935  
FXUS61 KILN 201021  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
621 AM EDT MON APR 20 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
UPGRADED THE FREEZE WATCH TO A FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT  
BEFORE A RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.  
 
2) MULTIPLE SYSTEMS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE  
REGION AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES EARLY  
THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL  
LEAD TO CONTINUED COOL TEMPERATURES TODAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY  
RANGING FROM THE LOWER 50S NORTH TO THE UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTH.  
 
LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN THE FAR NORTHEAST TO  
THE UPPER 30S IN THE SOUTHWEST. WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE THE FREEZE  
WATCH TO A FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHEAST. SOME  
PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS OUR EASTERN AREAS BUT  
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO PICK UP A BIT LATER TONIGHT, WILL  
LIMIT THE MENTION OF FROST FOR NOW.  
 
WE WILL THEN START TO GET INTO RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE  
HIGH WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE 70S BY TUESDAY.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND FEW  
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. A SOMEWHAT STRONGER SHORT  
WAVE WILL LEAD TO A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /10Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT  
LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW CU WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AND INTO  
THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE TAF PERIOD.  
 
OUTLOOK....THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, AND  
THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND  
FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR OHZ026-034-035-  
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074.  
FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR OHZ077>082-088.  
FREEZE WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR  
OHZ046-056-065-074.  
KY...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR KYZ089>100.  
IN...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR INZ050-058-059-066.  
FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR INZ073>075-080.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...JGL  
AVIATION...JGL  
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