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FXUS61 KCLE 240212
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1012 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY FOR
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL AFFECT US
OVER THE WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
IT APPEARS THAT THE CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNRISE ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION WITH THE FLOW OFF OF LAKE ERIE.

HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT
CONDITIONS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
STILL MAY BE SOME DRIZZLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY
WARNING AREA. BEST CHANCES OF IT OCCURRING THROUGH THE EVENING IS
ACROSS INLAND NW PA.

CLOUD COVER WILL BECOME THE DIFFICULT PORTION OF THE FORECAST FOR
THE OVERNIGHT. DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE REGION BUT
IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FLOW OFF OF THE WARMER LAKE
TO GET SOME LOWER STRATOCUMULUS TO DEVELOP FROM ERIE TO CLEVELAND.
IF THIS DOES MATERIALIZE WE WILL NEED TO NUDGE LOWS UP SLIGHTLY.
HOWEVER WE WILL WAIT TO SEE IF THESE LOWER CLOUDS DEVELOP AFTER 03Z.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
SOME CLOUDS WILL BE AROUND OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY.  OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO WITH A NORTHEAST FLOW OFF THE LAKE SOME CLOUDS WILL
DEVELOP. IT WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN.

FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE AREA AND WITH LIGHT
WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WENT TOWARD COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE HIGH WILL
MOVE EAST BY SATURDAY AND CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF A
WARM FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT.
CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS IN SHOWERS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...SHOULD BE TOO STABLE FOR THUNDER. CHANCE POPS
FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MOISTURE IS NOT REAL HIGH TO GO
MORE THAN CHANCE AT THIS TIME.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MODELS CONTINUE TO JUMP AROUND WITH MOISTURE FIELDS ON SUN SO NOT
SURE WHETHER DRY PUNCH WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA OR NOT. WILL KEEP
GOOD CHANCE POPS GOING SUN AND AGAIN ON MON MON WITH WRAP MOISTURE
AND UPPER S/W ACTING TO SHARPEN THE TROUGH OVER THE REGION. DRIER
AIR IS SHOWN MOVING OVER THE AREA BY TUE BUT WILL HANG ON TO SMALL
CHANCE POPS DUE TO UPPER TROUGH...ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOWBELT. THE
NEXT S/W HELPING TO HOLD THE MAIN TROUGH IN POSITION DIVES SE TOWARD
THE AREA WITH THE MODELS SHOWING INCREASING MOISTURE SO WILL UP POPS
MORE FOR WED.

TEMPS WILL BE FALLING BELOW NORMAL BY MON AND SHOULD BE WELL BELOW
NORMAL TUE AND WED AS COOL AIR WITH THE UPPER LOW STAYS OVER THE
AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SKIES ARE OVERCAST TO START THE TAF CYCLE WITH DRIER AIR MOVING
SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE. THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL CLEARING TREND
OVERNIGHT BUT HARD TO TIME AT EACH AIRPORT. CLEARING WILL OCCUR
ACROSS NW OHIO FIRST...AND MAY TAKE UNTIL MORNING AT CAK/YNG WITH
NORTHERLY FLOW OFF LAKE ERIE. AREAS OF BR WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT MFD/CAK/YNG WHEN SKIES CLEAR OUT BUT
VISIBILITIES NOT EXPECTED TO GET TOO LOW AS DEWPOINTS FALL
OVERNIGHT. SCT-BKN VFR CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN AFTER 15Z...WITH
CLOUDS SCATTERING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE 10 KNOTS
OR LESS OUT OF THE NORTH.

OUTLOOK...NON VFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SAT THRU MON.

&&

.MARINE...
STILL LOOKS LIKE MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS
NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS LEADING TO 3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN LATER THU SO WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING TO BE
LIGHT THU NIGHT AND FRI THEN A SOUTH FLOW WILL SET UP FOR SAT AS THE
HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. THE MODELS DIFFER SOME SAT NIGHT AND SUN
BUT IN GENERAL A LOW SHOULD MOVE THRU THE LAKES TO BE NEAR LAKE
ONTARIO BY MON AFTERNOON. THUS SHOULD SEE WINDS GRADUALLY VEER FROM
SOUTH TO WEST DURING THIS PERIOD INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS MON AS
COOLER AIR ARRIVES.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR LEZ143>149.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KIELTYKA
NEAR TERM...MULLEN
SHORT TERM...KIELTYKA
LONG TERM...ADAMS
AVIATION...KEC
MARINE...ADAMS