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Last Updated:  230 PM Saturday, July  4 2009



.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. SCATTERED
AFTERNOON CUMULUS ABOVE 5KFT. CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH LOCATED
OVER THE CWA AT 17Z. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL SHOWING AN INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER WIND
LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING FRONT. SHOULD BE ENOUGH
LOW LEVEL MIXING AND LINGERING DRY AIR TO HELP PREVENT FOG.

A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION MAY RESULT IN PERIODS OF 
WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.* ADD TAF AND AVIATION OUTLOOK DISCUSSION
HERE.

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