FXUS61 KLWX 100204
AFDLWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1004 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC LATE THIS SATURDAY EVENING.
GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BEHIND
THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATER SUNDAY AND
REMAIN THROUGH MIDWEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
LATE IN THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTION HAS EXITED THE CWA. ASIDE FROM A STRAY SHOWER NEAR A
COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH SOUTHERN MARYLAND OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO...TONIGHT WILL BE DRY. BEHIND THE FRONT...A SURGE OF WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED...AND EXPECT OCCASIONAL 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS ACROSS THE
CWA. 
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/...
MOSTLY SUNNY BREEZY AND DRY TOMORROW...AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN UNDERNEATH NW FLOW. A FEW AFTERNOON CU PSBL WAS RESIDUAL
MOISTURE IS SQUEEZED OUT...BUT DOWNSLOPING FLOW WILL KEEP CLOUDS
TO A MINIMUM. HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE MID 70S
EAST...WITH UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WEST.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
WX TAKES A QUIETER TURN FOR MUCH OF THE WK AHEAD AS HIGH PRES
SETTLES OVER THE RGN. TEMPS SHOULD GNRLY BE COMFORTABLE W/ HIGHS
IN THE LM70S LOWS IN THE 40S. NEXT RA CHC WOULD BE THU W/ NEXT CD
FNTL PASSAGE.
&&
.AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE TERMINALS...ALLOWING WINDS TO SHIFT TO
THE WEST. A REINFORCING SURGE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WHICH MAY TURN WINDS MORE TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS
OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL GUST TO 25 KT AT TIMES. 
VFR CONDS FOR MUCH OF THE WK AHD.
&&
.MARINE...
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE THIS EVENING...LIKELY
FOLLOWED BY A REINFORCING SURGE OVERNIGHT. KEPT GALES UP ON THE
LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC/MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY OVERNIGHT FOR 35 KT
WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UP FOR THE UPPER POTOMAC. ALSO RAISED
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ACROSS THE WATERS ON SUNDAY. 
HIGH PRES OVER THE WATERS SHOULD KEEP WINDS BLO SCA VALUES DURG
MUCH OF THE WK AHD.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR 
     ANZ530>534-537.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR ANZ530>534-537.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ANZ535-536.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...PELOQUIN
NEAR TERM...PELOQUIN
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...ABW
AVIATION...PELOQUIN/ABW
MARINE...PELOQUIN/ABW