531  
FXUS61 KILN 011848  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
248 PM EDT TUE SEP 1 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
DECREASED TEMPERATURES FROM NBM AND INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES  
FROM NBM THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDED SEVERE  
MENTION IN THE HWO FOR FRIDAY.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) HOT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
 
2) STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY  
WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND AS WELL.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CONTINUED THE HEAT  
ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME AREAS  
SOUTH OF DAYTON TO COLUMBUS WILL REACH CRITERIA ON FRIDAY, HOWEVER  
WITH THIS BEING FURTHER OUT IN TIME AND WITH CONVECTIVE COVERAGE  
UNCERTAINTIES HELD OFF ON ANY ADVISORY EXPANSION AND KEPT MENTION IN  
THE HWO. TOMORROW HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD HEAT  
ADVISORY CRITERIA AS PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL BE MORE LIMITED.  
THURSDAY THERE IS GREATER CONFIDENCE IN HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS THE  
SOUTH THAN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION DUE TO GREATER  
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS THE NORTH.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRESENT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS  
OF THE REGION MOST OF THE DAY. NBM HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO PICK UP ON  
PRECIPITATION SIGNATURES AND THEREFORE HAVE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO  
PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT WEDNESDAY TO BE MORE  
LIMITED IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS  
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THERE ARE MUCH BETTER CHANCES THURSDAY  
ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER  
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL  
OHIO SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY. THERE WILL BE  
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER BOTH DAYS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED  
FLOODING IF MULTIPLE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. ACTIVE WEATHER  
CONTINUES FOR SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL HAVE LESS COVERAGE, HOWEVER  
CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE TRI-  
STATE SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. CANNOT RULE OUT  
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM NEAR KCMH AND KLCK NEAR THE START OF THE  
TAF PERIOD, HOWEVER CONFIDENCE WAS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF.  
VFR CU ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ALONG WITH THE  
POTENTIAL FOR SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. RIVER VALLEY FOG WILL BE  
POSSIBLE AT KLUK OVERNIGHT, OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-  
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.  
KY...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR KYZ089>100.  
IN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-  
073>075-080.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...08  
AVIATION...08  
 
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