236  
FXUS61 KILN 281143  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
743 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK, WITH RAIN CHANCES RETURNING  
LATE IN THE WORK WEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
 
THE OHIO VALLEY CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE TO START THE WEEK. THE CLOSED UPPER LOW ALONG THE  
ATLANTIC COAST BECOMES ABSORBED BACK INTO THE MEAN H5 FLOW AND GETS  
CARRIED OFF. THIS FEATURE WAS ORIGINALLY CAUSING A BLOCKING PATTERN,  
KEEPING SIMILAR FORECAST CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ILN FA THE PAST FEW  
DAYS. HOWEVER, AS THE LOW GETS CARRIED OFF, SUBTLE H5 RIDGING  
DEVELOPS OVER US AND WILL RESULT IN A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WORK  
WEEK. MAJORITY OF OUR CWA WILL HAVE HIGHS BACK IN THE 80S BY  
WEDNESDAY.  
 
GLOBAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLES HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW A SIGNAL FOR A  
WETTER END TO THE WEEK AS AN H5 TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW TRACK  
THROUGH THE CENTRAL CONUS, EVENTUALLY USHERING SOME OF THAT MOISTURE  
OUR WAY. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A SLOWER TREND IN THE ARRIVAL OF  
PRECIP CHANCES, WITH THURSDAY NOW TRENDING DRIER DURING THE DAYTIME  
HOURS. RAIN CHANCES GRADUALLY INCREASE AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE  
WEEKEND WITH THE EASTWARD PROPAGATION OF THE LOW.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD, WITH MAINLY JUST  
SOME PASSING CIRRUS.  
 
BASED ON SATELLITE AND OBSERVATION TRENDS, HAVE INCLUDED A SHORT  
PERIOD OF LOW STRATUS AND FOG AT CMH TO START THE PERIOD. THE LEADING  
EDGE OF THIS STRATUS AND FOG APPEARS IT MAY BRIEFLY MAKE IT TO THE  
TERMINAL BEFORE DAYTIME WARMING BURNS IT OFF BY 14Z OR SO.  
 
FOG DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST TONIGHT AS  
THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD, WITH SOME OVERLAND FOG DEVELOPING IN  
ADDITION TO THE RIVER VALLEY FOG. EASTERN TERMINALS APPEAR TO BE  
MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO VSBY REDUCTIONS.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO  
FRIDAY.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...CLARK  
AVIATION...CLARK/04  
 
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