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FXUS61 KILN 100011  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
711 PM EST SAT NOV 9 2024  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING RAIN  
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE AREA DRIES OUT FOR THE  
FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE  
BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THE NEXT THREAT FOR RAIN ARRIVES  
WEDNESDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/  
 
MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AS LOW PRESSURE  
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY  
BY MORNING. FLOW BACKS WITH MOISTURE INCREASING AHEAD OF A WARM  
FRONT THAT PIVOTS NORTH THRU THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE  
AIRMASS IS INITIALLY DRY AND ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE  
FROM A MID DECK LATER THIS EVENING - MAIN FOCUS OF RAIN WILL  
HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN MORE FAVORABLE ISENTROPIC  
LIFT DEVELOPS.  
 
EXPECT RAIN TO BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE AS PCPN EXPANDS NORTHEAST  
ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME VERY  
MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST LATE - SO  
CAN NOT RULE OUT AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL BY MORNING  
TO RANGE FROM 0.50 TO 0.75 SOUTHWEST TO .1 TO .2 NORTHEAST BY  
SUNRISE SUNDAY.  
 
MILD TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS FROM THE MID/UPPER 40S NORTHEAST TO  
THE LOWER 50S SOUTHWEST.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/  
 
MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY TO OPEN UP/WEAKEN AS IT  
TRACKS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. THE REGION  
LOOKS TO BE A WARM SECTOR WITH A 45-50 KT SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL  
JET OFFERING FAVORABLE MOISTURE TRANSPORT SUNDAY MORNING.  
WIDESPREAD RAIN IN THE MORNING TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE SOME AS  
THE LOW LEVEL JET PIVOTS EAST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS  
EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD  
FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY THRU SUNDAY  
EVENING. HIGHS TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 60 TO 65.  
 
THE GRADIENT INCREASES WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THRU  
SUNDAY EVENING TO RANGE FROM 0.5 INCHES NORTHWEST TO 1 TO 1.5  
INCHES GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF I-71.  
 
RAIN TO END SUNDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST  
AND CLOUDS DECREASE. LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S TO THE  
UPPER 40S.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
DRY CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THE  
DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A WEAK BOUNDARY THAT MOVES  
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT, HOWEVER MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND THEREFORE  
JUST HAVE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AS IT MOVES THROUGH AND THEN ON  
TUESDAY WITH CAA AS WELL.  
 
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM FROM THE 30S AT  
THE START OF THE DAY TO THE 50S AND 60S ON WEDNESDAY. IN SOME  
AREAS TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AFTER DARK WEDNESDAY EVENING AS  
WARM AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE  
COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL WORK THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. RAIN WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE REGION  
AFTER DARK WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THEN RESIDUAL SHOWER ACTIVITY  
WILL BE AROUND FOR THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.  
 
DRY CONDITIONS WILL WORK BACK INTO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.  
THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY TOWARDS THE END OF THE LONG TERM WITH  
TIMING OF A SYSTEM AND ALSO WITH TEMPERATURES. WENT CLOSER TO  
THE BLEND FOR THIS TIME PERIOD DUE TO SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTIES  
AND RANGE OF SOLUTIONS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD, A DECENT MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE  
SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER/MID  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AS IT DOES, MOISTURE WILL BE  
TRANSPORTED NORTH AND NORTHEAST WITH AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT.  
BROAD SCALE WARM, MOIST ASCENT WILL ALLOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN  
COVERAGE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THERE COULD BE A RUMBLE OF  
THUNDER. PRECIPITATION WILL ALLOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TO  
LOWER INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY WITH SOME POCKETS OF IFR CEILINGS  
DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TOWARD 12Z. IN ADDITION, THE  
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE AS WINDS VEER FROM THE  
EAST TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL INCREASE SUSTAINED WINDS INTO THE  
10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS INCREASING INTO THE 20 TO 25 KNOT  
RANGE BY 12Z.  
 
ON SUNDAY, THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO  
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET  
SPEED MAX AND A DECENT LOW LEVEL JET WILL BRING WIDESPREAD  
SHOWERS, PERHAPS A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, FOR A GOOD PART OF THE  
DAY. CEILINGS WILL LOWER INTO THE IFR CATEGORY WITH SOME POCKETS  
OF LIFR POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MVFR  
CATEGORY WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS, WITH SOME  
POCKETS OF IFR POSSIBLE. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY WITH  
SOUTH WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 12 AND 18 KNOTS  
WITH GUSTS IN THE 18 TO 28 KNOT RANGE. BY LATE IN THE DAY, AN  
ASSOCIATED SURFACE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL BE ENTERING THE AREA  
NEAR 00Z. MAIN PRECIPITATION SHIELD WILL BE PROGRESSING EAST  
AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND  
GUSTINESS WILL DIMINISH SOME WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY NIGHT  
AS SHOWERS COME TO AN END.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CEILINGS TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. MVFR  
CONDITIONS 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...  
AVIATION...HICKMAN  
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