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DISCUSSION:   A SURFACE TO LOW LEVEL RIDGE REMAINED THE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND LINGERING INSTABILITY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE WIND FLOW, SUPPORTED PATCHES OF CLOUDINESS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS CONFIRMED BY RADAR IMAGRY. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THESE SHALLOW CLOUD PATCHES MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH POSITIONED NORTH EAST OF THE REGION PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY ALOFT, BUT THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT REMAINED GENERALLY UNFAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION. BASED ON LATEST FORECAST MODELS, THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE AREA; HOWEVER, MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THE WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE ISLANDS. THE NEARBY UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH COULD ENHANCE SOME OF THIS MOISTURE, RESULTING IN PERIODS OF INCREASED CLOUDINESS AND OCCASIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS, PARTICULARLY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. BY LATER THURSDAY, A DRIER ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BECOME ESTABLISHED, LEADING TO GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH FEWER SHOWERS. THIS IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST ISSUED FORECAST, NO AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

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