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FXUS61 KAKQ 240525  
AFDAKQ  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
125 AM EDT SUN AUG 24 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
LARGE WAVES, LINGERING COASTAL FLOODING, AND DANGEROUS RIP  
CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND FROM THE DISTANT  
EFFECTS OF NOW POST-TROPICAL ERIN. DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONABLE  
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT, WITH A FEW  
SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES  
THE AREA. DRY AND VERY PLEASANT FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK WITH  
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/
 
 
AS OF 800 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
- MILD WITH INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE  
RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SE VA/NE NC LATE.  
 
- HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT ALL AREA BEACHES  
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.  
 
BROAD ~1020 MB HIGH PRESSURE HAS SETTLED OFFSHORE OF THE NEW  
ENGLAND COAST THIS EVENING. THE FLOW ALOFT IS LIGHT OUT OF THE  
SW WITH UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE MIDWEST/WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND  
A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE OVER GA/SC. THERE IS ALSO WEAK,  
DEVELOPING SFC LOW PRESSURE OFF THE GA/SC COAST. THE LOW IS  
PROGGED TO TRACK NE TONIGHT TO A POSITION JUST EAST OF  
WILMINGTON, NC BY SUNRISE. CLOUDS HAVE THICKENED ACROSS THE  
FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW AND WILL LOWER SOME OVERNIGHT.  
MAINLY DRY WX IS EXPECTED INLAND AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE, BUT  
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 2-4 AM ACROSS  
FAR SE VA AND NE NC. OTHERWISE, EXPECT LOWS IN THE MID 60S  
INLAND AND UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S NEAR THE COAST.  
 
NOTE THAT A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
AS OF 210 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGE:  
 
- A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE,  
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S ARE EXPECTED.  
 
- DRY, COMFORTABLE WEATHER WITH NOTICEABLY LOWER HUMIDITY IS  
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.  
 
THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW SUNDAY, BUT WILL STILL BE  
TO OUR NW SUN EVENING (AND WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY AM). THE  
SOUTHERN STREAM LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS ALSO PROGGED TO LIFT NE JUST  
OFF THE VA/NC COAST ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG OUT  
OF THE MIDWEST. THE FRONTAL FORCING, WEAK LEE-SIDE TROUGHING, AND  
INCREASING DEW POINTS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO FOR SCATTERED  
SHOWERS/TSTMS TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VA DURING THE  
AFTN...BEFORE POTENTIALLY REACHING THE PIEDMONT BY 4-7 PM. GIVEN  
THAT INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO BE QUITE MODEST (MLCAPE <1000 J/KG W/  
THE HIGHEST VALUES WEST), STORMS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE  
EASTWARD. HOWEVER, STILL THINK WE'LL GET A FEW (VERY LIKELY SUB-  
SEVERE) THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. THE MOST  
LIKELY TIMING FOR STORMS IS FROM 4-10 PM. ACROSS THE SE, THE CHANCE  
FOR THUNDER IS EXTREMELY LOW WITH THE LOW PASSING TO OUR SE, BUT  
THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS DURING THE AM THROUGH MOST  
OF THE AFTN (BEFORE POPS DECREASE VERY LATE IN THE DAY). NOTE THAT  
THERE IS A LARGE GRADIENT IN FORECAST QPF ACROSS NE NC, WITH ABOUT  
0.1-0.75" FORECAST (HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF  
CAMDEN/CURRITUCK COUNTIES). MULTIPLE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED  
JUST 50-75 MILES TO THE S OF THE CWA BORDER CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF  
THE LOW.  
 
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE I-95 CORRIDOR INTO THE NORTHERN NECK AND  
EASTERN SHORE, A RELATIVE MINIMA IN PRECIP COVERAGE IS EXPECTED WITH  
POPS 20% OR LESS. MAINLY DRY SUN NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID 60S-70F.  
ON MONDAY, A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD REDEVELOP NEAR THE COAST AS  
THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. HOWEVER, COVERAGE LOOKS QUITE SPARSE  
WITH DECENT DRY AIR ADVECTION A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE FROPA.  
 
A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER FOR HIGH TEMPS SUNDAY WITH LOWER 80S ACROSS  
SE VA/NE NC (DUE TO HIGHER PRECIP/CLOUD COVERAGE) AND MID 80S  
ELSEWHERE. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE WARMEST DAY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS  
TEMPS SURGE IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS SE VA AND NE NC WITH MAINLY MID  
80S TO THE N AND NW. FORECAST LOWS ARE IN THE MID-UPPER 60S SUNDAY  
NIGHT AND UPPER 50S-LOWER 60S MONDAY NIGHT (AS COOLER/DRIER AIR  
FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT). A DEEP TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG OVER THE  
EASTERN CONUS ON TUESDAY AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE  
PLAINS/MIDWEST. THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE N-NW  
BEHIND THE FRONT, LEADING TO A PLEASANT DAY WITH HIGHS ONLY AROUND  
80F AND DEW POINTS IN THE 50S.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
AS OF 210 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGE:  
 
- VERY NICE FROM MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WITH LOTS OF SUN AND  
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY.  
 
VERY NICE, FALL LIKE WX IS EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK AS  
DEEP TROUGHING REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. MEANWHILE, THE  
SURFACE HIGH THAT WILL BE OVER THE MIDWEST AT THE START OF THE  
PERIOD BUILDS OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC BY THURSDAY. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES  
ROTATING THROUGH SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOLER AND  
DRIER AIR. DEW POINTS AS LOW AS THE UPPER 40S ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY  
WEDNESDAY. THE CONTINENTAL ORIGIN OF THE AIRMASS AND STRONG  
SUBSIDENCE FROM THE HIGH SHOULD KEEP A NEARLY 0% CHANCE OF RAIN  
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HIGHS THROUGH THE WEEK ARE FORECASTED  
TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80  
F. LOWS SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 50S INLAND AND LOW 60S IN THE  
EAST, BUT THESE COULD CERTAINLY TREND COOLER AS NBM TENDS TO RUN  
HIGH IN THESE PATTERNS WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE NEARBY/GOOD  
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. THE LATEST 12Z STATISTICAL MODEL  
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME POTENTIAL FOR UPPER 40S ACROSS THE  
PIEDMONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
AS OF 125 AM EDT SUNDAY...  
 
PREDOMINANTLY VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH THE 06Z/24 TAF  
PERIOD. PRIMARY CLOUD BASE EARLY THIS MORNING IS THE BKN-OVC  
CIRRUS DECK, BUT OBSERVATIONS DO SHOW SOME LOWER- LEVEL CLOUDS  
(CIGS 3-4K FT) SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. LOW PRESSURE  
IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NE ALONG THE NC COAST LATER THIS MORNING,  
WITH LOWERING CIGS ACROSS NE NC AND POSSIBLY SE VA. WHILE A  
PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS IS POSSIBLE, THERE IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH  
CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO. ADDITIONALLY, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY  
AT ECG AROUND AND JUST AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLE  
AT ORF/PHF. VFR AND DRY WX IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TODAY. LIGHT  
AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING BECOME E-SE AT 5-10 KT THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
OUTLOOK: MAINLY VFR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY, WITH A LOW-END CHANCE  
(20-30%) FOR SHOWER/STORM ACROSS SE VA AND NE NC. FLIGHT  
RESTRICTIONS ARE GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED AND PREVAILING VFR IS  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
AS OF 330 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER THE COASTAL  
WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO HAZARDOUS SEAS.  
 
 
- OTHERWISE, SE WINDS OF 10-15 KT PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH HIGH  
PRESSURE OFFSHORE.  
 
- COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE WATERS LATE MONDAY NIGHT  
THROUGH MIDWEEK.  
 
LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS THE POST-TROPICAL REMNANTS OF ERIN NOW  
WELL AWAY FROM THE REGION. SE WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10-15 KT WITH  
GUSTS TO 20 KT (HIGHEST IN THE BAY) THIS EVENING. TOO MARGINAL  
FOR SCAS, BUT WITH HIGHS SEAS PERSISTING ON THE COASTAL WATERS,  
SCAS CONTINUE THERE INTO SUNDAY.  
 
SEAS LOOK TO FINALLY DROP BELOW 5FT SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE  
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS, ALLOWING SCA TO FINALLY BE  
LOWERED...THOUGH SOUTHERN WATERS MAY TAKE A BIT LONGER INTO  
SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF CAPE CHARLES. BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS  
LOOK TO PREVAIL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT  
DROPS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. A DEEPENING SFC LOW ALONG  
THAT FRONT SCOOTS BY TO OUR SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OFFSHORE, WHICH  
TURNS WINDS AROUND TO THE SSW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY, TURNING  
NW AND INCREASING SLIGHTLY TO 10-15KT LATER MONDAY INTO MONDAY  
NIGHT. A SECOND, STRONGER FRONT THEN CROSSES THE WATERS MONDAY  
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WIND PROBS FOR GUSTS ~20 KT HAVE INCREASED  
TO 30-50% IN THE BAY, AND THUS A BRIEF PERIOD OF MARGINAL SCA  
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND AND JUST BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY  
MORNING, AS COOLER, DRIER AIR BUILDS SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL  
WATERS.  
 
RIP CURRENTS: WITH LINGERING LONG-PERIOD (10-14SEC) SWELLS AND  
NEARSHORE BREAKING WAVES OF 6+ FEET, DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS  
AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.  
 

 
   
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING
 
 
AS OF 330 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
TIDAL ANOMALIES CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY LOWER IN THE LOWER BAY,  
BUT ARE STILL ABOUT +1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL, SO ADDITIONAL MAINLY  
MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY OVER THE MID/UPPER BAY.  
WILL MAINTAIN THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BAY SIDE OF THE  
LOWER EASTERN SHORE (MD) THROUGH LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY  
(THOUGH THIS WILL BE MARGINAL AND ONLY BISHOP'S HEAD HAS MUCH OF  
A CHANCE AT REACHING MODERATE FLOOD THRESHOLDS. FARTHER SOUTH,  
EASING ANOMALIES SHOULD ALLOW FOR IMPROVING TIDES OVER THE NEXT  
FEW CYCLES, THOUGH SOME NUISANCE/NEAR- MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS  
POSSIBLE FOR ONE MORE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT (HAVE  
EXTENDED THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR THE TIDAL YORK AND  
JAMES RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING'S TIDE CYCLE).  
 
LATER SUNDAY, LINGERING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER  
THE LOWER MD EASTERN SHORE AND THE UPPER BAY/TIDAL POTOMAC  
BEFORE TIDES FINALLY EASE A BIT INTO THE DAY MONDAY AS WINDS  
FINALLY SWITCH OFFSHORE.  
 

 
   
AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MD...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR  
MDZ021>023.  
NC...NONE.  
VA...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VAZ075-  
077.  
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR  
VAZ076-078-084>086-518-520>522.  
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR  
VAZ099-100.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR ANZ650-  
652-654.  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ656-  
658.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...SW  
NEAR TERM...AC/ERI  
SHORT TERM...ERI/SW  
LONG TERM...ERI/SW  
AVIATION...SW  
MARINE...LKB/MAM  
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...  
 
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