Area Forecast Discussion
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847 FXUS61 KILN 291036 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 636 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Upper level disturbances will keep precipitation chances in the forecast at times into the daytime hours on Thursday. Dry conditions are then expected until the start of the day on Saturday. An unsettled pattern starts to develop later in the day on Saturday and into next week. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING/... One area of rain continues to move east. This rain situated in central Ohio will move out within the next hour or two. There are additional showers across northern Ohio and Indiana. These showers will pivot down into the area today and into the evening hours. There is some instability and therefore thunderstorms cannot be ruled out. With Cooler airmass in place, cloud cover, and precipitation today expect high temperatures only to be in the 60s across most locations. && .SHORT TERM /8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... Shower activity will decrease overnight. A few showers will be possible during the day on Thursday, however coverage will be a lot lower and any precipitation is expected to be light. Continued cool conditions will be in place with lows in the 40s expected in most locations tonight and then high temperatures on Thursday in the upper 60s to middle 70s. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... For Thursday night into Friday, high pressure at the surface and aloft will build east 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 (lows in the 40s, but some lower 40s possible in the usual cold spots), followed by highs in the lower to mid 70s. High pressure at the surface and aloft will move off to the east Friday night into Saturday. A mid level s/wv is forecast to move into our region during Saturday into Saturday night timeframe. This will bring an increase in clouds, deeper moisture, and thus a chance of showers and thunderstorms. After lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s, highs will range from the mid 70s to the lower 80s. Lows Saturday night will fall into the upper 50s to lower 60s. For Sunday into Tuesday, in a quasi-zonal like pattern, a moist airmass will interact with episodic mid level s/wvs moving west to east through the flow, keeping the threat for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. Under a southerly low level flow pattern, it will continue to warm to more June levels, highs mainly in the 80s , lows in the 60s. The humidity will be on the increase as well, making it feel like summer has arrived on cue for early June. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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Some area TAF sites have clear skies, while others have stratus, and in certain areas fog has developed. Due to this, TAFs this morning will have the potential to be anywhere from VFR to LIFR. Cigs will become MVFR to VFR this afternoon and all locations are expected to become VFR by evening. Showers and potentially some thunderstorms will pivot down into the TAF sites today. There will be some wind gusts especially with the shower activity. There will be some lingering showers overnight before decreasing further in activity late in the overnight. Fog will be possible in spots towards the end of the TAF period, especially at the river valley location of KLUK. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms will be possible Saturday night into Sunday.
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&& .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...Hickman AVIATION...