058  
FXUS61 KILN 051152  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
652 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
CANCELLED REMAINDER OF THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT.  
 
2) MORE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POTENTIAL INTO THURSDAY.  
 
3) NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE FRIDAY.  
 
4) MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  
 
5) AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES TO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1) DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT.  
 
WHILE PATCHY DENSE FOG REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS  
OF THE REGION AND SOUTHEASTERN AREAS, WIDESPREAD QUARTER OF A MILE  
VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2) MORE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POTENTIAL INTO THURSDAY.  
 
CONTINUED THE FLOOD WATCH. THIS MIGHT HAVE TO BE EXPANDED NORTHWARD  
OR IN TIME, HOWEVER AFTER COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES, THE  
DECISION WAS TO HOLD OFF ON ANY EXPANSION AT THIS TIME.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 3) NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE FRIDAY.  
 
THE CURRENT FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY ARE 75 AT DAY, 74  
AT CMH, AND 76 AT CVG. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY ARE  
74 AT DAY, 76 AT CMH, AND 74 AT CVG.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 4) MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  
 
MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE THE  
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS AND ALSO AT LEAST ISOLATED  
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 5) AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING ADDITIONAL  
PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE UNTIL A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE  
FORECAST FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
 
 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TAF SITES TODAY. CANNOT RULE  
OUT SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER. RAIN WILL BECOME LESS IN COVERAGE  
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THERE HAS AND CONTINUES TO BE A LOT OF VARIABILITY  
WITH CIGS AND VSBYS. IN GENERAL THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT THIS  
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE MORE LOW CIGS AND VSBYS BECOME  
POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIND GUSTS AT TIMES  
TODAY.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RETURN ON SATURDAY.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OHZ053>056-060>065-  
070>074-077>080-082.  
KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KYZ089>093.  
IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR INZ050-058-059-066-  
073>075-080.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...  
AVIATION...  
 
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