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286 FXUS61 KILN 242330 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 730 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A brief respite in the heat and humidity today, before warmer and more humid air quickly builds back into the region on Tuesday. Chance for storms returns Tuesday and increases Wednesday ahead of the next cold front. Drier and cooler conditions will then return for the last part of the workweek before heat and humidity build back for this weekend. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... Mid level trof over New England with a ridge over the Plains - placing the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley in northwest flow with surface surface high pressure over the area this afternoon. Drier air continues to be advected into the region from the north with surface dewpoints dropping to between 55 and 60 by late day. Scattered fair weather cumulus clouds will dissipate with the loss of daytime heating leaving clear skies this evening. A thunderstorm complex will develop in response to a low level jet and favorable moistures advection across the Great Lakes ahead of a mid level shortwave. This thunderstorm complex to our northwest will weaken allowing some debris mid and high level clouds to spill in late tonight into Tuesday morning. Low temperatures to range from near 60 east to the mid/upper 60s northwest. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Progressive mid level shortwave to track thru the Great Lakes Tuesday. Moisture to return in response to low level jet with an increase in higher theta-e air nosing in from the W toward Tuesday morning. Weakening MCS to track into West Central Ohio early Tuesday. As this complex encounters an unfavorable environment expect it to decay and fall apart leaving a good deal of debris clouds. As the airmass recovers expect moderate instability to develop later Tuesday afternoon - especially along and northwest of I-71. With a high degrees of uncertainty have kept pops in the chance category with the highest pops across West Central Ohio. High temperatures to range from the upper 80s to the lower 90s. Models solutions support a low level jet of 40-45 kts with moderate instability in place ahead of a shortwave embedded in the westerly mid level flow. Expect storm chances to increase as we head into Tuesday night and spread south and east across ILN/s area. Given instability and shear the potential exists for strong to severe storms with damaging winds being the primary threat late in the day into Tuesday night. ML from CSU and SPC outlooks highlight this threat generally along and northwest of I-71. In the moist airmass locally heavy rain will also be a threat. Mild lows generally in the lower 70s by Wednesday morning. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... For Wednesday, a surface boundary in phase with an upper trough and short wave energy will push into an unstable airmass, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some storms could be strong to severe, with damaging winds the main threat, along with heavy rain. A dry interlude is suggested for Thursday and Friday when high pressure is forecast to track across the Great Lakes. A cold front may bring another round of showers and thunderstorms Saturday into Sunday. Dry weather returns Monday with high pressure. Temperature fluctuations will be evident with respect to frontal position and associated clouds and precipitation. Highs ranging through the 80s on Wednesday near the initial cold front will slip to the upper 70s to mid 80s Thursday in modest cold advection behind the front. Warm advection and insolation associated with the high will help boost readings to around 90 on Friday. Further warm advection just ahead of the next front may bring highs up into the 90s for Saturday. A reduction back to the 80s is expected for Sunday and Monday behind the front. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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VFR is forecast through the period. Remaining cumulus will dissipate early. Then expect to see some clouds spread into the region towards 12Z from the remnants of a thunderstorm complex that will drop through the western Great Lakes overnight. Not out of the question that some left over showers or thunderstorms could affect KDAY after 12Z. But otherwise there will be another cumulus field across the region during the latter part of the period. Light winds overnight will become southerly by daybreak. These winds will increase with some gusts at or above 20 kt in the afternoon. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms possible Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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&& .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...Coniglio AVIATION...