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FXUS61 KCLE 221738
AFDCLE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
138 PM EDT THU OCT 22 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
AS TEMPERATURES QUICKLY COOL AGAIN TONIGHT, THE CHANCE FOR
PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL RETURN, ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-71, INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.
KEY MESSAGES
1) DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR WIDESPREAD FROST AND POSSIBLY SOME AREAS OF FREEZE SATURDAY
MORNING.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A DOMINANT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED STRONG SURFACE HIGH
WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. DRY CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES
WILL KEEP THE WEATHER PLEASANT ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND
SOME LINGERING MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED IN AN INVERSION. THE FOG
POTENTIAL SHOULD BE ISOLATED TO AREAS WEST OF I-71. IN ADDITION,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS WILL SEE A WIDESPREAD DROP IN
TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, POSSIBLY
TOUCHING THE UPPER 20S AT TIMES. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD FROST POTENTIAL BOTH NIGHTS WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF
FREEZE POTENTIAL. BOTH NIGHTS MAY NEED A FROST/FREEZE HEADLINE,
BUT WILL WAIT FOR TOMORROW TO ENSURE TRENDS IN MODELS PERSIST.
AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
VFR IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP AT INLAND TERMINALS AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING,
PRIMARILY AT KTOL/KFDY. DURING THIS TIME, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE
A MIXED BAG OF LIFR/IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS. ANY FOG/STRATUS WILL
LIFT BY MID TO LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH
THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE BECOMING CALM TONIGHT.
EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP AT KCLE/KERI
FRIDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK...PERIODS OF OVERNIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY IMPACT TAF
SITES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE, PRIMARILY VFR IS
EXPECTED.
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST INTO THE AREA, ALLOWING
FOR NORTH-NORTHEAST FLOW OF 5-10 KNOTS TO PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS ON SATURDAY, WINDS WILL BECOME
SOUTHEASTERLY AT 5-10 KNOTS THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY BEFORE
GAINING A MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT BY MONDAY. WAVES THROUGH THE
ENTIRE PERIOD SHOULD REMAIN 2 FEET OR LESS. OVERALL, QUIET
MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST WITH NO HEADLINES
EXPECTED.
CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...04
AVIATION...15
MARINE...04
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