Wind Advisory 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
345 PM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE OUTER BANKS
TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS TONIGHT. 

NCZ103-104-260900-
/O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130326T0900Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
345 PM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
750 PM EDT MON MAR 25 2013


NCZ103-104-260100-
/O.CAN.KMHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130326T0900Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
750 PM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT HOWEVER SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
427 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE JUST OFF OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA TODAY AND STRENGTHEN
OFF THE MID ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE
MOVING NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY SLOWER
WITH LOW PRES DEEPENING OFF MID ALTC...AND HAVE ADJUSTED FCST
ACCORDINGLY. MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SLOWER CLEARING OF LOW CLOUDINESS
THIS MORNING...AND STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS DELAYED UNTIL MID MORNING
THROUGH AFTN. NO CHANGE TO POPS/WX...WITH LINGERING SLGT CHC POPS
ALL ZONES EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHC SHOWERS NRN SECTIONS
REST OF MORNING. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWER DURING AFTN WITH
ENERGY AROUN BASE OF UPR LOW..BUT DRYING LOW LVLS PRECLUDE POP
MENTION.

MODEL FCST SOUNDING INDICATE GUST POTENTIAL 30-35 MPH LATE MORNING
THROUGH AFTN INLAND SECTIONS...WHILE UP TO 45 MPH PSBL OUTER BANKS
AND POSTED WIND ADVSY THERE.

INSOLATION AND DOWNSLOPING FLOW WILL OFFSET COLD ADVECTION DURING
AFTN...AND RAISED MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGS IN LINE WITH MOS BLEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...MODELS AGREE THAT GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
PERSIST INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LOW PRES STRENGTHENING TO NE AND
INCREASING COLD ADVECTION...AND KEPT WIND ADVSY FOR OUTER BANKS
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDER TEMPS AND DECREASING CLOUD MAIN STORY
FOR REST OF AREA. WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO DECOUPLE OVERNIGHT...AND
WENT A DEG OR TWO ABOVE MOS GDNC FOR MIN TEMPS...AND JUST ABOVE
FREEZING FOR CARTERET AND ONSLOW COUNTIES WHERE GROWING SEASON IS IN
EFFECT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 310 AM MON...STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH TROF ALOFT TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS TUESDAY. SHOWERS WILL END TUESDAY
EVENING AS SHORTWAVE MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE REMAINDER OF
THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DRY AND COOL WITH BROAD UPPER TROF
REMAINING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. WARMER TEMPS SEEN EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION AND SURFACE WINDS
TURN SOUTHERLY WITH A SURFACE RIDGE OFF THE COAST.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 AM MONDAY...WDSPRD IFR CIGS EXPECTED REST OF NIGHT INTO
EARLY MON MORNING WITH LOW PRES CURRENTLY OFF THE NC CST REFORMING
OFF THE VA CST. CURRENT IFR CIGS AT KPGV AND KOAJ EXPECTED TO
PERSIST...WHILE LOWERING CIGS EXPECTED KEWN AND KISO NEXT FEW HOURS.
CIGS WILL LIFT WITH WRLY FLOW DEVELOPING AROUND 13Z...IMPROVING TO
VFR BY LATE MORNING. TIGHT GRDNT WITH LOW TO THE N WILL LEAD TO
STRONG WRLY FLOW MON WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS THAT WILL CREATE CROSS
WIND ISSUES. CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING GUSTINESS DURING THE
EVENING.

LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 310 AM MON...NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD NO
HIGHER THAN 10-15 KTS. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE
TUESDAY...REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD DRY/VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 20 KT ALL WATERS
OVERNIGHT...AND MODELS TRENDING SLIGHTLY SLOWER WITH INCREASING WEST
WINDS THIS MORNING. DROPPED GALE WARNING UNTIL 12Z...BUT STRONGEST
WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THIS AFTN INTO EVENING WITH INCREASING COLD
ADVECTION...AND EXTENDING WARNING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS. SPEEDS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 20 KT BY EARLY TUESDAY.

LATEST WW3 AND SWAN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS FCST SEAS.
CURRENT 6-9 FT HEIGHTS WILL SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY EARLY THIS
MORNING...THEN BUILD TO 8-12 FT OUTER PORTIONS THIS AFTN AND
EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 4-7 FT OVERNIGHT.

LONG TERM /TUE THRU FRI/
AS OF 310 AM MON...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH DEEP SURFACE LOW MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND HIGH
PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST. ONCE GALE WARNINGS
EXPIRE TUESDAY MORNING SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR
MOST OF THE WEEK IN THE WATERS NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS IN THE
CIRCULATION AROUND THE DEEP SURFACE LOW OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST ALLOWING WINDS AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE.

&&

.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
THE STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE MINOR SOUNDSIDE
FLOODING FOR THE OUTER BANKS WITH WTR LVLS RISING UP TO 2 FT ABOVE
NORMAL...AND RESULT IN LOW WATER LEVELS OVER WRN PAMLICO SOUND AND
ADJACENT RIVERS.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
     NCZ103-104.
     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT
     TUESDAY FOR NCZ103-104.
MARINE...LOW WATER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY
     FOR AMZ135.
     GALE WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
     AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JBM
NEAR TERM...JBM
SHORT TERM...JBM
LONG TERM...HSA
AVIATION...JBM/HSA
MARINE...JBM/HSA
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...JBM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
908 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

NCZ103-104-260115-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
908 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-260115-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
908 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.