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FXUS61 KILN 062255
AFDILN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
555 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
EXPANDED COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT/SATURDAY
MORNING. ENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
KEY MESSAGES
1) CLIPPER SYSTEM WITH SNOW ENDING TODAY BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING TO
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
2) COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND.
3) WARMING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1)
A QUICK MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM AND WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS MOVED
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. BANDING AND FAVORABLE LIFT IN THE DGZ
RESULTED IN A FEW HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. STORM TOTALS FROM
THIS SYSTEM RANGED FROM ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN KY TO 4
INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO. WE RECEIVED 3.5 INCHES AT THE WFO IN
WILMINGTON, 2.8 INCHES AT DAY, 1.6 INCHES AT CVG, AND 1.5 INCHES AT
CMH.
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. IN
ADDITION, IN THE STRONG CAA, NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH LIKELY HEADING INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL
LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW. SOME ROADS REMAIN
SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. WITH THE WIDESPREAD SNOW DONE - HAVE
CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND HAVE A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR THE POSSIBLE SLICK ROADS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
KEY MESSAGE 2)
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY TONIGHT BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT IN
THE STRONG CAA WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR ZERO.
THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL
READINGS IN THE 10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE ACROSS OUR NORTH AND ZERO TO 5
BELOW IN THE SOUTH. HAVE ISSUED EXPANDED THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, WHICH NOW COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA.
KEY MESSAGE 3)
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE SOME THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF
NEXT WEEK. HIGHS BY TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE 40S WITH SOME LOWER AND
MIDDLE 50S EVEN POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER.
AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
MVFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH SOME
MVFR VISIBILITIES ALSO POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION,
SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE
AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 03Z. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN ANY SNOW SHOWERS
IMPACTING ANY SPECIFIC AIRPORT, SO THIS FORECAST WILL ONLY INCLUDE
PROB30 GROUPS.
GUSTY WINDS (AROUND 30 KNOTS) ALONG WITH LLWS WILL BE PREVALENT
OVERNIGHT, BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MORNING. CEILINGS WILL
ALSO IMPROVE TO VFR OVERNIGHT.
ON SATURDAY, VFR CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, THOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE CEILINGS MAY BE MVFR FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME.
OUTLOOK...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO NOON EST SATURDAY FOR OHZ026-034-
035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO NOON EST SATURDAY FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO NOON EST SATURDAY FOR INZ050-058-
059-066-073>075-080.
DISCUSSION...AR
AVIATION...HATZOS
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