Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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141 FXUS62 KGSP 200005 AFDGSP Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 805 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A nearly stationary front will meander across our region through the first half of next week providing a focus for above-normal chances of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be near normal or just a bit cooler than normal. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 600 PM EDT Friday: Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms are mainly confined to the western two-thirds of the forecast area this evening. Drier conditions are noted across the eastern third of the CWA. Increased cloud cover and PoPs where it`s currently raining per the latest KGSP radar loops and per the latest visible satellite loops. Also lowered temps where it`s currently raining and tweaked dewpoints through the late evening hours. Main concern with shower and thunderstorm activity this afternoon and evening will be locally heavy rainfall and a few stronger thunderstorms, which may produce gusty winds. The overall severe risk looks to be rather low thanks to widespread cloud cover and lower instability compared to the last two days. Otherwise, broad upper trofing to our north will flatten/deamplify through tonight as broad upper ridging persists to our west and to our east. A weak upper shortwave will lift over our area from the SW later tonight providing some amount of additional support for sct showers and thunderstorms. At the sfc, we will remain sandwiched between weakening high pressure to our NW and the western extent of the dominate Bermuda High to our SE. A weak low pressure center will move off the NC Coast and along what`s left of a stalled frontal boundary. With deeper moisture lingering over our region, we can expect showers to linger into the overnight hours. Lower amounts of dCAPE and effective shear should keep severe chances minimal at best. Lows overnight should be near normal for mid-July, with areas of fog/low stratus likely developing around daybreak Saturday. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 130 PM Fri: Not really any meaningful change in the forcing regime across the region thru Monday. Upper troughing generally will persist over the lower Mississippi Valley; as shortwave fills and/or advects toward the Mid-Atlantic coast late Sat into early Sun, weak height rises over the Southeast are soon negated by upper low swinging south out of the Missouri Valley. The seasonably diffuse boundary or convergence zone remaining from the central Gulf Coast to the VA/NC coast won`t become any better defined, but could pivot and/or shift slightly further north by Monday. Its presence near the region, combined with relatively deep SW flow and above-normal PWAT values, suggest elevated precip chances each day: basically likely for most of the Piedmont and categorical for the mountains. Any northward movement in the boundary would probably result in a slight uptick in daily dewpoints and PWAT, although only a minimal change in those fields is depicted in synoptic guidance, so we cannot say with much confidence that will actually increase precip coverage. Mean cloud-layer flow and deep layer shear are nonzero but small, so storms are likely to move only slowly, and could organize loosely into clusters. Widespread cloud cover should limit diurnal temps, keeping them 2-3 degrees below normal, and so diurnal CAPE should be on the low side for the season as well. Sfc-midlevel delta-theta-e values also will be muted on account of the moist profiles. Altogether main impact weather for the short term looks to remain locally heavy rainfall particularly where cells train. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 200 PM Fri: On a large scale, the overall setup remains in place through late next week: deep Bermuda anticyclone to our east, persistent trough centered in the mid-Mississippi Valley, and broad, ill-defined frontal zone in between, likely remaining just to our northwest. The Bermuda high does look to strengthen Tue-Wed, and that would seem only to push the front northward. However, by then some guidance members depict the upper low or another embedded disturbance moving toward the NE CONUS and driving the sfc boundary eastward thru the Mid-Atlantic. This could allow the peak convergence zone to shift back south into our area as soon as late Thursday, but if so it would probably stall SE of the Appalachians to end the week. Altogether, without a major pattern shift indicated by any of the available guidance sources, we can`t confidently advertise a significant trend in temps or precip chances. Daytime temps will remain a little below normal due to cloud cover; PoPs diminish slightly by Day 6-7 simply due to lower confidence with increasing forecast range. Main concern will be slow-moving or training storms producing locally heavy rainfall, and potential for deteriorating antecedent conditions following what will by then be almost a week under the influence of this moist and somewhat active pattern. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: Complex 00Z TAF period on board thanks to a stationary boundary over the western Carolinas. Rounds of widespread SHRA will continue across the terminals through late this evening, with some terminals seeing a resurgence overnight. Have a TEMPO at KCLT for SHRA this evening, with prevailing SHRA elsewhere through the evening hours. Plentiful low-level moisture will allow CIGS to gradually lower this evening into the overnight hours, with IFR to MVFR cigs developing around/after midnight, lingering through daybreak. Cigs will gradually improve to MVFR levels by the mid- morning to early afternoon. High-end MVFR to low-end VFR should stick around through late Saturday afternoon before VFR returns everywhere early Saturday evening. Patchy IFR to MVFR fog will also be possible overnight into daybreak Saturday, especially across terminals that received heavy rainfall. Vsbys should gradually improve to VFR levels around/after sunrise. Winds will be calm to light and VRB this evening into tonight across the terminals. Winds will pick up out of the SW Saturday morning. Winds will gradually increase in speed, ranging from 4-7 kts, while remaining SW throughout the day Saturday. Shower and thunderstorm coverage looks to be lower Saturday afternoon/evening but went ahead and added PROB30s across all terminals to account for TSRA. Confidence on the timing of TSRA and SHRA through the period will be low as high-res models are not in great agreement regarding the coverage/timing of activity through the 00Z TAF period. The HRRR is more bullish with the amount of convection on Saturday while the NAMNest shows less activity overall. Outlook: Expect scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms each afternoon/evening through early next week. Morning fog/low stratus will be possible each day, especially in the mountain valleys and across areas that received heavy rainfall the day prior. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Wimberley NEAR TERM...AR/JPT SHORT TERM...Wimberley LONG TERM...Wimberley AVIATION...AR