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FXUS61 KCLE 241048
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
648 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT AND MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. A WARM
FRONT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MIDWEST BY SATURDAY AND MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER COOL
AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
NO MAJOR CHANGES FOR THE EARLY MORNING UPDATE. FINE TUNED THE
HOURLY SKY COVER FORECAST TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THE BULK OF THE
CLOUDS ACROSS NE OH/NW PA. ADJUSTED THE HOURLY TEMPERATURE
FORECAST THIS MORNING BY A DEGREE OR TWO.

ORIGINAL FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR "TODAY"...
THE TROUGH ALOFT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. PATCHY
MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY. THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
WILL REMAIN TO OUR WEST TODAY AND THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW WILL
PERSIST. LAKE ENHANCED CLOUDS WILL LIKELY EXPAND THIS MORNING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NE OH AND NW PA. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH
MIXING AND INCREASING SUBSIDENCE THIS AFTERNOON FOR INCREASING
SUNSHINE AND IT SHOULD BECOME SUNNY EVERYWHERE. HIGHS GENERALLY
ONLY IN THE LOWER AND MID 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TONIGHT. DEWPOINTS WILL BE IN THE
UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S AND LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE
DROPPING TO THESE LEVELS...PROBABLY EVEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER
WHERE THERE IS GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING AND IN THE TRADITIONAL COOL
SPOTS. LOW TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IS WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF
RECORD LOWS AND I BELIEVE IT. FORECAST LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM
THE MID 40S TO THE LOWER 50S...A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER AT THE
LAKE ERIE LAKESHORE AND IN URBAN AREAS.

SUNNY FRIDAY. PERHAPS A FEW CU ACROSS INLAND NE OH/NW PA AND FEW
HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE WEST LATER IN THE DAY. HIGHS GENERALLY 75 TO
80.

A BROAD AREA OF WARM ADVECTION IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST BY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW LEVEL
JET AND WARM FRONTOGENESIS. SEE NO REASON THAT THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS THAT DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE FORECAST
AREA AS THE LOW LEVEL JET FLATTENS AND SPREADS ACROSS THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY. IT WILL LIKELY NOT RAIN ALL DAY BUT THERE
IS AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OVER A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD FROM
WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THE GFS TRIES TO WEDGE SOME
VERY WARM AIR INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY PROGGING 850 MB TEMPERATURES
UP TO 19C. THE OTHER MODELS ARE A LITTLE COOLER. DO NOT WANT TO GO
ALL OUT ON THE WARMTH GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS.
WILL FORECAST HIGHS GENERALLY FROM THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO CROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. NOT SURE HOW
FAST NEW SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP...PERHAPS EAST AND SOUTH OF
TOLEDO? WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS NE OH/NW PA. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS...COULD
BE ANYWHERE FROM THE MID 70S TO THE MID 80S. THE FORECAST WILL
COMPROMISE TOWARD THE MIDDLE.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
OVERALL PATTERN IS NOT LOOKING VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW AND IS VERY
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.  AMPLIFICATION OF
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE WEST IS KEEPING THE HOT DRY SUMMER
WEATHER OUT IN THE WEST WHILE THE AMPLIFICATION REFLECTS ITSELF AS A
DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS TREND CONTINUES TO
SEND WAVE AFTER WAVE OF COLD AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA. AFTER A
BRIEF WARM UP INTO THE WEEKEND...WE SEE ANOTHER DEEP DIGGING TROUGH
INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS
MEANS ANOTHER ROUND OF COOL FALL AND SPRING LIKE AIR EXPECTED OVER
THE REGION DURING THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. I WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN
THE 70S FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE 50S THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS ROUND
ACTUALLY LOOKS A BIT COOLER THAN THE CURRENT ROUND AND I MAY BE ON
THE HIGH SIDE FOR TEMPERATURES IN SOME LOCATIONS. WILL NEED TO KEEP
AN EYE ON THIS. WITH THE COLD AIR COMES THE THREAT FOR LAKE EFFECT
SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ALONG WITH A SYNOPTIC INFLUENCE AS WEAK SURFACE
TROUGHS ROTATE INTO THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE CREEPING CLOUD BANK STRIKES AGAIN. LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO
STREAM SOUTHWEST ALONG THE LAKE SHORE DOWN INTO NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. EXPECTING CLOUD DECK TO REMAIN
PERSISTENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN THE EAST INTO THE
MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS. MODELS INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS
PRESENT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING TAKING
PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST...BAND OF LOW TO MID LEVEL
CLOUDS STREAMING EAST WILL BRING A PERIOD OF SOME CLOUDS TO THOSE
AREAS THIS MORNING AND THEN CLEARING. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT
NORTHERLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
POSSIBLE FOG IN THE EAST EARLY THIS MORNING DOWN TO MVFR.

OUTLOOK...NON VFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SAT THRU MON.

&&

.MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT FLAGS WILL CONTINUE TO FLY THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH QUITE
RAPIDLY THIS EVENING TO LIGHT TO ALMOST CALM ON THE LAKE.  SOUTHWEST
FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE LAKE FRIDAY AND INCREASES TO AROUND 10 KNOTS
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.  WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND INCREASES AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD LOW
PRESSURE THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE LAKE ON SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PUSHES OFF THE EAST ON MONDAY AND WILL LIKELY NEED
MORE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AGAIN MONDAY.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
     LEZ143>149.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK
NEAR TERM...KOSARIK
SHORT TERM...KOSARIK
LONG TERM...LOMBARDY
AVIATION...LOMBARDY
MARINE...LOMBARDY