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FXUS61 KILN 300646
AFDILN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
146 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
PATCHY -FZDZ HAS TRANSITIONED TO -SHSN. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO
LIKELY FOR CENTRAL OHIO WHERE A MORE CONCENTRATED BAND OF -SHSN
HAS FORMED. A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT
IN CENTRAL OHIO. HAVE ISSUED SPS FOR POSSIBLE SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADS.

AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE NIGHT...WE START TO GET INTO A FETCH
OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN AS A SECONDARY MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND
AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN THROUGH THE AREA. THE BTV SNOW
SQUALL PARAMETER OFF THE NAM IS INDICATING SOME INCREASING
INSTABILITY WORKING DOWN NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA IN
THE 06 TO 12Z TIME FRAME AND THIS COINCIDES WITH A FAVORABLE PV
ANOMALY. AS A RESULT...THINK WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK IN SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY
RUNNING FROM OUR NORTHWEST THROUGH OUR SOUTHEAST. WILL ALLOW FOR
SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN A
HALF AN INCH.

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. GOOD CAA
WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND DO NOT EXPECT
MUCH OF A RISE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY WITH HIGHS RANGING
FROM NEAR 20 IN THE NORTH TO AROUND 30 IN THE SOUTH. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. AS WE GET
INTO SOME RETURN FLOW THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...HIGHS WILL
BUMP UP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FOR HIGHS. ISENTROPIC LIFT
WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP FROM WEST
TO EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FOCUS IN THE IMMEDIATE LONG TERM WILL BE ON THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON SUNDAY...THEN EAST TOWARD THE
MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL
BE PUSHING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND
FRONTOGENESIS WILL BRING CATEGORICAL POPS TO THE REGION SUNDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WITH SNOW MIXING
WITH RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AS TEMPERATURES CREEP
ABOVE FREEZING HERE. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A DECENT
SNOW PRODUCER...ESPECIALLY WHERE IT STAYS ALL SNOW. WE WILL HAVE TO
WATCH IN LATER FORECAST MODEL RUNS WHETHER THE LOW BECOMES
STRONGER...MOVES FARTHER NORTH...OR MAINTAINS A MORE EAST TO WEST
TRACK. THIS WILL HAVE AN EFFECT AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE RAIN/SNOW
MIXTURE MAY MOVE WHICH WILL CUT INTO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. IN EITHER
CASE...ONCE COLDER AIR MOVES IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...ALL
LOCATIONS WILL SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION. BASED ON CURRENT MODEL
CONSENSUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A 6"+ SNOWFALL EVENT NORTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH (4 INCHES OR LESS AS A
FIRST FORECAST AMOUNT). PCPN WILL BE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WILL CONTINUE TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS WINTER WEATHER THREAT IN THE HWO PRODUCT.

FOR MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRAVERSE
THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT WARM THAT MUCH FROM MONDAY MORNING
LOWS...RANGING FROM THE LOWER TEENS NORTH TO NEAR 20 SOUTH.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP MONDAY NIGHT AS SKIES BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR
EARLY...FOLLOWED BY SOME INCREASING CLOUDS FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS WILL GO BELOW ZERO WITH SINGLE DIGITS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE OHIO RIVER. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SOME WIND CHILL VALUES
WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE
COLDEST AIR.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE FAIRLY
SIMILAR WITH SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS EXCEPT FOR TUESDAY WHERE THE GFS TRIES
TO SPREAD ISENTROPICALLY DRIVEN PCPN INTO THE REGION. HAVE GONE WITH
THE DRY ECMWF SOLUTION. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
BY MID WEEK. SOME WARMING WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO COLD VALUES BEHIND IT. THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF RAIN/SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A RETURN TO
DRY WEATHER AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BY THURSDAY.

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.AVIATION /07Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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COLD FRONT WELL TO THE EAST OF TAF SITES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING DRIER CONDS. OCCASIONAL MVFR
CEILINGS MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WHICH WILL ALSO
PRODUCE MVFR VSBYS AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR PCPN
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WITH TIME FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA
ENDING AROUND 10Z VCTY KCMH/KLCK. OUTSIDE THE AREAS OF PCPN CIGS
SHOULD BE VFR AROUND FL035. BY MID MORNING CIGS WILL LOWER TO
MVFR. AS DRIER AIR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA CLOUDS SHOULD DISSIPATE
RAPIDLY LEAVING SCT HIGH CLOUDS OR CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.

SURFACE WINDS WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH AN OCCASIONAL
GUST TO 20 KNOTS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST NEAR 20 KNOTS UNTIL
EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE BY LATE EVENING.

OUTLOOK...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MVFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.
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.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

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SYNOPSIS...JGL
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO/JGL
SHORT TERM...JGL
LONG TERM...HICKMAN
AVIATION...HAYDU