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FXUS61 KILN 262345
AFDILN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
645 PM EST MON JAN 26 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
MINOR CHANGES TO LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK.
KEY MESSAGES
1) A SIGNIFICANT/PROLONGED ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, WITH PERIODS OF DANGEROUS
EXTREME COLD. OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED.
2) REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND
TUESDAY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1) A SIGNIFICANT/PROLONGED ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, WITH PERIODS OF DANGEROUS
EXTREME COLD. OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED.
COLD WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEK. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THE ENTIRE WEEK. SEVERAL NIGHTS OF BELOW ZERO
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE DANGEROUSLY COLD
THIS WEEK. CONTINUED THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY AND THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL COLD HEADLINES WILL BE
NEEDED FOR THIS WEEK.
2) REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND
TUESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING. ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH ON TUESDAY PROVIDING
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW. THERE ARE SOME OTHER HINTS AT SOME
WEAK SYSTEMS AT TIMES THIS WEEK, HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN
ANY SPECIFIC TIME AND THEREFORE KEPT NBM DRY CONDITIONS BEYOND
TUESDAY. HAVE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MENTION IN AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY
WITH SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS. TUESDAY COULD SEE SOME WIND GUSTS AROUND
30 MPH AT TIMES.
AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
WIND ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN FROM THE SOUTH. AS WINDS RELAX, THEY'LL TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY
AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVING INTO THE AREA.
DECREASED WINDS AT THE SURFACE LEAD TO A PERIOD OF LLWS AFTER 09Z,
BUT SURFACE WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WINDS
BECOME GUSTY FROM THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN
20 AND 25 KNOTS, PEAKING CLOSE TO 30 KNOTS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS
EXPECTED WITH THE PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS, BUT A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH,
DECREASING IN COVERAGE AFTER 00Z.
WINDS RELAX CLOSER TO 10 KNOTS TUESDAY EVENING, SHIFTING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWESTERLY AS THEY DO SO.
OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...EXTREME COLD WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...EXTREME COLD WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...EXTREME COLD WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-
073>075-080.
DISCUSSION...
AVIATION...MCGINNIS
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