183  
FXUS61 KILN 130716  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
316 AM EDT TUE OCT 13 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. INCREASED WIND  
GUSTS SOME TODAY AND FRIDAY. INCREASED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ACROSS  
THE SOUTH FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY.  
 
2) MORE ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,  
WHICH WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, HEAVY RAINFALL,  
AND GUSTY WINDS.  
 
3) COOLER WEATHER AND FROST POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
 
WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE  
80S. THESE VALUES ARE NEAR RECORD VALUES FOR THE DAY. THE RECORD  
VALUE FOR TODAY AT CVG IS 88 SET IN 1928, CMH IS 85 SET IN 1969, AND  
DAY IS 86 SET IN 1897 AND 1975. THE CURRENT FORECAST HIGH  
TEMPERATURES ARE CVG 86, CMH 85, AND DAY 86.  
 
WENT WITH THE NBM DRY FORECAST FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY GIVEN DRY  
LOW LEVEL AIR, HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2)  
 
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH  
FRIDAY. FIRST THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE  
WEATHER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS  
AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF  
INTERSTATE 70.  
 
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL TRANSITION INTO MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT  
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN FROM WEDNESDAY  
DURING THE DAY TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THERE WILL BE SOME FLOODING  
CONCERNS. THERE IS A CONVERGENT SIGNAL FOR AN AXIS OF WEST TO EAST  
STORMS WITH A FOCUS GENERALLY A LITTLE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TO A  
LITTLE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE  
THIS AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
 
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER ON  
THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY IN ADVANCE AND WITH A COLD FRONT. GUSTY  
WINDS WILL BE PRESENT FOR FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN EXCESS OF  
30MPH AND A FEW GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.  
 
FOR TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, DECREASED TEMPERATURES  
SLIGHTLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO EARLIER TIMING OF  
CLOUDS AND STORMS THERE. ON THURSDAY AGAIN DECREASED TEMPERATURES,  
PRIMARILY NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. UPDATED TEMPERATURES THURSDAY  
NIGHT AND FRIDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR A SHARPER TEMPERATURE TRACE WITH THE  
STRONG SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING DURING THE  
DAY ON FRIDAY.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 3)  
 
AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES ON FRIDAY, COOLER AIR WILL WORK IN FOR  
THE WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL SOME MODEL VARIATION ON HOW COLD  
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE, HOWEVER THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR  
FROST.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
RIVER VALLEY FOG WILL BE PRESENT OVERNIGHT AT KLUK, OTHERWISE EXPECT  
VFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL PICK UP DURING THE DAY WITH SOME WIND  
GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING  
HOURS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE END OF  
THE TAF PERIOD.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON  
THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY  
THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...08  
AVIATION...08  
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