283  
FXUS62 KILM 151847  
AFDILM  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
247 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
LOW PRESSURE EAST OF CAPE FEAR WILL SPREAD CLOUDS AND SOME RAIN  
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL LINGER  
NEAR THE OUTER BANKS THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE  
BRINGS DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF  
THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
THE OFFSHORE IS ROUGHLY NEAR CAPE HATTERAS AT THIS TIME, WHERE  
IT LOOKS TO STALL THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD, CONTINUING TO  
IMPACT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA JUST TO OUR NORTH. A NORTH BREEZE  
WILL LINGER TONIGHT WITH INCREASING MID/LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER,  
PARTICULARLY FOR SE NC. FOG SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. WINDS WILL  
TURN TO THE NW AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY, BEING JUST AS  
STRONG AS WE'VE BEEN SEEING, 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH.  
RAIN CHANCES WILL SHIFT FROM OUR EASTERN AREAS TO OUR INLAND NC  
AREAS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS WHAT WE'RE  
EXPECTING AT BEST AND RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT, LIKELY  
BELOW 0.5".  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
UPPER LOW MOVING ONSHORE OVER NORTHEASTERN NC WILL PUSH  
MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE  
LATE TUESDAY. WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE MOISTURE ON THE WEST AND  
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW, CLOUDS AND SHOWERS COULD BE ONGOING  
AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. THE LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE SHOULD  
LIMIT THE INTENSITY OF ANY SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP TO A LIGHT  
SHOWER OR DRIZZLE.  
 
THE NBM IS KEEPING MOST OF THE AREA DRY ON TUESDAY EVENING, BUT  
I HAVE INTRODUCED A CONTOUR OF SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTHWARD TOWARD  
THE NC/SC STATE LINE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REMNANT MOISTURE AROUND  
THE LOW. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE LUMBERTON AND  
ELIZABETHTOWN VICINITY.  
 
MUCH OF THE EXISTING PV ADVECTION SUCCUMBS TO WEAK SUBSIDENCE  
AS THE LOW BEGINS A GRADUAL DRIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST. SOME  
DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS ALSO WORKS TO SCOUR THE REMAINING RAIN  
CHANCES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CLOUD COVER SHOULD  
REMAIN AS POOLING MOISTURE SITS BENEATH A MID LEVEL INVERSION.  
CURRENT FORECAST LOWS ARE LIKELY TOO COOL GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED  
CLOUD COVER. EXPECT UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
NORTHERLY FLOW ON WEDNESDAY, IN ADDITION TO LOW CLOUDS, WILL  
KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA IN THE 70S, A FEW STATIONS COULD  
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE 75 DEGREE MARK. PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY  
REGARDING LOWS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT AND  
THICKNESS OF CLOUD COVER. MODELS INDICATE THAT SUBSIDENCE SHOULD  
HAVE ERODED CLOUDS BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND THE MAJORITY OF  
GUIDANCE HAS LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. MODEL SOUNDINGS HINT AT SOME  
STUBBORN CLOUD COVER, SO A CLOUDY EVENING COULD HOLD  
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
 
 
DRY AIR AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL DOMINATE THE END OF THE  
WEEK. WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF DRY AIR  
WHILE DISORGANIZED RIDGING ALOFT ALLOWS SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO  
CLIMB TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID SEPTEMBER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL  
BEGIN TO SETTLE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN US ON SATURDAY, SETTING  
THE STAGE FOR A COOLER AND CLOUDIER DAY ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER WEDGE  
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT WITH  
INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW, GRADUALLY TURNING TOWARD THE NE ON  
SUNDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RETURN FOR SUNDAY  
AND MONDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER. ENSEMBLES STILL SHOW DRY  
AIR WITH THIS WEDGE, SO PRECIP CHANCES REMAIN LOW.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
PREDOMINANTLY VFR WITH SOME MVFR POSSIBLE AS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO  
SHEAR OFF THE SYSTEM TO OUR EAST. KLBT AND KILM ARE AT HIGHEST  
RISK FOR MVFR BUILDING IN TONIGHT AND THEN THROUGH TUESDAY  
MORNING WHERE IFR MAY BECOME POSSIBLE. THE QUESTION WILL BE THE  
COVERAGE. IMPACTS FROM CIGS SHOULD STOP AT THE SC TERMINALS  
THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD, BUT DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF  
THE LOW AS IT COULD PUSH INLAND TO OUR NORTH, CLOUDS MAY START  
TO IMPACT SC TERMINALS BEYOND THE 24HR TAF PERIOD. OTHERWISE, N  
WINDS WILL STAY AROUND 5-7 KTS TONIGHT, BECOMING MORE NW AS THE  
SYSTEM SHIFTS. NW WINDS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY TUESDAY MORNING,  
INCREASING TO ~10 KTS WITH GUSTS ~20 KTS BY THE END OF THE TAF  
PERIOD.  
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK... MVFR/IFR MAY LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS  
LOW PRESSURE IMPACTS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CLEARING IS  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK UNDER DRY HIGH  
PRESSURE.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
THROUGH TUESDAY... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH  
TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE SITS OFF CAPE HATTERAS. THE SYSTEM WILL  
STALL OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WINDS  
BECOMING OFFSHORE STILL ~20 KTS, BUT SEAS WITH DROPPING TO 2-4  
FT AFTER THE WIND SHIFT. THE NW WIND WAVE WILL MAKE FOR CHOPPY  
WATERS, BUT JUST SHORT OF SCA CRITERIA.  
 
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... LOW PRESSURE LIFTS OFF TO THE  
NORTH AND EAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. A WEAKENING  
GRADIENT WILL ALLOW NW AND W WINDS TO GRADUALLY RELAX THROUGH  
THURSDAY. SEAS DECREASE FROM 2-4 FEET LATE TUESDAY TO 1-2 BY  
WEDNESDAY EVENING. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND  
AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE SHOULD BECOME DOMINANT.  
 
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN US WILL RE-  
ESTABLISH E AND NE FLOW LATE SATURDAY WITH A WEDGE OF HIGH  
PRESSURE TO BUILD FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. STILL TOO  
EARLY TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC TIMING DETAILS, BUT EXPECT A PERIOD OF  
SCA CONDITIONS LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NC...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ106.  
HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ108.  
SC...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ056.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR AMZ250-252.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...ILM  
NEAR TERM...LEW  
SHORT TERM...21  
LONG TERM...21  
AVIATION...LEW  
MARINE...21/LEW  
 
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