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FXUS61 KILN 240538
AFDILN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
138 AM EDT THU APR 24 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE AND A SEASONABLE
AIRMASS WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA
OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE CENTERED JUST OFF TO OUR EAST BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. MID/UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH
WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT IS MOVING INTO OUR AREA. LOW LEVELS ARE DRY
BUT THIS COULD STILL LEAD TO A SPRINKLE OR TWO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
OUR NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND
DECREASING WINDS THIS EVENING...TEMPS SHOULD DROP OFF FAIRLY
QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THE TEMPERATURE DROP OFF WILL EVENTUALLY BE
MITIGATED BY THE INCREASING CLOUDS...BUT THINK THE CLOUDS MAY HOLD
OFF LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SOME FROST DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR FAR
EASTERN AREAS. CONFIDENCE IS NOT TERRIBLY HIGH BUT WILL PLAY IT
SAFE AND KEEP FROST ADVISORY FOR LICKING...FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING
COUNTIES WITH A PATCHY FROST MENTION FOR A TIER OF COUNTIES
FARTHER WEST.

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
WE WILL GET INTO RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH ON THURSDAY
WITH WAA DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS
WITH TEMPERATURES PUSHING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW 10-HOUR FUEL MOISTURES WILL LEAD
TO AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER. THE LIMITING RED FLAG CRITERIA LOOKS
TO BE THE WINDS AS THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH ACROSS THE
EAST. THINK BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE SITUATION AT THIS TIME IS WITH
A CONTINUED MENTION OF ENHANCED FIRE DANGER IN THE HWO.

ALTHOUGH THE 12Z GFS REMAINS FASTER WITH THE FRONT FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT...THE OVERALL TREND OF THE REMAINING MODELS HAS BEEN SLOWER
AND WILL TREND THE FORECAST ACCORDINGLY. AS A RESULT...EXPECT THE
BEST CHANCE OF PCPN TO HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH PCPN
LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS EASTERN AREAS. WITH
THIS SLOWER TIMING...INSTABILITY IS LACKING BY THE TIME THE PCPN
GETS INTO OUR AREA SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MENTION OF THUNDER
OUT OF THE FORECAST. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MODEL UNCERTAINTY WITH
TIMING/PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF A SECONDARY FRONT POSSIBLY DROPPING
DOWN INTO OUR NORTHERN AREAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
DUE TO THIS UNCERTAINTY...WILL MAINTAIN FORECAST CONSISTENCY AND
CONTINUE WITH SOME LOWER END POPS ACROSS OUR NORTH HEADING INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH
WILL BRING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND FAIR WEATHER TO
THE AREA.

THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST IN THE LONG TERM IS THE EVOLUTION OF A
DEEP UPPER LOW THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
PLAINS EARLY IN THE WEEK AND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AROUND MID WEEK.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON MONDAY AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM. PIECES OF ENERGY ARE THEN FORECAST TO ADVECT EAST
ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE MONDAY TO TUESDAY TIME FRAME WHICH WILL
LIKELY BRING ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. IN THE WARM SECTOR
OF A SURFACE LOW STACKED WITH THE UPPER LOW SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY...THERE COULD BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITH ANY PRECIPITATION
THAT MOVES INTO THE AREA. DURING THIS TIME...TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW NORMAL. BY TUESDAY NIGHT...THE
SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF OUR AREA...LEAVING OUR AREA IN
THE COLD SECTOR. WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF FORECAST TO MOVE THE
UPPER LOW ACROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AM
FORECASTING A GRADUAL LOWERING OF TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL DURING
THAT TIME. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT HIGHS COULD BE IN THE UPPER
40S BY WEDNESDAY...AND THEREFORE NUDGED THE FORECAST DOWN BY A FEW
DEGREES FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. OVERALL IT APPEARS THAT THE
MONDAY TO TUESDAY TIME FRAME WILL BE WET...FOLLOWED BY A COOL AND
POTENTIALLY SHOWERY TIME PERIOD STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

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.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. EXTENSIVE MID
CLOUD DECK WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND WELL INTO THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THIS WILL THEN LEAVE JUST
SOME CIRRUS. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE
PERIOD. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KT DURING THE DAY.

OUTLOOK...MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS LIKELY AND MVFR VISIBILITIES
POSSIBLE FRIDAY.
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&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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OH...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR OHZ056-065-074.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
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&&

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SYNOPSIS...JGL
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO/JGL
SHORT TERM...JGL
LONG TERM...LATTO
AVIATION...