999  
FXUS61 KILN 040110  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
910 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE OFF OF THE COAST AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE  
EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL KEEP A WARM, SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE OHIO  
VALLEY. THIS SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS  
A SURFACE COLD FRONT NEAR THE INDIANA AND OHIO BORDER WEAKENS  
SURFACE WINDS EARLY THURSDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD  
EASTWARD. THEN, UPPER FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY AND THE SURFACE FRONT  
MEANDERS INTO OHIO, ALONG WITH MORE PREVALENT SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/
 
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF OF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND AN AREA OF LOW  
PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES CREATES A NICE PRESSURE  
GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-WEST.  
THIS KEEPS OUR WIND SPEEDS A TAD HIGHER OVERNIGHT, AROUND 10 MPH.  
SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPILL INTO OUR NORTHWEST NEAR THE OH/IN BORDER  
WHILE CENTRAL OH REMAINS MOSTLY CLEAR. OVERNIGHT LOWS FALL TO THE MID  
TO UPPER 60S, WITH TDS IN THE LOW 60S. DEFINITELY A MORE SUMMERY-  
FEELING MUGGY NIGHT.  
 
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION--> FORECAST HAS NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO CHANGE  
FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WIND SHOULD KEEP UP OVERNIGHT  
AROUND 10-15 MPH WITH A MOSTLY TRANSPARENT LAYER OF SMOKE ABOVE US.  
THESE WINDS WILL KEEP LOW TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING MUCH TONIGHT,  
WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE A MUCH WARMER MID- UPPER 60S.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
AS THE SURFACE HIGH SLOWLY CONTINUES AN EAST MOVEMENT, IT WILL PERMIT  
AN EQUALLY SLOW PROGRESSION OF A SW-NE ORIENTED STATIONARY FRONT  
THROUGH THE DAY. PRECIP SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE CWA, THOUGH A FEW  
PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS COULD AFFECT FAR NW CWA BY NIGHTFALL. THIS IS  
GENERALLY NW OF A WAPAK-GREENVILLE LINE.  
 
ASIDE FROM A FEW FAIR WX CU POSSIBLE NW OF THE I-71 CORRIDOR, CLOUD  
COVER WILL BE SPARSE THROUGH THE DAY. SUNNY SKIES AND CONTINUED SW  
FLOW WILL SEE A MODEST INCREASE IN HIGHS AS THEY REACH 85-90 DEGREES.  
 
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAKES A SLOW BUT  
CONSISTENT PUSH INTO CWA OVERNIGHT, PRIMARILY EXPECTED NW OF THE  
I-71 CORRIDOR. THIS FRONT REMAINS RELATIVELY STATIONARY TO THE NW OF  
CWA. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF IT WILL WEAKEN BUT THE INCREASED CLOUD  
COVER WILL HELP KEEP MIN TEMPS UP SIMILAR TO WHAT'S EXPECTED  
TONIGHT - UPPER 60S.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE LONG TERM. A  
SYSTEM WILL LAY OUT OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER WAVE WILL  
WORK INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO  
SATURDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING  
A TEMPORARY END TO THE PRECIPITATION AFTER SATURDAY.  
 
CONTINUED MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN FOR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE  
HWO. ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS  
AT LEAST A LOW END SEVERE THREAT DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. THERE  
IS MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT TIME  
FRAME WITH MORE MODEL VARIABILITY. ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT A  
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS  
AND STORM. SOME MODELS HINT AT LINGERING PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY,  
HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH AND THEREFORE KEPT PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES ON THE LOWER END.  
 
HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE LONG TERM WILL BE IN THE 70S TO LOWER  
80S. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
 
SOME MID LEVEL CU FLOATING THROUGH DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH  
SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS. BETWEEN 08-12Z,  
SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SOME MEAGER LLWS, OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND  
40 KNOTS FOR KDAY, KCVG, AND KLUK BUT IT'S VERY SPLOTCHY. FOR NOW,  
DID NOT INCLUDE IN TAFS BUT WILL KEEP AN EYE FOR NEXT ISSUANCE.  
 
AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST,  
WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING, OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND  
10-15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE LATE  
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTS DECREASE DURING THE LATE  
AFTERNOON HOURS. IT WILL BE ANOTHER MIXY DAY, SO SOME MECHANICAL  
TURBULENCE IS LIKELY AGAIN.  
 
DURING THE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY, THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS CLOSER,  
AND A BKN 250 DECK WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TOWARD SOUTHEAST.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.  
MVFR/IFR CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR OHZ042-043-051-053-  
060>062.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...FRANKS  
NEAR TERM...CA/FRANKS  
SHORT TERM...FRANKS  
LONG TERM...  
AVIATION...CA  
 
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