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Last Updated: 435 AM Saturday, May 17 2008
.AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NW FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH UPSLOPE LOW CLOUDS(MVFR/IFR) INTO KBLF/KLWB THIS MORNING. EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...THIS FLOW WILL RESULT IN DRYING OF THE LOW LAYERS....EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY FRONT ARRIVES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE TODAY. LOOK FOR WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT TO START GUSTING AGAIN BY MID MORNING TIL NOON AT ALL SITES. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE LARGE UPPER LOW IN SOUTHEAST CANADA. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH EACH WAVE...DUE TO CEILINGS AND/OR SHOWERS. PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN SE WV...ESPECIALLY BLF. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN BETWEEN EACH WAVE.
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