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FXUS61 KILN 131438  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
938 AM EST WED NOV 13 2024  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYTIME TODAY AS HIGH  
PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND. LOW PRESSURE  
ADVANCING TO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TONIGHT  
THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL RETURN FOR  
THE WEEKEND WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT  
WEEK.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/  
 
THICKENING CIRRUS CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AHEAD OF AN  
APPROACHING S/W, WHICH WILL MOVE FURTHER E INTO THE OH VLY  
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE DAYTIME SHOULD STAY DRY LOCALLY AS  
VERY DRY AIR ENTRENCHED IN THE AREA IS GRADUALLY ERODED INTO  
LATE AFTERNOON.  
 
A DRY DAY IS IN STORE WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 50S  
AND LOWER 60S AMIDST FILTERED SUNSHINE AND STEADY SE SFC FLOW.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/  
 
A FAIRLY RAPID SATURATION OF THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL OCCUR  
FROM SW TO NE THIS EVENING, ALLOWING FOR STEADY, MODERATE RAIN  
TO OVERSPREAD THE ILN FA DURING THE MID/LATE EVENING HOURS.  
FORCING AND DEEP- LAYER MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY THIS  
EVENING, ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD RA, WHICH  
WILL DRIFT TO THE ENE THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE HEART  
OF THE OVERNIGHT. THE STEADY RAIN WILL TRANSITION MORE TO SCT  
SHRA TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY, BUT THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD PERSIST  
SPORADICALLY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY.  
 
THE LATEST GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED A BIT HEAVIER WITH THE QPF,  
OWING TO THE STRONG SUSTAINED FORCING AND LIFT AND RAPID  
MOISTENING OF THE PROFILE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME. LATEST  
PROBABILISTIC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS GREATER THAN 60% CHANCE OF AT  
LEAST 1" OF RAIN FOR MANY LOCALES FROM SE IN THROUGH THE TRI-  
STATE AND N KY INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL OH, WITH LESS THAN 20% CHANCE  
OF 1" NEAR/N OF I-70. OVERALL, TOTAL RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM AROUND 0.5"-0.75" NEAR/N OF  
I-70 TO 1"-1.5" NEAR/S OF THE OH RVR.  
 
THURSDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A CLOUDY/DREARY DAY WITH  
INTERMITTENT SHRA WITH TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.  
CONDITIONS MAY NOT TREND COMPLETELY DRY UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AS  
THE LOW SLOWLY PIVOTS THROUGH THE OH VLY.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING EAST OF THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY  
NIGHT. SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT INTO FRIDAY MORNING  
SINCE LOW LEVEL SATURATION IS LIKELY TO BE PERSISTENT THROUGH AT  
LEAST SUNRISE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FROM  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON TROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. FORECAST HIGHS ARE IN THE  
MIDDLE 50S AND FORECAST LOWS ARE ARE NEAR 40 TO THE UPPER 30S.  
 
THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EAST ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL  
EVENTUALLY ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH ON MONDAY AS A WARM  
FRONT LIFTS NORTH. A CHANCE FOR RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY WARM FRONT.  
CHANCES FOR RAIN PERSIST INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK WHEN THE NEXT  
FRONT IS SLOWLY EXPECTED TO ENCROACH FROM THE WEST. CURRENTLY, THE  
TIMING OF THE FRONT IS UNCERTAIN AS THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT  
COULD INFLUENCE THE SYNOPTIC SETUP NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /15Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY  
BEFORE WIDESPREAD RA MOVES IN FOR THE FINAL PART OF THE TAF  
PERIOD. UNTIL THEN, CIRRUS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION, LEADING  
TO BKN/OVC HIGH-LEVEL CLOUD COVER. ESE WINDS AROUND 7-10KTS  
WILL BE MAINTAINED BEFORE INCREASING SUBTLY TO OUT OF THE SE AFTER  
00Z THURSDAY TO AROUND 10-15KTS.  
 
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD FROM THE SW SHORTLY AFTER 00Z,  
LEADING TO A FAIRLY RAPID MOISTENING OF THE PROFILE, ALLOWING  
FOR CIGS TO GO VFR TO MVFR, AND EVENTUALLY IFR, DURING THE  
NIGHTTIME. AS THIS OCCURS WITH THE STEADIER RA, PREVAILING MVFR  
VSBYS WILL ALSO EVOLVE AREA-WIDE TOWARD 06Z AND BEYOND. THE RA  
WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY,  
BUT MVFR VSBYS AND IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY.  
MVFR CIGS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...KC  
NEAR TERM...KC/CONIGLIO  
SHORT TERM...KC  
LONG TERM...CAMPBELL  
AVIATION...KC  
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