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FXUS61 KCLE 191738
AFDCLE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
138 PM EDT MON OCT 19 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
KEY MESSAGES
1) DRY AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WORKWEEK
AND EVEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORS OVER THE
EASTERN CONUS. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S EACH DAY WITH LOWS IN THE
30S AND LOWER 40S EACH NIGHT. EFFICIENT RADIATIONAL COOLING AND
LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY TO AREAS OF FROST IN THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, BUT MOST OF THE FROST WILL OCCUR IN LOCATIONS
WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE
FROST COVERAGE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS OF ASHLAND/HOLMES/WAYNE COUNTIES
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT
YET ENDED. A LOCALIZED FROST ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. TEMPERATURES
MAY BEGIN TO WARM INTO THE 70S AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST TOWA RDS THE
END OF THE WEEKEND.
AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY. LIGHT TO VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY TUESDAY.
NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10-15 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE AT KCLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK...OUTSIDE OF PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG, MAINLY VFR EXPECTED
THROUGH SATURDAY.
MARINE
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON LAKE ERIE TONIGHT BEFORE
WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS TUESDAY
MORNING/AFTERNOON AND TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. WAVES MAY BUILD TO 2 TO 4 FEET EAST OF THE ISLANDS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND A BRIEF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING, EAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 KNOTS OR LESS WITH
LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS ANTICIPATED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
GENERALLY EXPECT ONSHORE FLOW AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS THROUGH MUCH
OF THURSDAY BEFORE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
FRIDAY NIGHT.
CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...15
AVIATION...99
MARINE...15
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