Area Forecast Discussion
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679 FXUS61 KILN 271732 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 132 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will move through the region today. Some upper level disturbances will keep precipitation chances in the forecast through Wednesday. High pressure and dry conditions are then expected Thursday through the first part of Saturday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A cold front trailing low pressure to the north will push through today. Cloud cover is tricky, with clearing followed by increasing clouds as the front moves in. Though moisture and instability are relatively weak, there may be enough convergence, lift and instability to trigger a few showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, mainly across northern locations where instability may be more favorable. Temperatures rising to the low and mid 70s this afternoon will be a few degrees below normal. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... Upper level disturbances will keep off and on precipitation chances in the forecast through the short term. While this precipitation will primarily just be showers, cannot rule out some thunderstorms as well. This would generally be Tuesday afternoon when there is some instability. Breezy conditions will once again be in place for Tuesday afternoon with additional wind gusts upwards of around 30 mph. With the passage of the front temperatures will be cooler tonight with lows in the 50s. High temperatures on Tuesday are just expected to reach in the upper 60s to the upper 70s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... For the period Tuesday night into Wednesday, a mean mid level trough will extend from southeast Canada into New England, the Great Lakes, and the Ohio Valley. Embedded s/wv energy moving southeast through the base of this trough will cross our region. This feature will team up with a cold front, and with the cooler air moving in aloft, will result in an unstable environment to bring showery pcpn (embedded thunder), particulary for our northern and northeast CWFA. The cooling trend will continue. After lows in the lower 50s, highs on Wednesday will range from the mid 60s north to the lower 70s south. For Wednesday night into Thursday, another s/wv is forecast to pass southeast across our region. However, the airmass with this disturbance will become much drier such that pcpn will end Wednesday night, followed by dry weather on Thursday. It will continue cool with lows in the mid 40s to the lower 50s and highs from the mid 60s north to the lower 70s south. As the mean mid level trough shifts east Thursday night into Friday, high pressure at the surface and aloft will build into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Skies will be mostly clear/mostly sunny. The coolest morning will be Friday morning will light to calm winds (mid/upper 40s), followed by highs in the lower 70s to mid 70s. High pressure at the surface and aloft will move off to the east Friday night into Saturday. We should be able to eek out a mostly dry forecast, although moisture will be increasing in the return flow from the southwest. Temperatures will return to near seasonal normals for early June (upper 50s for lows and upper 70s for highs). By Sunday, models diverge on the overall pattern evolution once the ridge exits to the east. An increase in moisture and perhaps a weak front may bring low chances for showers and storms by then. Again, seasonal temperatures are forecast. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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As a cold front pushes across TAF sites, VFR has returned and should persist through this forecast. Will monitor DAY since MVFR ceilings to the west could arrive there later this afternoon. There may be VCSH at CMH and LCK early in the forecast. Otherwise, showers and thunderstorms that are forecast on Tuesday mainly north of I-70 should hold off until after 18z. West winds gusting over 20 knots will subside this evening before increasing again on Tuesday. OUTLOOK...MVFR conditions possible Tuesday night.
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&& .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Coniglio NEAR TERM...Coniglio SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...Hickman AVIATION...Coniglio