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FXUS62 KILM 121023
AFDILM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
623 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
AVIATION DISCUSSION UPDATED FOR 12Z TAFS.
KEY MESSAGES
1) DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE ENTIRETY OF THIS WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1... DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THIS WEEK.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND RIDGING ALOFT WILL RESULT IN AN
INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEK. EXPECT A
SLIGHT COOL DOWN TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S NEAR THE COAST AND LOW/MID 80S INLAND AS A BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT NUDGES INTO THE AREA. THEREAFTER, A WARMING TREND
ENSUES WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND UPPER-LEVEL
RIDGING RESULTING IN WELL-ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MID-UPPER
80S WILL BE COMMON AWAY FROM THE COAST WITH LOW 90S POSSIBLE
WELL-INLAND STARTING THURSDAY, NEARING RECORD TEMPS AT FLORENCE
AND LUMBERTON.
AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
PREDOMINANTLY VFR. AREA OF ALTO CU COVERING COASTAL TERMINALS
EARLY THIS MORNING WHICH HELPED BREAK UP FOG AND SHOULD
DISSIPATE BY 15Z. LOWER VSBYS IN FOG WILL IMPROVE FOR CRE
THROUGH 13Z. OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TODAY. LIGHT EASTERLY
WINDS OVERNIGHT BECOME SE 5-10 KT BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND
15 KTS. SHOULD BE SOME FOG/LOW STRATUS AROUND AFTER 06Z TONIGHT.
EXTENDED FORECAST...PREDOMINANTLY VFR. HIGH PRESSURE TO DOMINATE
DURING THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK.
MARINE
THROUGH TONIGHT... FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE WATERS,
WILL PRODUCE EASTERLY WINDS INTO THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL COME
BACK AROUND TO THE SE TO S BY THIS AFTERNOON AS FRONT LIFTS BACK
NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC TAKES HOLD. SEAS REMAIN
LOCKED IN AT 2-3 FT, PERHAPS SOME 4 FT WAVES OUT 20 NM FROM
SHORE FROM CAPE FEAR TO SURF CITY.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS
OFFSHORE, EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO PREVAIL THIS
WEEK WITH SPEEDS VARYING BETWEEN 5-15 KTS, WITH NEARSHORE
GUSTINESS LIKELY DUE TO THE SEA BREEZE.
SEAS WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE 2-3 FT. THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR TO
THE WAVE SPECTRUM WILL REMAIN EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS WITH
A PERIOD AROUND 9-10 SEC.
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
WHAT HAS CHANGED...MAS/RGZ
KEY MESSAGES...MAS
DISCUSSION...MAS
AVIATION...RGZ
MARINE...MAS/RGZ
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