587  
FXUS61 KILN 172323  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
723 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
ADDED FOG TO THE FORECAST TONIGHT.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT.  
 
2) A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING BELOW  
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
 
WITH THE REMNANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WET GROUND, A SIGNAL EXISTS  
FOR SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. HAVE ADDED FOG TO THE FORECAST  
WITH THE BEST THREAT FOR DENSE FOG OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF ILN/S  
AREA WHERE THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
 
DEW POINTS WILL DROP BACK INTO THE 60S IN THE WAKE OF TODAY'S COLD  
FRONT, AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO OR A BIT BELOW NORMAL. MOISTURE  
WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT,  
ALTHOUGH NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MUCH OF THE  
PAST WEEK. THE FRONT WILL SAG THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO  
THURSDAY MORNING AS MINOR IMPULSES OF ENERGY MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF  
A LONG WAVE TROUGH THAT SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY  
SOME STORMS COULD LINGER IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES INTO THURSDAY NIGHT  
WHEN A MORE ENERGETIC SHORT WAVE MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE  
VALLEY GIVING THE FRONT A STRONGER PUSH SOUTH. AFTER THIS FRONT  
PASSES, A NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS AND EVEN COOLER CONDITIONS WILL  
PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO  
AROUND 80 AND LOWS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
CLOUDS WILL SCATTER OUT THIS EVENING AS THE SUN SETS. WITH THE WET  
GROUND AND PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, HAVE KEPT AREAS OF FOG IN  
THE TAFS FOR LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BURN OFF EARLY TUESDAY LEADING  
TO FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL  
BE RATHER LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.  
 
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...AR  
AVIATION...04  
 
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