816  
FXUS61 KRNK 051804  
AFDRNK  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
204 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY  
SUNDAY PUSHING SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE  
AND PIEDMONT. THIS SYSTEM WEAKENS EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT COMBINED  
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND A FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL KEEP  
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AROUND.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
AS OF 150 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1) DRY AND FAIR WEATHER THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
2) INCREASING CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SHOWERS/ISOLATED STORMS FROM  
THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL.  
 
TRANQUIL WEATHER STILL REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING  
FOR THE REGION WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEW  
POINTS. A FEW FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH  
THIS EVENING GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.  
 
RECENTLY NAMED TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN  
FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA  
COAST MIDDAY SUNDAY AS A MODEST TROPICAL STORM. AS CHANTAL MOVES  
CLOSER TO THE COAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WILL BEGIN TO  
SEE INCREASING CIRRUS AND EVENTUALLY SOME AREAS OF RAIN. THE  
MAJORITY OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, BUT  
AS CHANTAL MOVES FURTHER INLAND INTO THE CAROLINAS, A FEW OUTER  
RAIN BANDS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED STORMS COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT  
AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY.  
OVERALL, IMPACTS FROM CHANTAL LOOK TO REMAIN TO A MINIMUM WITH  
THE HEAVIEST RAIN/STORM POTENTIAL STAYING EAST OF THE AREA.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
AS OF 130 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1) TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL TO POTENTIALLY GRAZE SOUTH CENTRAL VA AND  
NORTH CENTRAL NC.  
 
2) FRONTAL SYSTEM TO ARRIVE MID-NEXT WEEK AND PROVIDE ANOTHER CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL HAS FORMED OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST AND  
WILL LIKELY BE IN A WEAKENED SUB-TROPICAL STORM STATE BY THE TIME IN  
TRAVELS NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. CURRENT  
PROJECTED PATHS OF TS CHANTAL HAS ITS CENTER TRAVELING WELL  
EAST OF THE AREA, BUT STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO INFLUENCE THE WINDS  
OF THE REGION AND PROVIDE PRECIPITATION TO THE MOST  
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS WILL NOT BE IMPRESSIVE WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH BUT THEY WILL TURN NOTICEABLY  
COUNTERCLOCKWISE AS CHANTAL TRAVELS NORTHEAST. RAIN  
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM,  
BUT MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE UP TO 0.25" FOR SOUTHSIDE VA  
AND THE PIEDMONT REGION OF NC.  
 
THE STORM WILL DISSIPATE AS IT HEADS AWAY FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC. A  
LONG FRONTAL SYSTEM CONNECTED BY SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL  
MAKE ITS WAY TO THE AREA. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STALL  
AND BE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE REGION BY MID-NEXT WEEK.  
MEANWHILE, TWO UPPER LEVEL RIDGES WILL FORM (ONE OVER THE  
SOUTHWESTERN CONUS AND ANOTHER OVER THE DEEP SOUTH), CREATE  
WESTERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, AND DIVERT SHORTWAVES TOWARDS THE  
AREA. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER PATTERN OF DAILY THUNDERSTORMS  
AND SHOWERS IS SET TO BEGIN AGAIN.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
AS OF 130 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGE:  
 
1) MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.  
 
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STALL IN THE MID-ATLANTIC  
REGION AND BECOME STATIONARY FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. SUBTLE CHANGES  
IN ITS LOCATION IS FORECAST, BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE AWAY TO  
THE NORTH UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT WEEKEND. A 500MB RIDGE OVER THE DEEP  
SOUTH IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AND LOSE STRENGTH COMPARED TO ITS  
STRONGER COUNTERPART OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. AS A RESULT, A  
SEMI-STATIONARY POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ASSIST IN DIRECTING SHORTWAVES INTO OUR  
REGION. GIVEN THIS SYNOPTIC SETUP UP AS WELL AS DEW POINTS IN THE  
MID-60S TO MID-70S, DAILY THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY CAN BE  
EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS  
WEAKER SHEAR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WHICH MAY PLACE A CAP ON SEVERE  
WEATHER POTENTIAL, BUT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO CONFIDENTLY SAY WHEN  
OR WHAT TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
AS OF 200 PM EDT SATURDAY...  
 
OVERALL EXPECTING VFR AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE CURRENT 24  
HOUR TAF PERIOD. SOME POCKETS OF FOG POSSIBLE AROUND DAYBREAK  
SUNDAY MORNING, WITH HIGHEST CONFIDENCE AT LWB. INCREASING  
CLOUDS SUNDAY MORNING AS TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL MOVES CLOSER TO  
THE SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS DO NOT LOOK TO  
IMPACT THE AREA UNTIL LATE SUNDAY.  
   
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK
 
 
MOISTURE FROM TD THREE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY SOUTH AND  
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA, BUT MAY TEASE KDAN LATE SUNDAY INTO  
MONDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST,  
MAINLY EAST OF I-95. STORM CHANCES INCREASE MIDWEEK WITH A FRONT  
TO OUR NORTH.  
 

 
   
RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
VA...NONE.  
NC...NONE.  
WV...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...BMG  
NEAR TERM...BMG  
SHORT TERM...CG  
LONG TERM...CG  
AVIATION...BMG  
 
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