Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
515 FXUS61 KILN 011801 AFDILN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 101 PM EST Sun Nov 1 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... No significant changes. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) A weak mid level disturbance will bring some light rain showers to the region tonight into early Monday. A stronger system will result in a more widespread rainfall event for the middle part of the week. 2) An upper trough will cross the region on Friday, bringing temperatures back to near normal across the region in northerly surface flow. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1) A weak upper disturbance will cross the Ohio Valley tonight and bring scattered light showers to the region overnight and early Monday. Off of the surface, dry air is in place and these overnight showers will have a very dry atmosphere to precipitate through before they will actually reach the ground. Any precip is expected to be generally light on the order of .01-.02 inches, but a isolated spot or two could see a wetting rainfall. The disparity here is noted in the models as hit and miss QPF in light rain or showers. Ahead of the short wave, a developing 20-30 knot low level jet will lift up into our area this evening into tonight and aid in the development of showers given a strong moisture transport. Models have come in a much better conformity with the next system that will affect the region on Wednesday with a period of rain and showers, significantly more moist than what will be seen overnight tonight. A cutoff low in the Upper Midwest early Wed will move ne through WI or possibly N through MN during the day. In either scenario, a notable dry punch will be wrapped into the system and have its western edge over the IN/OH border by nightfall. Rain after nightfall is expected to be in the eastern reaches of the forecast area and moving steadily east to be out of the picture by midnight. Key message 2) On Friday, cold advection showers will be present in northerly flow behind the upper low that will hang a l/w trough over the Ohio Valley and provide a source of lift to lingering llvl moisture. Sfc high pressure will then build behind it and dry out the region through at least Saturday. Above normal temperatures will prevail through Friday and then drop to near normal which will feel notably cooler with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the upper 30s. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ongoing showers in srn IN will still take a lot to produce any significant rain along the IN/OH border as dewpoint depressions are 12-20 deg. In fact, the AWOS in Bedford IN was reporting 10sm -ra from clear skies. Mid and high level clouds will continue to lower as the atmosphere moistens up from top to bottom. While chance of rain is high, any significant rain dropping vsby is low and this was handled by using prob30 for lower vsbys in -shra. Regardless of precip or not, cigs will lower to MVFR after midnight and drop to the low end of MVFR early tomorrow. IFR cloud deck could occur at the end of any precip as the lower atmosphere has had a chance to reach saturation. Cigs improve at the end of the CVG 30 hour terminal forecast but should stay low end MVFR for remaining terminals. OUTLOOK...MVFR cigs and vsbys possible at times Wed and Thurs. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Franks AVIATION...Franks