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By: NWS
Posted: Wed 5:29 PM, Mar 18, 2009

ALOFT...PERIOD BEGINS WITH A LARGE AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER CNTRL CONUS AND DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH EXITING ERN SEABOARD INTO THE ATLC WRN ATLC. TROUGH PROGRESSIVELY REPLACED BY ADVANCING RIDGE AND RISING HEIGHTS WHICH BECOMES CENTERED OVER ERN CONUS BY LATE MONDAY. BY WED AFTN...RIDGE AXIS IS MOVING OFF ATLC COAST. AT SURFACE...IN WAKE OF DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH AND MAINLY DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE EARLY FRI... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER GREAT LAKES BUILDS ESE TO COAST AND THEN BUILDS DOWN COAST USHERING IN STRONGER NELY FLOW AND LIKELY BREEZY CONDS WHICH CLEAR AND COOLS THE AREA TO BELOW CLIMO FRIDAY NIGHT (MAINLY GA ZONES) AND THEN SAT THROUGH SUN (ALL ZONES). TEMPS APPROACH CLIMO ON MONDAY. WITH WARMER HIGHS AND CONTINUED DRIER AIR MASS...CRITICAL RED FLAG RH CONDITIONS LOOK PROMISING BY THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. BY MONDAY...SURFACE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE NEAR CAROLINA COAST YIELDING WEAKER LOCAL GRADIENTS AND VEERING WINDS. AS A RESULT...TEMPS CLIMB TO ABOVE CLIMO TUESDAY THRU WEDNESDAY


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