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FXUS61 KPBZ 171850
AFDPBZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
250 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY...ALLOWING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE
INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST...ALLOWING FOR DRY AND
SEASONABLE WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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AN ENHANCED SHORT TERM FORECAST UPDATE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO INCREASE
POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR DEVELOPING UPSTREAM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THE LATEST RAP MID-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES A WEAK AND BROAD
CYCLONIC FLOW ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY
WARMER AIR ADVECTING IN FROM THE WEST. 850MB CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
MASON-DIXON LINE HAS WEAKENED MOSTLY WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER
OR TWO REMAINING ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY FRONT. THE CONVERGENCE ZONE
HAS BEEN CO-LOCATED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE MASON-DIXON
LINE. ALTHOUGH A THERMAL GRADIENT IS LACKING ALONG THE BOUNDARY...IT
CAN BE MORE EASILY DEPICTED BY SURFACE DEW POINT AND EQUIVALENT
POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS. UPSTREAM...SOME LAKE BREEZE
INTERACTION (LAKE ERIE) WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW HAS
SETUP A CONVERGENCE ZONE OF CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO.

THIS EVENING...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN FAIRLY
STATIONARY IN THE VICINITY OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE. THERE ARE A
FEW CONTRIBUTORS HAT HAVE LED TO THE FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE
CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING. THESE INCLUDE...THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND INSTABILITY INCREASING TO 1500-2500 J/KG SBCAPE
FOR LOCATIONS PRIMARILY SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH
AND WEST OF PITTSBURGH...CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST WITH
ONGOING DEVELOPING CONVECTION IN NORTHERN OHIO. WITH THIS AND THE 14Z
HRRR IN MIND HAVE GONE WITH SCHC INCREASING TO CHC POP THROUGH
MUCH THE EVENING.

TONIGHT...LINGERING CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING FROM DIURNAL
ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE SERIES OF BOUNDARIES LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THE LOSS OF
HEATING...CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA.
HOWEVER...NORTHERN BOUNDARY WILL THEN BEGIN TO DROP SOUTHWARD AS A
FRONT. THUS...THE FORCING PROVIDED FROM THIS FEATURE WILL ALLOW
FOR THE CHC OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA NOCTURNALLY. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE CLOSER TO THE WARMER
MET...WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S IN EASTERN OHIO...SW
PA...AND NORTHERN WV TO THE UPPER 50S ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY FRONT
AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS.

TUESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE AREA...WITH THE COVERAGE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING
AS A FUNCTION OF DIURNAL HEATING DURING THE DAY.
INSTABILITY/SHEAR PROFILES STILL APPEAR TO NOT SUPPORT MORE
ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND THUS THE CHANCE OF A STRONG TO SEVERE
STORM SEEMS LIMITED AT THIS TIME. TEMP FORECAST CONTINUES TO LEAN
TOWARD THE WARMER MET GUIDANCE WITH NAM 850MB TEMPS AROUND 14-15C
LEADING TO FORECAST HIGH NEAR 80 ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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DRY HIGH PRES WILL BEGIN TO BUILD TUESDAY NIGHT AND SUPPRESS PCPN
FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT SEASONABLY COOL AIR UNDER
TROUGHING ALOFT WILL LIMIT TEMP RECOVERY.
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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
MDLS CONT TO DEPICT DVLPMNT OF A BROAD SRN CONUS RIDGE FOR THE
LONG TERM PD WITH GENL RIDGE AXIS POSITIONING ACRS THE GREAT
LAKES. WARMER TEMPS ARE THUS IN STORE FOR THE UPR OH VALLEY REGION
WITH WEEKEND READINGS PROGGED WELL INTO THE 80S AS PER HIGHER MOS
GUIDANCE.

GRADUALLY INCRSG POPS...TO CHC NMBRS FOR THE WEEKEND...WERE ALSO
INCLUDED...BUT TIMING WL BE DEPENDANT ON SHRTWV PASSAGE ACRS THE
NRN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...SO CONFIDENCE IN THAT PARAMETER IS
MINIMAL AT THIS JUNCTURE OF THE FORECAST PROCESS.

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.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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VFR CONDITIONS WILL MOSTLY PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH
BRIEF RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE CHANCE INCREASING TONIGHT.
COVERAGE WILL BE SPARSE...ALTHOUGH IF A SHOWER/STORM HITS A
TERMINAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS COULD BRIEFLY DROP TO IFR. WINDS
WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AT 5-10KTS.

WITH A FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN LOCATION AND
AREAL COVERAGE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TERMINALS AT THIS
POINT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF RESTRICTIONS WITH FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON TUESDAY. IFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY AT KMGW/KZZV WITH MVFR ELSEWHERE.
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH A
BETTER CHANCE OF BRIEF IFR RESTRICTIONS WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TERMINALS DURING THE DAY.

OUTLOOK.../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AN END. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...ALLOWING FOR VFR
CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL FOR THE MAJORITY ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
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.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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SYNOPSIS...WOODRUM
NEAR TERM...WOODRUM
AVIATION...WOODRUM