903  
FXUS61 KILN 020009  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
809 PM EDT TUE SEP 1 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
DECREASED TEMPERATURES FROM NBM AND INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES  
FROM NBM THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDED SEVERE  
MENTION IN THE HWO FOR FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) HOT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
 
2) STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY  
WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND AS WELL.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CONTINUED THE HEAT  
ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME AREAS  
SOUTH OF DAYTON TO COLUMBUS WILL REACH CRITERIA ON FRIDAY, HOWEVER  
WITH THIS BEING FURTHER OUT IN TIME AND WITH CONVECTIVE COVERAGE  
UNCERTAINTIES HELD OFF ON ANY ADVISORY EXPANSION AND KEPT MENTION IN  
THE HWO. TOMORROW HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD HEAT  
ADVISORY CRITERIA AS PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL BE MORE LIMITED.  
THURSDAY THERE IS GREATER CONFIDENCE IN HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS THE  
SOUTH THAN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION DUE TO GREATER  
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS THE NORTH.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRESENT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS  
OF THE REGION MOST OF THE DAY. NBM HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO PICK UP ON  
PRECIPITATION SIGNATURES AND THEREFORE HAVE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO  
PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT WEDNESDAY TO BE MORE  
LIMITED IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS  
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THERE ARE MUCH BETTER CHANCES THURSDAY  
ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL  
OHIO SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY. THERE WILL BE  
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER BOTH DAYS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED  
FLOODING IF MULTIPLE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. ACTIVE WEATHER  
CONTINUES FOR SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL HAVE LESS COVERAGE, HOWEVER  
CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE TRI-  
STATE SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
LARGE MID LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO BUILD  
SLOWLY EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH MID WEEK. ACTIVE BAND OF  
WESTERLIES STAYS NORTH OF THE REGION WITH LESS CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR  
STORM MAKING IT INTO THE NORTH AS THE RIDGE BUILDS IN AND HEIGHT  
RISES ARE OBSERVED.  
 
VFR CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AND MID AND HIGH LEVEL  
CLOUDS DECREASE OVERNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL LEAD TO  
RIVER VALLEY FOG AGAIN TONIGHT. HAVE MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITY  
RESTRICTIONS AT KLUK OVERNIGHT. FOG IMPROVES QUICKLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.  
EXPECT ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL  
CLOUDS DURING THE DAY.  
 
LIGHT SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KTS  
WEDNESDAY.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-  
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.  
KY...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR KYZ089>100.  
IN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-  
073>075-080.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...08  
AVIATION...AR  
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