STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
950 AM EDT THU MAY 20 1999
RUC SHOWS UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE WITH RIDGE UPSTREAM. WV/IR STLT SHOWS
CLEAR SKIES OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. MESOSCALE MODELS (RUC AND MESOETA) HAVE
DRY AIR OVER THE AREA WITH PRETTY GOOD MID LEVEL CAPS. THIS IS TO BE
EXPECTED WITH SUBSIDING AIR. ETA IN BUFKIT DOES NOT HAVE A PRONOUNCED
MID LEVEL CAP. ALL MODELS BRING UPPER RIDGE INTO THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON. ACCORDING MORNING ACARS SOUNDING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE
RAPIDLY TO ABOUT 78F THEN SLOW DOWN AND REACH A HIGH OF ABOUT 85 THIS
AFTERNOON. SO...PRESENT FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD.
WRKZFP IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
.CAE...NONE.
TTH