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Last Updated: 1002 AM Friday, May 24 2013
.AVIATION /14Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 745 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF PERIOD WILL BE GUSTY NW WINDS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES TO AROUND 8 MB ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT. AS SUCH...WILL BE LOOKING AT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30-35 KTS FOR ROA AND UP TO 25-30KTS FOR BCB/DAN/BLF. WINDS OVERALL WILL BE THE STRONGEST AT ROA GIVEN THE PATTERN. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AS TURBULENT MIXING ENDS AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO RELAX AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD FROM THE PLAINS. WITH A NEAR WINTERLIKE PATTERN IN PLACE THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD...EXPECT IFR-LMVFR CIGS IN THE UPSLOPE TAF SITES ACROSS SE WV...WITH DECREASING CLOUDS EAST OF THE ALLEGHANYS AS THE DOWNSLOPE NW WINDS TAKE EFFECT AFTER DAYBREAK. CLOUDS SHOULD SCT OUT TO SKC AFTER MID-MORNING EAST OF THE ALLEGHNYS...WITH SLOWLY DECREASING CLOUDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN SE WV. ALL SITES SHOULD BE VFR BY LATE AFTERNOON. ISOLD -RA MAY PERSIST ACROSS SE WV THROUGH MID-MORNING. .EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE TO KEEP US VFR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE INCREASES AGAIN NEXT WEEK AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES EAST AND THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WILL BE GETTING TO MORE HUMID WEATHER AGAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORM THREAT BY TUESDAY AND FOG ISSUES AT NIGHT IN THE VALLEYS.
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