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FXUS61 KCLE 300708
AFDCLE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
308 AM EDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure will prevail through early next week. Another
strong cold front brings a cool down once again midweek.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Sig wx nil. High pressure has settled into the southern Great Lakes,
reinforcing the cooler airmass that has been in control of the
sensible weather for several days now. More upper 60s to lower 70s
today in mainly clear skies with some daytime heating cumulus
development. Mid/upper level cloud increases tonight with a trough
axis dropping north to south into the CWA. Similar story for Sunday
with temperatures increasing a small handful of degrees from
Saturday due to airmass modification and continued insolation.

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.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Upper low stalls out over the mid Atlantic region, but with little
fanfare for our as surface high pressure continues to prevail.
Temperatures continue their slow moderation Monday into Tuesday
where some lower 80s finally make an appearance again for the
western zones of the CWA. High pressure drifts eastward to the New
England while a trough of low pressure drifts northward into
southern Ohio Tuesday. This will result in some cloud cover
increases, but that will be about it as POPs stay south.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Upper trough axis swings into the middle Ohio Valley from the mid
Mississippi Valley. POPs increase Wednesday with this feature and a
surface trough ahead of a cold front that will push through
Wednesday night. This cold front will be driven by yet another deep
closed low aloft pushing into the Great Lakes. Gains in temperature
prior to the cold front will be lost once again for the end of the
week with temperatures back in the 60s. The long term will be the
next chance for wetting rains across the CWA.

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.AVIATION /06Z Saturday THROUGH Wednesday/...
Light and variable winds are seen across the region as high
pressure builds in from the west. A weak lake breeze should
develop during the day Saturday impacting KCLE and KERI with
north to northwesterly winds. There are a few lake effect
clouds across northern Ohio and Pennsylvania that should
dissipate through the overnight hours. Tomorrow, with generally
northerly flow across the region, some lake effect cumulus
clouds will develop throughout the day creating a scattered to
broken ceiling around 050 impacting most terminals besides KTOL
and KFDY. Early Saturday morning, localized fog is expected to
form across central and eastern Ohio dropping conditions to non-
VFR at times. After the fog dissipates by mid morning, VFR
conditions are expected through the end of the TAF period.

Outlook...Localized fog with non-VFR is possible around
daybreak Sunday. Otherwise VFR are expected through this
Tuesday. On Wednesday, isolated to scattered rain showers and
thunderstorms with non-VFR should occur.

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.MARINE...
While a waterspout cannot be completely ruled out this evening
as a weak surface trough drops across Lake Erie, the concern is
fairly low overall given a relatively dry airmass and shallow
convective cloud depths. Otherwise, marine conditions will be
fairly tranquil for the foreseeable future with high pressure
building in tonight and remaining the primary weather feature
controlling our wind speed/direction through the first half of
next week. Northerly winds through tonight will shift more east
to northeast Saturday through Monday, then southeast Tuesday and
Wednesday. Speeds will generally be <15kt the next several days.

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.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...None.
PA...None.
MARINE...None.

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SYNOPSIS...26
NEAR TERM...26
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...26
AVIATION...23
MARINE...Sullivan