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Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
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378 FXUS61 KILN 072008 AFDILN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 408 PM EDT Sat Jun 7 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A slow moving front will meander across the region through Sunday, providing periods of showers and storms. Some of the storms will produce locally heavy rainfall. In this active weather pattern, another front pushes through the area Monday. Seasonably warm and humid conditions will prevail until some slightly drier air returns in the wake of the front by Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... A weak surface front has stalled close to the Ohio River parallel to the zonal westerly mid level flow. Marginal instability combined with marginal instability will continue to lead to the development of isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms thru the aftn across the south in the vicinity of this frontal boundary (mainly along and south of the Ohio River). Another convective complex to approach from the southwest late in the day into early evening. Expect widespread showers and thunderstorms to move into far southwest and then track east across the area thru the evening and into the overnight hours. Instability looks to be marginal with MLCAPE values approaching 1000 J/KG but favorable moisture will be in place with PWats increasing to about 150% of seasonal norms as moisture increases. Heavy rainfall rates will be observed and local flooding will be possible from training activity. Widespread rainfall of a half to one inch will be likely with locally higher amounts possible. The greatest potential for heavy rain and localized flooding looks to be across the Tri-State region and southwest Ohio this evening. This potential for heavy rain may persist through most of the night, mainly near the surface low - where convergence will be maximized across east central IN, the Miami Valley and west central OH. Low tonight range from the lower to the middle 60s. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Progressive mid level shortwave and associated surface low over the area at sunrise Sunday shifts off to the east during the aftn. Convective activity decreases from west to east in the morning across most of the area. However, additional isold to scattered showers/thunderstorms will be possible during the aftn with the best coverage across the east. Highs on Sunday top out in the mid and upper 70s. Expect a lull in convective activity Sunday evening into the first part of the overnight hours in the wake of the departing surface low. A larger mid level trough digs into the Great Lakes and upper Midwest Sunday night into Monday. Moisture and instby axis develops into the west late with a front moving into the area late. Have chance pops into the west late in response to this front. Low Sunday night are generally in the lower and middle 60s. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... With the low pressure system from Sunday morning now cleared to the east of the area, attention shifts to the larger trough digging into the Great Lakes and upper Midwest. An occluded low pressure system in the upper Midwest will have a cold front extending southward through the Great Lakes and into the Ohio Valley Monday morning. A ribbon of moisture ahead of the cold front supports the development of showers and thunderstorms across the area Monday, especially into the afternoon. Based on the current timing of the front, the highest coverage of thunderstorms is expected along and south of the I-71 corridor during the afternoon and evening before shifting out of the area. Instability is fairly meager with poor mid-level lapse rates limiting the potential for higher values. Given the modest wind shear (~40 knots), can`t rule out an isolated strong/severe thunderstorm across southern Ohio/northern Kentucky in the late afternoon/evening hours. A secondary cold front moves through on Tuesday, with small chances for a few pop-up showers across the area. Otherwise, a short period of drier weather is anticipated for Tuesday night through much of Thursday. There will be steady warm-up Wednesday into Thursday before deeper moisture and a weak system bring chances for rainfall back into the forecast. The weak system may close-off in the southern Plains Wednesday, so there is still some uncertainty on when rainfall chances will precisely arrive back into the Ohio Valley. Confidence is much higher for return to showers and thunderstorms on Friday. Temperatures are near to slightly below normal Monday and Tuesday before the warm-up to above normal temperatures Wednesday through Friday. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A weak front oriented in an east-west orientation has stalled close to the Ohio River parallel to the zonal westerly mid level flow. Thru late afternoon expect convection isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms across the south in the vicinity of the frontal boundary. Another convective complex to approach from the southwest late this afternoon into early evening. Expect widespread showers and thunderstorms move into far southwest late in the day and then track east across the area thru the evening and into the overnight hours. The stronger updrafts will bring visibility restrictions down to IFR. Some residual showers will likely linger thru sunrise and decrease/end from the southwest late. Expect ceilings to drop to MVFR late this evening and then IFR overnight across all TAF sites. Ceilings will slowly lift to MVFR Sunday morning with conditions improving to VFR during the aftn. Light northeast winds around 5kts today will become southeast overnight and then west to northwest at 8 to 10 kts Sunday as the surface low pushes off to the east. OUTLOOK...Some storms will be possible Monday. MVFR CIGs are possible again Sunday and Monday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...Air Quality Alert until midnight EDT tonight for OHZ046-055-056-065. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...Campbell AVIATION...AR