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FXUS61 KCLE 250026 AAA
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
726 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...DRAGGING AN
OCCLUDED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON THANKSGIVING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHOWERS OVER WRN IN MOVING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 25KT...SHOULD
REACH NW OH TOWARD 7Z OR 8Z. UPPED POPS FOR NW OH TO LIKELY. ALSO
REMOVED ALL MENTION OF PRECIP FOR TONIGHT EAST OF A YNG-HZY LINE.
JUST DO NOT SEE PRECIP REACHING YNG AREA BEFORE 9Z. TEMPS LOOK
REASONABLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE A
STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER LOW THURSDAY MORNING
DRIVING A SECONDARY FRONT ACROSS THE CWA. EXPECT THE PRECIP TO
REMAIN AS RAIN UNTIL AFTER SUNSET ON THURSDAY...AS TEMPS DON`T
COOL SUFFICIENTLY UNTIL THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. MODELS TRENDING SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH THE COLD POOL BEHIND
THE FRONT - LATEST RUNS HAVE H8 TEMPS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND -6. FETCH
FOR LAKE EFFECT TURNS ONSHORE ON FRIDAY...AND BY FRIDAY NIGHT ALL
PRECIP IN THE AREA SHOULD BE LAKE DRIVEN. TOO FAR OUT FOR ACCUM
WORDING...BUT WITH THE WARM GROUND AND HIGHS ABOVE
FREEZING...EXPECT ONLY MODEST ACCUMULATING SNOWS PRIMARILY AT
NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
LONG TERM BEGINS SATURDAY 12Z WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BUILDING
AN UPPER RIDGE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION
FROM THE WEST.  EARLY HOWEVER CAN SEE A CHANCE OF LINGERING FLURRIES
ACROSS THE SNOW BELT AND PARTICULARLY NWRN PA IN THE NW FLOW AND
THE LAST OF THE RETREATING COLD AIR. DURING THE DAY SATURDAY SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND GULF COAST STATES
WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.  THIS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
WILL SHIFT EAST BY EVENING ALLOWING A WARM FRONT INTO THE REGION.
WITH THE GENERAL WEAK UPPER RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA EXPECT DRY
CONDITIONS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS
STILL FAIRLY SIMILAR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH AN UPPER LOW
MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN LAKES OR ONTARIO WITH THE SURFACE LOW
INTO THE WESTERN/CENTRAL LAKES.  HPC HAS THE LOW A BIT FURTHER SOUTH
IN SRN LOWER MICHIGAN SUNDAY EVENING WITH A COLD FRONT SOUTHWEST
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  MODELS HAVE MOISTURE AHEAD OF
THE SYSTEM INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  WILL NEED TO
BRING CHANCE POPS INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND THEN SPREAD IT ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MODEL
DIFFERENCES MORE SIGNIFICANT INTO TUESDAY.  WILL SIDE WITH THE
COOLER GFS AND ALLOW FOR A CHANCE POP FOR A RAIN SNOW MIX MONDAY
NIGHT AND BACK TO A RAIN CHANCE TUESDAY. FOLLOWED A MIX OF HPC AND
GFS MOS TEMPS FOR THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MAINLY MVFR CIGS WITH VFR VSBYS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. VSBY
WILL LOWER TO MVFR IN FOG EARLY TONIGHT. A COLD/OCCLUDED FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BROUGHT SHOWERS IN AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT FAR WEST AROUND 06Z AND IN THE FAR EAST SHORTLY AFTER
12Z WEDNESDAY. CIGS AND VSBYS MAY GO IFR IN THESE SHOWERS
ESPECIALLY WEST. IT LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS SHOULD
DIMINISH AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND JUST WENT WITH VCSH AFTER
FRONT MOVES THROUGH BUT HELD ONTO MVFR CIGS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE AREA WHILE VSBYS SHOULD GO VFR.

OUTLOOK...
PROLONGED PERIODS OF NON-VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. VFR CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY TO RETURN
FOR SATURDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
STILL LOOKING AT GALE POTENTIAL FOR FRIDAY BUT IT APPEARS MODELS ARE
STARTING TO TREND BACK DOWN A BIT AND GO JUST BELOW GALES.
HOWEVER...WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION OVER THE AREA AND FAIRLY TIGHT
GRADIENT OVER THE REGION...I AM GOING TO STILL MENTION THE GALE
POTENTIAL.  I THINK IF WE DO REACH GALE FORCE WINDS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...IT WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH
IN THE EVENING RATHER QUICKLY.

IN THE MEAN TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA.  BEING AN OFFSHORE FLOW...I ANTICIPATE WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4
FEET JUST OUTSIDE THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND THEREFORE WILL HOLD OFF
ON ANY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...ASTIFAN
NEAR TERM...DJB
SHORT TERM...ASTIFAN
LONG TERM...TK
AVIATION...RANDEL
MARINE...LOMBARDY





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