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Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
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782 FXUS61 KILN 070230 AFDILN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1030 PM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A slow moving front will meander across the region through Sunday, providing periods of showers and storms. Seasonably warm and humid conditions will prevail until some slightly drier air returns to the area in the wake of the front by Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... A large band of (non-severe) SHRA/TSRA continues to pivot to the E through the local area late this evening, with efficient rain rates producing isolated areas of heavy rain/flooding, particularly within training activity. Outside of these pockets of heavy rain, light to moderate rain should prevail for many locales near/S of the I-70 corridor through the middle of the night before the coverage of SHRA/TSRA slowly wanes through the predawn hours. This will lend itself to a drying trend progressively from WNW to ESE by daybreak. Another muggy/mild night is in store with temps generally dipping into the lower/mid 60s. Skies should remain mostly cloudy to overcast through the near term period, with light northerly flow becoming established by sunrise area-wide. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... Westerly mid level flow with residual pcpn from remnants of a wave moving off to the east affecting our southeast counties Saturday morning. After this initial pcpn the remainder of the morning thru most of the day should stay relatively dry. Can not rule out some isolated activity along and south of the Ohio River close to the stalled out frontal boundary where moderate instability develops. A progressive mid level shortwave and associated surface low to move into the region Saturday night. The front to lift back north Saturday night as the low moves the area by Sunday morning. Shower and thunderstorm activity will increase and spread northeastward into the evening hours. The main concern with this activity is locally heavy rainfall. Temperatures top out around 80 on Saturday and then drop to lows from 60 to 65 by Sunday morning. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... An active weather pattern will be in place for the Sunday through Tuesday timeframe. An area of low pressure will move across the region on Sunday. There is still some uncertainty in the expect placement of the low, however showers and thunderstorms are expected during the day on Sunday. Cannot rule out an isolated strong to severe storm. Even outside of thunderstorm activity, expect breezy conditions for Sunday. Expect a lull in the precipitation most of Sunday night, however additional precipitation chances work back into the region late Sunday night. Expect additional shower and thunderstorm development across the area on Monday before decreasing chances once again Monday night. Some residual showers will be possible on Tuesday before taping off. Dry conditions are expected Tuesday night through Thursday night. There are then indications that another system will potentially move in for Friday however there are still timing differences with this system. High temperatures in the extended are expected to be in the 70s and 80s. Low temperatures are expected to be in the 50s and 60s. && .AVIATION /03Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... The messy forecast continues through the TAF period as a stalled frontal boundary is draped across the region. Recent radar returns indicate storms moving into the Tri-State and closing in on the KCVG and KLUK sites. Have TEMPO -TSRA for these sites for the next several hours, then trend out the thunder and keep a -SHRA. All other sites simply have -SHRA for periods during the overnight into the early morning hours on Saturday. Winds will be light, out of the north, eventually out of the northeast. CIGs and VSBYs are the difficult part of the forecast tonight. Guidance is all over the place, with a handful of hi-res suggesting IFR CIGs during the early morning hours and other guidance suggesting a BKN MVFR deck. Tried to split the difference with a slight hedge toward the more optimistic forecast, however, be aware that this may be amended overnight. Similar story with VSBYs. Definitely a signal for patchy fog overnight with the ample moisture in place. Have VSBY reductions to MVFR for all sites with the exception of KLUK, which have tanked down to VLIFR during the early morning (protection of the river valley plus the additional moisture from the Ohio River... fog confidence is a bit higher here). Fog dissipates around sunrise. There is a signal that clouds scattered out briefly for northern TAF sites (KDAY, KCMH, KLCK) before they thicken up again during the late morning/early afternoon. Saturday night, renewed chances for showers move into the Tri-State, but did not include in the KCVG TAF due to length. OUTLOOK...Some storms will be possible Saturday night and again early Sunday. MVFR CIGs are possible again Sunday and Monday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...KC/AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...McGinnis AVIATION...CA