868  
FXUS61 KILN 121835  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
235 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
INCREASED CLOUD COVER FOR WEDNESDAY.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY  
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.  
 
2) TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE  
TRENDING MUCH WARMER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL  
SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARMER WEATHER  
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS  
AND INTO THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.  
THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND THEREFORE AN ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS MOVES OUT  
AROUND DAYBREAK, HOWEVER ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE  
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ACROSS PRIMARILY EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE  
REGION. THERE IS SOME QUESTION ON HOW MUCH COVERAGE THERE WILL BE OF  
STORMS AS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION. IF STORMS  
DO DEVELOP, CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY COOLER AIR WILL WORK  
INTO THE REGION. THIS COOLER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL ON FRIDAY.  
 
A WARMUP WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE  
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. DURING THIS TIME, THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES INTO THIS AFTERNOON  
INTO TONIGHT. LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE  
REGION. WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWER  
ACTIVITY. CIGS WILL LOWER, HOWEVER EXPECT GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS  
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF  
BY AROUND DAYBREAK. CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM NEAR  
KCMH, KLCK, OR KILN ON WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER EXPECT MOST OF THE  
PRECIPITATION TO BE EAST OF THE TAF SITES. WINDS WILL SHIFT WITH THE  
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON WEDNESDAY. CU ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY, SOME OF  
WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE MVFR.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...08  
AVIATION...08  
 
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