


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
516 FXUS61 KILN 072329 AFDILN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 729 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will move across the area this evening, with showers and thunderstorms expected. While slightly less humid conditions are expected on Tuesday, heat and humidity will remain in place through the week, with occasional chances for storms. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... Early this afternoon, the cumulus field over the ILN CWA has become robust, as uncapped instability is being realized. Some showers and storms have already developed, and development will continue to increase through peak diurnal timing later this afternoon. A frontal boundary is currently in place from south of Indianapolis IN to near Cleveland OH. Conditions are more stable along and north of this front, but ahead of the front, temperatures on the way to the mid 80s to near 90 (in the far southeast ILN CWA). The KILN 12Z sounding recorded a precipitable water value of 1.65 inches. The greater plume of moisture is now advecting into the area, ahead of the cold front. This will provide a very moist environment for storms to develop within. SBCAPE values of 1500-2000 J/kg can be expected, and the overall forecast thinking for hazards today has not changed -- a risk of isolated flooding due to heavy rainfall rates (especially with training or slow-moving cells) along with a low-end threat for damaging wind gusts from wet microbursts. he 1630Z SPC D1 outlook continues to include much of the forecast area in a Marginal Risk for severe weather. Convection should be dissipating after 02Z, at which point some fog or stratus may develop. Have not included fog in the public forecast, as confidence is not high that it will be particularly dense, but this scenario is not out of the question. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT/... By Tuesday morning, the cold front is forecast to be most of the way through the ILN forecast area, but it is expected to weaken and mostly wash out by the time peak heating is underway. Regardless of how this plays out, there is strong agreement that the air mass will be a little less moist and a little less unstable. With no clear signs of forcing, any convective activity should be much more isolated. For the ILN CWA, any storm chances on Tuesday will be favored in the southeastern CWA. Still, could probably not entirely discount the chance of a shower just about anywhere -- though the chances are very low at any given location. Anything that develops will likely dissipate by evening, leading to dry conditions overnight into Wednesday morning. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... An active long term pattern will be in place with daily thunderstorm chances. Daily thunderstorm chances will keep temperatures generally in the 80s, although a few isolated 90s cannot be ruled out. Lows will generally be in the middle 60s to lower 70s. Although heavy rain with downpours and isolated damaging winds cannot be ruled out on any particular day with this pattern, the best chance for this occurring will be on Wednesday. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... While the bulk of the SHRA/TSRA activity has cleared the local terminals, the front itself still remains just N of every local site except KDAY. Therefore, a few spotty SHRA will be possible through the first part of the TAF period for srn sites. Have added a PROB30 to account for this potential, although the coverage should become increasingly isolated toward/beyond 06z. However, there is a signal for a few spotty SHRA to linger through the night (perhaps migrating more E of KILN and S of KCMH/KLCK past 09z), so suppose that it cannot be ruled out at these sites through daybreak. The main item of interest through the TAF period is going to be the development and expansion of some MVFR/IFR CIGs and VSBYs, which will be most widespread/persistent for nrn sites. This will especially be the case beyond 06z, with some low stratus and BR/FG favored to develop. Still some uncertainties regarding how low the VSBYs will go with the expanding stratus deck, but do think that MVFR/IFR VSBYs will develop in a fairly widespread fashion, particularly between 09z-12z. Some LIFR conditions could develop briefly. Conditions will improve rapidly after 12z, with the stratus expected to lift/SCT through the morning, with a FEW/SCT VFR Cu for the afternoon. A very spotty SHRA cannot be ruled out during the afternoon, but the lack of coverage precluded inclusion of even a PROB30 at this juncture. Light/VRB/calm winds through daybreak will go more out of the WNW at 6-8kts during the daytime. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms are possible each day from Thursday through Saturday, mainly in the afternoon and evening. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Hatzos NEAR TERM...Hatzos SHORT TERM...Hatzos LONG TERM... AVIATION...KC