050
FXUS61 KPBZ 080647
AFDPBZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
147 AM EST SUN NOV 8 2009
SYNOPSIS
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY IN
THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TUESDAY...FOLLOWED
BY DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE RIDGES...AS SOME MID
LEVEL MOISTURE IS TRAPPED UNDER AN INVERSION. THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME LIMITED BUILDING OF THESE CLOUDS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST...WITH
SOME CLOUDS AS FAR WEST AS GREENE/MARION COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING AS THE
INVERSION DISSIPATES. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY/TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO UNSEASONABLY
WARM LEVELS...WITH HIGHS TODAY RANGING FROM THE LOWER/MID 60S
ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR...TO THE LOWER 70S FROM I-70 SOUTHWARD.
EXPECT MILD MID/UPPER 40S FOR LOWS TNGT.
SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE MONDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTN/NIGHT
IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. BOTH GFS/NAM DEPICT THE GREATEST LIFT
AND MOISTURE TO THE NORTH WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND WELL TO
THE SOUTH WITH THE REMNANTS OF IDA. WILL USE CHANCE POPS FOR MOST
AREAS LATE TUESDAY AFTN/NIGHT WITH THE FRONT...WITH GENERALLY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH INCH OR SO. WITH THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER MOVEMENT
OF THE FRONT...WILL BUMP UP HIGHS ON TUESDAY...WITH 60-65 DEGREES
FOR MOST LOCATIONS.
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO PUSH TO THE COAST WEDNESDAY...WITH ANY
RESIDUAL SHWRS ENDING EARLY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR
LATE WEEK FOR DRY CONDITIONS. AFTER A COOL DAY WEDNESDAY IN THE
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO NEAR NORMAL
FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO BRING SHWRS
TO THE REGION FOR SATURDAY.
AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
MOISTURE ALONG THE RIDGES WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR VFR CLOUDINESS
OVERNIGHT. A LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF MVFR CLOUDS
OVERNIGHT...FKL-DUJ. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD ALSO SEE MVFR VIS IN
FOG THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ZZV/FKL. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL LEAD TO PREDOMINANTLY VFR CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR REDUCED CONDITIONS.
HIGH PRESSURE AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY.
PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
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