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FXUS61 KILN 020601  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
201 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING EAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC WILL KEEP GENERALLY  
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION INTO MIDWEEK, ALTHOUGH A WEAK LOW  
PASSING SOUTH OF THE AREA COULD INITIATE A FEW DAYTIME SHOWERS TODAY  
AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME AS A  
COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO  
THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF WARM UP, THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN THE  
RETURN OF UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES LATE IN WEEK INTO THIS  
WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/  
 
A WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSE WILL PASS TO OUR SOUTH FROM THE MID SOUTH  
INTO THE TN VALLEY TODAY. THIS WILL INDUCE A WEAK LOW TO OUR SOUTH  
WITH AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF EXTENDING NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.  
HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AT THE BEGINNING  
OF THE PERIOD WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE  
EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BUILD TO A POSITION ALONG THE EASTERN  
SEABOARD. FORCING AND MOISTURE ARE RATHER MARGINAL, BUT AN ISOLATED  
SHOWER CANNOT BE RULED OUT MAINLY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTN.  
OTHERWISE, EXPECT A FEW MORE HIGH BASED CUMULUS CLOUDS.  
 
HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER 80S.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/  
 
ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTN  
WILL DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET DUE TO A LACK OF FORCING. EXPECT MOSTLY  
CLEAR SKY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE LOWER  
50S TO THE UPPER 50S.  
 
MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE  
EASTERN CONUS. A DEEP LOW TO DROP FROM CENTRAL CANADA SOUTHEAST INTO  
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INTO  
NORTHWEST INDIANA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ASSOCIATED PCPN STAYING  
WEST OF THE AREA THRU THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. AT THE SAME TIME A WEAK  
EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE MOVING THRU THE TROF WILL INDUCE A WEAK WAVE TO  
OUR SOUTH. AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY MAY  
RESULT IN AN ISOLD SHOWER AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE  
SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER  
80S.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/  
 
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, A DEEP UPPER LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER LAKE  
SUPERIOR, WITH A SURFACE LOW NEAR JAMES BAY. A COLD FRONT WILL  
EXTEND FROM THIS SURFACE LOW SOUTH THROUGH MICHIGAN, THEN SOUTHWEST  
INTO INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH  
THE ILN CWA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY, BRINGING A  
SOLID CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA -- WITH A FEW EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE. BASED ON FRONTAL TIMING AND POOR  
EXPECTED DESTABILIZATION, CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS ON THURSDAY  
APPEAR LIMITED, AND PERHAPS GREATER OFF TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF  
THE ILN FORECAST AREA. REGARDLESS OF ANY CONVECTIVE THREAT, MUCH OF  
THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE LIKELY TO GET A DECENT RAINFALL OF A  
QUARTER INCH OR GREATER.  
 
THE THURSDAY COLD FRONT WILL REPRESENT THE GREATEST CHANCE OF  
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER, THERE  
WILL LIKELY BE A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SOME  
TIME FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE  
GREAT LAKES ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RATHER SUBSTANTIAL  
UPPER LOW. FORECAST CERTAINTY IS STILL NOT PERFECT REGARDING THE  
TIMING OF THIS SECONDARY FRONT, AND ALSO ON THE OVERALL TIMING OF  
THE WHOLE SYSTEM MOVING FAR ENOUGH TO THE EAST / NORTHEAST TO BRING  
HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. REGARDLESS, SOME LIGHT RAIN WILL  
BE POSSIBLE SOME TIME LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. BY LATER SATURDAY  
INTO SUNDAY, DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED -- AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE  
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
ONE OTHER ITEM TO NOTE IS THAT AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ON  
FRIDAY -- WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES -- WILL LEAD TO  
SOME WIND GUSTS INTO THE 20-25 KNOT RANGE OVER THE ILN FORECAST AREA  
DURING THE AFTERNOON. POSSIBLY SOME ROOM FOR THIS TO INCREASE A  
LITTLE, IF SOME OF THE STRONGER MODEL SOLUTIONS VERIFY.  
 
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY,  
WITH A VERY SLIGHT REBOUND ON FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT WAVE.  
AFTER THAT, AN ANOMALOUSLY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE  
AREA, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S OVER THE WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /05Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BUILDS  
EAST TO THE EAST COAST TODAY. A WEAK INVERTED TROF IS EXPECTED TO  
DEVELOP NORTH OF A WEAK LOW INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT AND A MORE FAVORABLE LIGHT EASTERLY  
FLOW, WILL ALLOW FOR SOME MVFR TO IFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS FOR FOG AT  
KLUK VALLEY LOCATION EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE, JUST EXPECT SOME  
SCATTERED CU DEVELOPMENT AGAIN THROUGH THE DAY, WITH ANY ISOLD  
SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE INVERTED TROF STAYING SOUTH  
OF THE TAF SITES.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...AR  
NEAR TERM...AR  
SHORT TERM...AR  
LONG TERM...HATZOS  
AVIATION...AR  
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