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Last Updated: 734 PM Wednesday, June 19 2013
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 730 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED TO BROKEN MVFR CLOUDS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING AS FLOW SLOWLY TURNS MORE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. MODELS SUGGEST SOME SHRA/TSRA POTENTIAL AT BCB AND ROA THIS EVENING. CONVECTION HAS CLEARED THESE TWO AIRPORT ALREADY. REMAINING INSTABILITY MAY BRING SHRA TO LWB/LYH/DAN BY SUNSET. SHOWERS ON RADAR AT 2330Z/730P SHRINKING IN SIZE AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE IN TAFS. WILL AMMEND IF THEY MOVING INTO THE VICINTY OF THESE AIRPORTS. FOG/STRATUS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. CONFIDENCE HIGH ON SUB VFR AT MOST SITES. MVFR CIGS WITH IFR/LIFR VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. FOR THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...CONTINUED DIURNAL CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE APPALACHIANS...WITH LOCALLY BRIEF MVFR-IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN TSRA. AREAS OF MVFR-IFR VSBYS BR...LOCALLY IFR FG...ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. OTRW OVERALL VFR DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS BEFORE/AFTER ANY RIDGE ORIENTED CONVECTION DEVELOPS.
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