Last Updated: 708 AM Tuesday, November 24 2009
.AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
RESTRICTIONS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING AT
BLF/LWB WITH NO MIXING...WEAK INSOLATION AND DEEP SATURATED LAYER.
ALTHOUGH VIS MAY IMPROVE INTO MID MORNING...IFR CIGS MAY LAST INTO
THE AFTERNOON THERE. IFR CIGS ELSEWHERE SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS
MORNING...WITH MVFR CIGS LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WITH
COLD FRONT STAYING WEST OVERNIGHT...A QUICK DETERIORATION THIS
EVENING BACK TO SEVERAL HRS OF IFR CIG/VIS ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BLF...WHICH MAY BE SAVED BY WINDS VEERING
TO THE SSE LATE.
SOUTHWEST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT SHOULD HELP ERODE
WEDGE AND ALLOW FOR SLOW BUT GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT BACK TO VFR
WEATHER IN MOST LOCATIONS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER...STRONGER COLD FRONT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL LIKELY BRING A RETURN TO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN UPSLOPE
AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ALONG WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF
MOUNTAIN RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. DOWNSLOPING CONDITIONS EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE SHOULD HELP TO KEEP THOSE AREAS MAINLY IN VFR RANGE
INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY.
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