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419 FXUS61 KILN 030634 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 234 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A weak front moving into the area will washout tonight allowing high pressure to build in. The high will keep the area predominantly warm and dry into Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will return midweek as a cold front approaches and moves through the region. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL NOON TODAY/...
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With the clearing clouds over eastern CWA, fog is developing in the river valleys. Satellite is showing the fog spreading beyond the valleys and it looks to be doing so steadily. With all of this, dense fog advisory has been issued until 11:00. The time may be a little long, but if a blanketing fog settles over the region, there may be some lingering low vsbys lasting a little longer as the stratus ground fog lifts and breaks up through the morning hours. Previous discussion: This should also allow for a decreasing cloud trend through late evening but with lingering boundary layer moisture, some areas of stratus and fog are expected to develop later tonight into early Monday morning, with the best chance for this for areas along and southeast of the I-71 corridor. Lows will mainly be in the lower 60s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /NOON TODAY THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... Surface high will build in and then slide off to the east during the period. Meanwhile moderate amplitude mid level ridging will also develop. This will lead to dry and warmer conditions. Any fog and stratus in the morning will eventually break and evolve into some scattered cumulus. The cumulus will dissipate with the loss of heating with just some high clouds Monday night. Highs will be in the lower to mid 80s with lows in the lower to mid 60s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... An upper level trough and cold front will start approaching the Ohio Valley on Tuesday into Tuesday night the northwest. Strengthening southerly flow develops ahead of the disturbance leading to increasing temperatures and moisture across the region. Highs are forecast to spike into the middle to upper 80s by Tuesday afternoon with humid conditions in place. Some instability should develop by the afternoon which allows for afternoon/evening shower and thunderstorm chances although coverage remains uncertain since forcing and shear is weak. Muggy conditions and some rain chances continue into Tuesday night due to persistent southerly flow. The cold front and upper level trough arrives later in the day on Wednesday. Showers and storms are expected since peak diurnal instability appears at least moderately likely to overlap deep moisture, shear, and forcing. The cold front will then progress to the east Wednesday night thereby quickly reducing shower and storm chances. Winds shift to the west behind the front and cooler air arrives. Below average temperatures and westerly winds persist through the end of the week due to a long wave trough setting up over the Great Lakes region. Multiple chances for showers will exist in this synoptic setup as cold fronts and shortwaves rotate around the trough axis. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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Exiting/dissipating stratus around 8kft at CMH/LCK and a bit less at ILN will see fog development as the skies clear early this morning. Observations of dense fog over southern CWA is bringing ground truth to the expanding fog, which will continue to develop across the region. Dayton may be the lone terminal that doesn`t get hit hard with the fog but nearby observations had me forecast a slightly lower impact with less time in the dense LIFR and a little improvement in the tempo groups. After the low stratus/fog lifts after daybreak, it will mix out in favor of some passing cu in the afternoon that dissipates in the evening with the loss of insolation/direct heating. Did not forecast a bkn deck but some indications suggest the cu could thicken to be a ceiling. However, if this is the case it should be VFR. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms Wednesday and Wednesday night.
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&& .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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OH...Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for OHZ026-034- 035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088. KY...Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for KYZ089>100. IN...Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT this morning for INZ050-058- 059-066-073>075-080.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...Franks SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...Campbell AVIATION...JGL