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FXUS61 KILN 290422
AFDILN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1222 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
LOWERED SURFACE DEW POINTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH DIURNALLY-ENHANCED
MIXING. INCREASED WIND GUSTS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
KEY MESSAGES
1) QUIET WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY, WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON.
2) A WARMER AND MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL EVOLVE BY LATE
TUESDAY AND BEYOND, WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
EXPECTED FROM MIDWEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1)
NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE OH VLY THROUGH MONDAY,
WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTING TO THE E, ALLOWING FOR RETURN/SW SFC
FLOW TO BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED. TEMPS WILL TREND ABOVE NORMAL TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY WITH THIS STEADY SW FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS WILL
TOP OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S TODAY BEFORE DIPPING INTO THE LOWER
TO MID 50S TONIGHT. EVEN WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND SOME SPOTTY
SHRA AND/OR SPRINKLES ON MONDAY, TEMPS WILL STILL REACH INTO THE
LOWER 70S BY LATE AFTERNOON AREA-WIDE.
KEY MESSAGE 2)
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP BY MIDWEEK AND BEYOND AS
PERSISTENT SW FLOW ALOFT BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM THE SOUTH-CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO THE OH VLY. THIS CONVEYOR BELT OF WARMER/MOISTURE-RICH
AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. EVEN BY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, HOWEVER, RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN A W-E
CORRIDOR NEAR A TIGHTENING WARM FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NRN
OH VLY REGIONS, JUST NORTH OF THE IMMEDIATE LOCAL AREA. A WEAK SFC
WAVE WILL TRANSLATE TO THE E ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY, WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT DRAPED BACK TO THE SW, WHICH
WILL SAG INTO THE ILN FA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE
BETTER FORCING AND MORE-DEFINED S/W WILL MOVE THROUGH VERY LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY, WITH A LL BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY
OSCILLATING ABOUT THE REGION DURING THIS TIME.
WHILE THE PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW AT ANY ONE
PARTICULAR TIME FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY IS FAR FROM
CERTAIN, THE OVERALL PATTERN, CHARACTERIZED BY PWAT ANOMALIES ON THE
ORDER OF 200+% OF SEASONAL NORMS, ALONGSIDE AN OSCILLATING LL FRONT,
WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR LIFT, AND PERIODIC LARGE-SCALE ASCENT
COURTESY OF THE STRONGER S/W AND HEIGHT FALLS WHICH WILL OVERSPREAD
THE OH VLY BY THURSDAY, WILL BE WATCHED CAREFULLY FOR BOTH EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL AND SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. IN FACT, ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE
SUPPORTS THE FRONT CONTINUING TO PIVOT ABOUT THE REGION EVEN THROUGH
THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND, SUGGESTING THAT MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL BE LIKELY FROM MIDWEEK INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY. THERE IS
A STRONG SIGNAL FROM BOTH THE ENSEMBLE AND AI GUIDANCE TO SUGGEST
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 1-2+" DURING THIS TIME ACROSS A
LARGE PORTION OF THE OH VLY. THE PATTERN, OWING TO CONVECTIVE
INFLUENCES, WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME
LOCATIONS BY THE TIME DRIER AIR FINALLY MAKES A RETURN IN A POST-
FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT PERHAPS BY SUNDAY.
THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PATTERN ARE FAR FROM CERTAIN AT THIS JUNCTURE,
BUT IT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY FOR PERIODIC/EPISODIC HEAVY
RAIN AND SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. ANY PROLONGED PW ANOMALY OF 200+%
WITH A PARADE OF S/WS THROUGH THIS MOISTURE-RICH ENVIRONMENT IS CAUSE
FOR AT LEAST SOME CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AFTER A FAIRLY WET MARCH
(RAINFALL 150%-200% OF NORMAL) ACROSS MOST OF THE LOCAL AREA.
AS THE WEATHER UNDERGOES A PATTERN CHANGE, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ARE
LIKELY MIDWEEK AND BEYOND, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S
FOR MOST OF THE WEEK FROM TUESDAY ONWARD.
AVIATION /03Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH AN INCREASE IN
MID/HIGH CLOUDS DURING THE DAYTIME. LIGHT SE FLOW AROUND 5KTS
THROUGH DAYBREAK WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15KTS OUT OF THE SW DURING
THE DAYTIME, GUSTING AROUND 20KTS AT TIMES FOR THE AFTERNOON. SW LLWS
ON THE ORDER OF 40-45KTS IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY 06Z ACROSS THE
REGION, IMPACTING THE TERMINALS INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY.
PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME
BRIEF MVFR CIGS MAY BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL MVFR
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
DISCUSSION...
AVIATION...
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