Area Forecast Discussion
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000 FXUS61 KCLE 141959 AFDCLE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 359 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 .SYNOPSIS...
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HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY NIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ON MONDAY AND DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
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HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LINGERING MOISTURE HAS ALLOWED SCATTERED CUMULUS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT THIS EVENING AS THE AIRMASS DRIES OUT. CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TO DROP FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
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HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LINGERING MOISTURE HAS ALLOWED SCATTERED CUMULUS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT THIS EVENING AS THE AIRMASS DRIES OUT. CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TO DROP FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. .SHORT TERM /6AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/.. SATURDAY WILL START OUT SUNNY AND DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TWO TO THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN FRIDAY. CLOUDS WILL START TO SPREAD EAST INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY MONDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL STALL JUST TO THE SOUTH ON MONDAY NIGHT. A WAVE WILL THEN DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. RAIN APPEARS TO BE A GOOD BET FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AND HAVE BUMPED UP PRECIP CHANCES SLIGHTLY. SUSPECT THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY NEED LIKELY OR HIGHER WORDING. THERE SHOULD BE A SHARP NORHTERN EDGE TO THE PRECIP SHIELD ON TUESDAY. THINK THIS CUTOFF WILL BE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA AND HAVE REMOVED SHOWERS FROM MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR WEDNESDAY. MONDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE PERIOD BUT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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&& .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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HIGH PRESSURE IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE AREA WED INTO FRI TO PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME UPPER TROFFINESS PRESENT OVER THE LAKES WHICH COULD TRY AND PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION AT SOME POINT. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW BUT TEND TO RUN POPS CLOSER TO THE 15% CUTOFF FOR MENTIONING PRECIP. TEMPS SHOULD RUN FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL.
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&& .AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR BUILDING IN THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE THE CU AND STRATOCU THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME PATCHY STRATOCU MAY REDEVELOP TONIGHT AROUND THE SNOWBELT BUT FOR THE MOST PART THINK CLOUDS WILL STAY SCT VERSUS BKN OR OVC EXCEPT AT YNG WHERE BKN MORE LIKELY. ANY STRATOCU OR FOG WILL DISSIPATE BETWEEN 13 AND 15Z SAT MORNING WHILE CIRRUS SPREADS OVER THE AREA. A LAKE ENHANCED BREEZE OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET AND REMAIN LIGHT THRU 18Z. .OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NON VFR CEILINGS MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY. && .MARINE...
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WEAK WEATHER FEATURES WILL PREVAIL THRU NEXT WEDNESDAY SO WINDS WILL STAY RELATIVELY LIGHT...10 KNOTS OR LESS MOST OF THE TIME. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD AROUND SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SW WINDS MAY INCREASE TO ABOUT 10 TO 20 KNOTS AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE LAKE. THE LIGHT FLOW WILL ALLOW WINDS TO TURN TURN ONSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON MOST DAYS AS A LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPS.
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&& .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS...YEAGER NEAR TERM...YEAGER SHORT TERM...KUBINA/YEAGER LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...ADAMS MARINE...ADAMS

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