851  
FXUS61 KILN 052348  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
748 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NO MAJOR CHANGES.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) ONE OR MORE COMPLEXES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE  
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY  
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.  
 
2) A QUIETER AND COOLER PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE  
WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
 
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN GREENE/FAYETTE COUNTIES LOOKS TO BE FIRING ON  
A W-E BOUNDARY THAT WAS IN NRN IL/IN ABOUT 4 HOURS AGO. MORE STORMS  
ARE BEGINNING AS WELL IN NCNTL/NE IN. AS OF THIS MOMENT, THE CWA WILL  
BE ADJUSTING TO THE NEUTRALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN THE WAKE OF A  
STRONG TSTM COLD POOL. AROUND DAYBREAK, OUTFLOW SPREAD OUT FAIRLY  
EQUALLY ACROSS THE CWA. FUNNELING IN AIR BEHIND IT EARLY THIS  
AFTERNOON MAY BE PLAYING WITH THE TIMING/PLACEMENT OF STORMS, OF  
WHICH HASN'T BEEN OF ANY CONFIDENCE LEADING UP TO EVEN NOW.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
BY SUNDAY, LARGE SCALE RIDGING BUILDS INTO OUR WEST, HERALDING IN  
NORTHERLY FLOW AND A BROAD AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. THIS  
TRANSLATES TO QUIETER AND COOLER CONDITIONS, WITH HIGHS ON SUNDAY AND  
MONDAY ONLY REACHING THE LOW 80S, WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS FALL INTO THE  
LOW 60S/UPPER 50S. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS REPRIEVE IS SHORT LIVED AS  
THE BULK OF THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST INTO OUR AREA, BRINGING  
A RETURN TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S BY MID WEEK. A DISTURBANCE TO  
OUR NORTH LOOKS TO BRING THE NEXT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION MID-WEEK  
AS IT DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION, THOUGH WE'RE  
STILL A BIT FAR OUT FOR DETAILS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY DECREASE WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR  
OF THE TAF SITES, HOWEVER, SOME LINGERING SHOWERS WILL REMAIN  
POSSIBLE. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH, MVFR CIGS WILL BECOME THE  
PRIMARY FOCUS AS WINDS BECOME MORE PERSISTENT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST.  
THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE TAF WITH CIGS IMPROVING  
BACK TO VFR.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE MONDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...FRANKS  
AVIATION...MCGINNIS  
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