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FXUS61 KILN 212120
AFDILN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
PRESENT ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SE
HALF OF THE FA. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THIS IS IN AN AREA OF
HIGHER DEWPOINTS. DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE SE ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 60S WHILE ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE FA DEWPOINTS ARE DOWN TO
THE LOW TO MIDDLE 50S. ALTHOUGH CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SEVERE
ACTIVITY ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE FA...BELIEVE THAT THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEEING ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE SE OF
A LINE FROM KCVG TO KCMH. THERE IS BETTER INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS
AREA. DCAPE VALUES ARE ALSO DECENT ACROSS THIS AREA AND EXPECT THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. SOME HAIL WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF LARGE HAIL. EXPECT
THE SEVERE THREAT TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. SOME OF THE MODELS
ARE INDICATING A FEW STORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EXTREME NW
PORTIONS OF THE LATER THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT HOWEVER
BELIEVE THE THREAT IS MINIMAL DUE TO DRIER AIR IN PLACE.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FA LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE
EARLY DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR LOW
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE FA
DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME
QUESTION AS TO THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR WEDNESDAY. THERE IS BETTER
INSTABILITY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION STORMS WILL HOLD OFF A LITTLE LONGER ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FA WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME MORE HEATING. DUE TO
THIS BELIEVE THAT THE BETTER SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA
WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED
ACTIVITY WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA
LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER NORTHERN LOCATIONS ON
THURSDAY AS A SHARP UPPER TROUGH AND COOL AIRMASS PUSH THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. FRIDAY WILL BE DRY AND COOL WITH HIGH
PRESSURE CROSSING THE AREA. DRY WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE ON SATURDAY
FOR MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WHERE A
DEVELOPING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY CAUSE A FEW SHOWERS.

FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO
LINGER ACROSS KENTUCKY. THIS PATTERN WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EACH DAY TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH
NORTHERN LOCATIONS ENJOYING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER.

SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL HIGHS AVERAGING IN THE LOWER 70S ON THURSDAY
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BELOW NORMAL 60S ON FRIDAY UNDER CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN GRADUALLY REBOUND FROM SATURDAY
ONWARD...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID AND UPPER 70S BY TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION ISSUE THROUGH
THE TAF PERIOD. SHORT TERM TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF
CONVECTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS DECREASING AT MOST OF
THE TERMINALS. BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE IN THE CINCINNATI AREA
AND EVEN THERE CONFIDENCE IS ONLY HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP VCTS IN THE
TAFS. ELSEWHERE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS BUT
PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST.

GUSTY SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 00Z AND BACK
SOMEWHAT. EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION. BUT IF
THESE ARE NOT TOO THICK THEN THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
LIGHT FOG AT KLUK.

WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS PRETTY MUCH ANY TIME AFTER 12Z BUT THE HIGHER
PROBABILITY WILL BE VERY LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...NOVAK
NEAR TERM...NOVAK
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...CONIGLIO
AVIATION...