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FXUS61 KILN 050741  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
341 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
ADDED FROST POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS  
WEEK, WITH PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE TONIGHT, AND THEN A FREEZE POSSIBLE  
MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS.  
 
2) ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN STARTING MIDWEEK AND  
EXTENDING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1) POST-FRONTAL COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH  
THE DAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WESTERLY FLOW TONIGHT WILL ALLOW  
SOME FROST TO DEVELOP WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE  
30S.  
 
A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY ON  
MONDAY. SUPPOSE THIS COULD TRIGGER A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY  
MORNING. STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO  
THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT FREEZE BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2) A POTENT SHORTWAVE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN  
CANADA MIDWEEK. AHEAD OF THE WAVE, MID-LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO  
THE OHIO VALLEY, BRINGING A RETURN TO MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES. THESE  
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE  
WEEK INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
MVFR CEILINGS WILL SCATTER LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS THE  
COLD FRONT EXITS FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER, WITH A BIT OF  
SOLAR INSOLATION AND CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION, EXPECTING A  
STRATOCUMULUS DECK TO BRING CEILINGS BACK DOWN TO AROUND OR A BIT  
BELOW 3,000 FEET. THIS DECK WILL DISSIPATE UPON SUNSET TONIGHT  
YIELDING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD.  
 
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...  
AVIATION...  
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