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FXUS61 KILN 192157
AFDILN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
557 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
ISSUED FREEZE WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
KEY MESSAGES
1) BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
BEFORE A RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.
2) MULTIPLE SYSTEMS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1)
A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-
THIRDS OF THE REGION. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
THIRD INCLUDING NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER FOR TONIGHT. FOR
MONDAY NIGHT A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL OHIO. ALTHOUGH DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE THERE WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST SOME FROST AND HAVE FROST MENTION IN THE HWO
IN LOCATIONS WEST OF THE FREEZE WATCH. TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY
WILL ALSO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. AFTER
MONDAY NIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
KEY MESSAGE 2)
A SYSTEM WORKING DOWN INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
BRING SOME LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE AREA. WHILE THE SHOWERS
WILL PRIMARILY BE LIQUID, CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWER AS
WELL NORTH OF I-70. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND MULTIPLE SYSTEMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY.
AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS...
25-30 KNOT WESTERLY WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS,
BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER 01Z. LIGHTER WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF A SHOWER AT SOME OF THE TAF SITES. THE CHANCES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER
AT THE COLUMBUS AIRPORTS, SO A TEMPO -SHRA WILL BE KEPT IN THE
FORECAST. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED, AND VFR CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE.
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW, WITH SOME CUMULUS
DEVELOPMENT, AND NORTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY AROUND 10-12 KNOTS.
OUTLOOK....THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, AND
THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND
FRIDAY.
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY FOR OHZ077>082-088.
FREEZE WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR OHZ046-
056-065-074.
KY...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY FOR INZ073>075-080.
DISCUSSION...
AVIATION...HATZOS
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