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.AVIATION /17Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Expect a dry forecast through much of the day along with VFR
conditions outside of CHO. The early morning cold front
has officially reached the I-64 corridor. This sets the focus
for some shower activity and perhaps a few rumbles of thunder at
CHO this afternoon. Maintaining a PROB30 group between 19-21Z,
but once the winds turn north at the airport, the likelihood
for any storms to develop will be near zero. Elsewhere, winds
should mainly be out of the north to northwesterly direction
being north of the boundary.
The system remains stalled to the south through midday Thursday
before slowly returning northward as a warm front. This leads
to a shift back to south to southeasterly winds, with afternoon
gusts up to 15 to 20 knots. Additionally, the return of Gulf
moisture and continued warm weather favors some shower and
thunderstorm activity. A few restrictions are certainly
possible.
Winds turn more southwesterly on Friday with sub-VFR conditions
possible at times as storms roll through during the
afternoon/evening hours. Can't rule out a severe thunderstorm or
two either, given the warm and somewhat humid airmass in place.
MVFR to IFR conditions at all terminals possible with showers and
thunderstorms Saturday through Sunday night. We don't think that
the IFR conditions would be many consecutive hours or even longer
since there would likely short breaks in between convection. Winds
Saturday southwest 10 to 15 knots gusts 20 knots shifting northwest
5 to 15 knots Saturday night. Winds northwest becoming northeast 5
to 10 knots Sunday and Sunday night.
AVIATION...KLW/CJL/BRO
Update as of: 200 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025
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