960
FXUS61 KILN 081811
AFDILN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
111 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
LIGHT SNOW ENDING.
KEY MESSAGES
1) CLIPPER SYSTEM TODAY.
2) COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.
3) WARMING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1)
WEAK DISTURBANCE AND WAA ALOFT HAS LED TO A BAND OF SNOW DUE TO
FAVORABLE FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ALOFT. THIS BAND OF SNOW IS BISECTING
THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. MOST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE LESS
THAN AN INCH BUT WHERE THE BAND PERSISTS EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
AN INCH. RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS THE BAND OF LIGHT SNOW BETWEEN ILN AND
CMH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS QUICKLY TO THE SE ENDING EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.
KEY MESSAGE 2)
CLOUDS THIN OUT THIS EVENING AND REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH
SOME INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS LATE. SNOW COVER AND A LIGHT
EASTERLY WIND WILL RESULT IN LOW TEMPERATURES FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
NORTHEAST TO THE MID TEENS SOUTHWEST. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH AN EAST WIND AT 5 TO 8 MPH WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM
APPARENT TEMPERATURES FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW NORTH AND THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO SOUTH.
KEY MESSAGE 3)
ARCTIC AIR WILL RETREAT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES
TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 50S SOUTH OF THE
OHIO RIVER TUESDAY. HIGHS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL GENERALLY BE
IN THE LOWER/MID 30S NORTH TO THE LOWER 40S SOUTH. PRECIPITATION
CHANCES RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND INCREASE NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
FAVORABLE FORCING AND LIGHT SNOW BAND EXITING THE AREA TO THE
SOUTHEAST LEAVING VFR CLOUDS BETWEEN 5000-8000 FEET. CLOUDS SCATTER
OUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WITH SOME
INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE MONDAY.
EAST WINDS AT 6-8KTS THIS AFTERNOON PERSISTS OVERNIGHT AND VEERS
SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHEASTERLY MONDAY.
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
DISCUSSION...AR
AVIATION...AR
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