354  
FXUS61 KILN 032333  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
733 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL  
DROP INTO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE REST OF THE NEAR TERM PERIOD WITH  
ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) FOR SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER ACROSS  
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA (ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70). THESE POPS  
ARE HIGHER THAN THE NBM WITH COLLABORATION OCCURRING BETWEEN  
SURROUNDING NWS OFFICES RESULTING IN THIS CHANGE.  
 
HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY DRIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND  
WILL REMAIN INTO TOMORROW. WATCH FOR SOME PATCHY FOG, ESPECIALLY IN  
THE RIVER VALLEYS TO START THE HOLIDAY.  
 
LOW TEMPERATURES A COUPLE DEGREES WARMING THAN THIS MORNING, IN THE  
MID TO UPPER 60S.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT/
 
 
FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS NORTHEAST UP THE  
OHIO RIVER REGION. WINDS ARE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND MOSTLY DRY  
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER  
80S AND LOWER 90S BUT WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID  
60S, HEAT STRESS WILL BE SLIGHTLY IMPROVED FROM THE HEAT WAVE LAST  
MONTH. STILL, ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND CALM WINDS SUPPORT HOT  
CONDITIONS.  
 
ONCE AGAIN, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS  
ADDED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH (NORTH OF I-70) IN COLLABORATION WITH  
SURROUNDING NWS OFFICES.  
 
WITH THE REST OF THE AREA STAYING DRY, THE LAST THING TO MENTION IS  
THE POTENTIAL FOR LINGERING FIREWORK SMOKE FRIDAY EVENING. GIVEN THE  
LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH PRESSURE, SMOKE WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR.  
TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOWER 80S AND UPPER 70S FOR THE EVENING  
BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S FOR SATURDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
SATURDAY DOMINATED BY STRONG RIDGING DOMINATING THE CENTRAL CONUS  
AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED JUST EAST OF THE AREA, WITH  
DEWPOINTS FOR THE MOST PART BELOW 70 UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY. SOME  
SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S. A LITTLE  
UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER 70 DEWPOINTS WILL COINCIDE WITH PEAK  
HEATING, SO FOR NOW, NOT SEEING HIS AT 100. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE  
UPPER 80S TO LOW/MID 90S.  
 
THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN STARTING SUNDAY, MAKING WAY FOR A  
MORE ZONAL FLOW PATTERN. A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL APPROACH THE  
REGION FROM THE NW LATE SUNDAY. WITH INCREASE SURFACE MOISTURE AND  
FEWER CLOUDS ACROSS THE SOUTH, SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES  
TO REACH 100. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN  
INCREASING INSTABILITY BEGINS LATE SUNDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL  
BE A FOCUS OF INCREASED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY/MONDAY  
EVENING, WITH THE FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER LATE  
MONDAY NIGHT. AS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE PASSING THROUGH THE  
GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY, COULD BE A BIT OF A LULL FOR AREAS NEAR/NORTH  
OF I-70, WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES SOUTH OF THE RIVER CLOSER TO  
THE SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE FRONT EVENTUALLY LIFTS NORTH  
INTO THE REGION FOR MIDWEEK, KEEPING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS  
THROUGH THE WEEK, ENHANCED WITH DIURNAL HEATING. TEMPERATURES  
GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL, WITH MID/UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS AND UPPER 60S FOR  
LOWS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
CAN'T RULE OUT A VERY ISOLATED SHOWER AT DAY AND CMH/LCK TO START THE  
PERIOD... HOWEVER WITH LOW COVERAGE AND QUICK LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING,  
OPT TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE TAFS. OTHERWISE, HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE  
LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. COULD BE  
PATCHY VALLEY FOG AT LUK; BUT WITH LACK OF FOG THE PAST COUPLE OF  
MORNINGS HAVE BACKED OFF TO A SHORT TEMPO CONDITION TO START THE DAY  
ON FRIDAY.  
 
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...AIR QUALITY ALERT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY  
NIGHT FOR OHZ070-071-077-078.  
KY...AIR QUALITY ALERT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY  
NIGHT FOR KYZ091>093.  
IN...AIR QUALITY ALERT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY  
NIGHT FOR INZ050-058-059-066.  
AIR QUALITY ALERT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY  
NIGHT FOR INZ074.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...  
NEAR TERM...MCGINNIS  
SHORT TERM...MCGINNIS  
LONG TERM...JDR  
AVIATION...  
 
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