198  
FXUS61 KILN 172327  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
727 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND,  
BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WIDESPREAD  
FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL  
SLOWLY MODERATE INTO MIDWEEK WHILE CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1)  
DIURNAL CU DISSIPATED PRIOR TO SUNSET WITH SLACKENING WINDS. SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT AND  
BE CENTERED OVER EASTERN OHIO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH CLEARING SKIES  
AND LIGHT WINDS, EXPECT GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING TONIGHT WITH  
WIDESPREAD FROST AND SOME SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURE. GENERALLY EXPECT  
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S, BUT EVEN COOLER READINGS WILL BE  
POSSIBLE IN OUTLYING/SHELTERED AREAS. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN  
EFFECT FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.  
 
OTHERWISE, DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS THE  
SURFACE HIGH REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION.  
EXPECT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH MIDWEEK AS THE AIRMASS SLOWLY  
MODERATES.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT.  
THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME RIVER VALLEY FOG POTENTIAL AT KLUK LATE  
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHERE A TEMPO GROUP WAS USED  
BETWEEN 08Z AND 12Z. OTHERWISE, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL.  
 
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS FOLLOWS THROUGH  
THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND ALL OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.  
 
 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OH...FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-  
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.  
KY...FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR KYZ089>100.  
IN...FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-  
073>075-080.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...JGL/DJ/JP  
AVIATION...JGL/DJ/JP  
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