Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH

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000 FXUS61 KILN 220154 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 954 PM EDT Sun Apr 21 2024 .SYNOPSIS...
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High pressure will build across the area tonight and shift off to the southeast through the day on Monday, leading to dry conditions and some moderation in temperatures. A chance of showers will return Tuesday into Tuesday night as an upper level disturbance moves through the region.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
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Surface ridge axis to build into the area overnight. Latest satellite imagery shows diurnally driven/enhanced cumulus clouds decreasing in coverage. This trend will continue with skies clearing. Mostly clear skies and fairly light winds, will lead to a good radiational cooling scenario. Lows tonight will drop into the lower and mid 30s, with even some cooler readings possible in outlying areas. Looking at temperature trends and probabilities for temperatures below freezing - the highest probabilities for freezing temperatures exist in the upper Scioto River Valley. Have issued a freeze warning for counties over the northeast where confidence is highest for freezing temperatures. Will continue with a Frost Advisory tonight across the remainder of the area.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... The surface high pressure will shift slowly off to our southeast Monday. Weak low level CAA Monday morning will transition to more neutral through the afternoon. Still though, with some lingering low level moisture, some isolated to scattered cu development will be possible form late morning into early afternoon. Temperatures will moderate a bit with highs on Monday mostly in the lower 60s. Any cu should dissipate by evening. In northwest flow aloft, some weak mid level energy will lead to an increase in mid and high level clouds through the Monday night. Lows Monday night will will be in the low to mid 40s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Active pattern expected to start the extended forecast period as an H5 shortwave trough is forecast to swing through the Upper Midwest region. Coverage in showers expected to increase late Tuesday afternoon and evening, particularly NW of I-71. Showers will continue to translate southeastward as the cold front moves through. Models are pretty meager with instability production, but still could observe a few rumbles of thunder with this system. Precip will have shifted east of our CWA Wednesday morning. Surface high pressure builds in through the day from the Great Lakes region. Seasonably cool temperatures settle in during the middle of the work week behind the frontal passage. Favorable radiational cooling conditions will likely lead to some frost development Wednesday night. H5 ridging will begin to nudge in from the Central Plains, with height rises leading to a warming trend through the end of the work week and into the weekend. As we head into Friday, a shortwave trough begins to travel through the central CONUS and takes a northeasterly track through portions of the Midwest region. The Ohio Valley remains on the warm side of this particular system, so many locations will observe highs in the 70s both Friday and Saturday. Additionally, several rounds of showers and storms are to be expected these days as an active period sets up through the weekend. As of now, this negatively tilted trough remains far enough west that the worst of the severe weather will remain out of our CWA, but will have to monitor trends in the location of this trough. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Surface ridge axis to build into the area overnight. Diurnally driven/enhanced cumulus and stratocu field across the area today was thinning out and will continue this trend with skies clearing out this evening. Skies will be clear overnight into Monday morning. Some lingering low level moisture may lead to some isolated to scattered cu development again Monday afternoon. Northwest winds at 10 kts or less will back more westerly and become light overnight. West to southwest winds at less than 10 kts will be observed on Monday. OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR ceilings and MVFR visibilities possible Tuesday. Gusty winds to 30 knots possible Tuesday. MVFR ceilings may linger into Wednesday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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OH...Frost Advisory from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Monday for OHZ026-034-035- 042>044-051>053-060>062-070>072-077>082-088. Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Monday for OHZ045-046- 054>056-063>065-073-074. KY...Frost Advisory from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Monday for KYZ089>100. IN...Frost Advisory from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Monday for INZ050-058-059- 066-073>075-080.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS...JGL NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...JGL LONG TERM...Clark AVIATION...AR

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