS  
STREAMING ASHORE IN THE CAPE FEAR REGION THE PRECIP LOOKS ABOUT DONE  
FOR THE DAY UNLESS SOME WRAP-AROUND QPF MANIFESTS...STARTING TO HAVE  
DOUBT BUT WILL LEAVE POPS AS-IS FOR NOW. CLEARING SKIES WILL BE  
GRADUAL AT FIRST AND THEN MORE PRONOUNCED AFTER DARK, POSSIBLY  
SETTING THE AREA UP FOR SOME FOG IF WIND ABATES SUFFICIENTLY.  
MONDAY'S WEATHER MAP WILL FEATURE A PIEDMONT TROUGH TAKING UP  
RESIDENCE BEHIND CHANTAL AND A SHORTWAVE TRAVERSING THE NC/VA  
BORDER. WHERE THE FORCING OF THE TWO ALIGN THERE SHOULD BE A  
SEASONABLE SCATTERING OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS (MAINLY INLAND) BUT  
WITH A STORM MOTION CONTAINING ENOUGH OF AN EASTERLY COMPONENT THAT  
ALL AREAS WILL HAVE POPS. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL TAPER SLIGHTLY  
TOWARDS THE COAST WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE LOWER.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
THE PIEDMONT TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOT UNLIKE MONDAY.  
THE MID LEVEL RIDGE OVERHEAD WILL BE BUILDING SLIGHTLY LEAVING US  
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FEWER AND WEAKER SHORTWAVES. WITH TEMPERATURES ON THE  
RISE THOUGH STRONGER INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP, OFFSETTING THE  
AFOREMENTIONED ARGUMENT FOR LESSER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE. THE END  
RESULT WILL BE ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF AREA-WIDE STORMS WITH COVERAGE  
CAPPED AT ABOUT 40 PERCENT. THE INCREASED INSTABILITY HAS SPC  
HIGHLIGHTING THE AREA IN MARGINAL FOR SEVERE AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS  
SHOW THE CALLING CARD OF WET DOWNBURSTS WITH HEALTHY INSTABILITY  
ABOVE A CU LAYER AT 6KFT AND AN INVERTED SOUNDING BELOW THIS LAYER.  
TUESDAY'S HI VALUES COULD TAKE A RUN AT ADVISORY CRITERIA.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
THE MAIN MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE OFFSHORE FOR MOST OF THE LONG TERM,  
WITH A SECONDARY CENTER WELL TO OUR WEST. IN THE MID LEVELS THEN  
THIS PUTS US IN A LOCAL WEAKNESS IN THE HEIGHT FIELD. THIS SHOULD  
BE ENOUGH TO FOSTER AT LEAST SEASONABLE COVERAGE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON  
THUNDERSTORMS (THOUGH PERSISTENT SHORTWAVE ENERGY COULD ALLOW FOR  
SHALLOW CONVECTION TO LINGER JUST ABOUT ANY NIGHT BUT THIS CAN BE  
TOUGH TO FORECAST IN THE LONGER TERM) IF NOT SOME RATHER UNSETTLED  
MID TO LATE WEEK WEATHER. WITH THE ADDED CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THE HI  
VALUES SHOULD START TO BACK AWAY FROM ADVISORY LEVELS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
WEAKENING WINDS WILL VEER OR TURN COUNTERCLOCKWISE IN DIRECTION  
AS CHANTAL CONTINUES TO EXIT TO THE NORTH. SKIES WILL SLOWLY  
IMPROVE TO MVFR THIS EVENING AND VFR OVERNIGHT SAVE FOR WHATEVER  
LOWERED CIGS HANG ON OVER FAR NORTHERN ZONES. SOME OF THE "RULE  
OF THUMB" TECHNIQUES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT SOME LIGHT FOG MAY  
DEVELOP. MOST STATISTICAL GUIDANCE DOES NOT HOWEVER AND PAIR  
THIS WITH A CONTINUATION OF LIGHT BREEZE BY SUNUP HAVE LEFT OUT  
OF TAFS FOR NOW.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
THROUGH MONDAY... TROPICAL HEADLINES LOWERED SCA, AS IS USUALLY  
THE CASE AS WIND AND SEAS BOTH ABATE MORE SLOWLY THAN TROPICAL  
THREATS AS THEY EXIT NORTHWARD. AS WHAT'S LEFT OF CHANTAL CONTINUES  
TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA OUR NW QUICKLY TURN BACK TO SW AND THEN S  
TODAY ALL WHILE ABATING. SCA TO DROP TONIGHT AS SW WIND LOOKS TO  
DOMINATE THE FORECAST AS BERMUDA HIGH TAKES OVER.  
 
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LITTLE TO DISTURB THE BERMUDA HIGH  
THROUGH THE PERIOD, IT'S RESULTING SWRLY FLOW SLIGHTLY BOLSTERED BY  
SEMI-PERMANENT PIEDMONT TROUGH. A LONGER PERIOD SERLY SWELL WILL BE  
PRESENT ALONG WITH THE SHORTER PERIOD WIND CHOP.  
 

 
   
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING
 
 
OTHER - RIP CURRENTS: LINGERING LARGE SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM  
CHANTAL WILL LEAD TO HIGH SURF HEIGHTS AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT  
RISK TODAY, WITH THE HIGH RIP RISK POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO  
MONDAY AS WELL.  
 

 
   
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NC...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ106-  
108-110.  
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ110.  
SC...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ054-  
056.  
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ054-056.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ250-  
252-254-256.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...ILM  
UPDATE...MBB  
NEAR TERM...MBB  
SHORT TERM...MBB  
LONG TERM...MBB  
AVIATION...MBB  
MARINE...ILM  
 
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