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FXUS61 KCLE 232321
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
621 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL MOVE OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
TUESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
WEAK LOW OVER APPALACHIANS WILL MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
THIS EVENING TAKING THE SCATTERED SHOWER OVER THE AREA WITH IT.
ACTUALLY RADAR LOOKS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THE GROUND TRUTH. MOST
LOCATIONS REPORTING .01 INCHES OR LESS PER HOUR. SO WILL JUST KEEP
SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
GET A BREAK FROM THE PRECIP TOMORROW AS HIGH PRESSURE REBOUNDS
OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT MOVING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY
WITH THE LOW DRAGGING A FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS A LITTLE
FASTER WITH THE RAIN THAN YDY. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS WED...BUT
WITHOUT ANY TIMING. MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON
THURSDAY WITH LARGE UPPER LOW SWINGING ACROSS THE AREA LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH A SURGE OF COLD AIR. NAM A LITTLE
FASTER AND FURTHER NORTH WITH THE UPPER LOW. BOTH ECMWF AND GFS
GIVE IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR THANKSGIVING
BUT SINCE THIS IS A CHANGE FROM YDY MODEL RUN I JUST WENT WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS INSTEAD OF LIKELY. RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW BY
THURSDAY EVENING AS ALL MODELS BRING 850 TEMPS IN THE MINUS 4C TO
MINUS 6C RANGE. BRRRRRR.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
THERE IS AGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS IN THE OVERALL PATTERN...BUT
DIFFERENCES IN STRENGTH/TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL FEATURES. H8 TEMPS DROP
TO -5 TO -8 ACROSS LAKE ERIE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW
AND AN UPPER LOW OVER WRN PA. TRENDED POPS HIGHER INTO THE LIKELY
CATEGORY FOR THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED
SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED...WITH CRITICAL THICKNESSES ALSO SUPPORTING
PRECIP MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. WILL PROBABLY SEE AT LEAST SOME
ACCUMULATION IN THE SNOWBELT AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD CONTINUE IN THE EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...AND GRADUALLY TAPERING
OFF SATURDAY AS THE H8 FLOW TURNS ANTICYCLONIC...AND SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY. SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS WITH THIS FEATURE AS
WELL. TEMPS SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH BY THEN TO ALLOW FOR RAIN SHOWERS.
MAINTAINED THE TREND OF GOING BELOW GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES THRU
AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE.

&&

.AVIATION /23Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE TROUGH STILL CAUSING SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH MAINLY
MVFR CONDITIONS. AFTER THE TROUGHS MOVE OUT SHOWERS SHOULD END BY
AROUND 04Z BUT LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP WIDESPREAD
MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS OVER THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LOWER TO
IFR...ESPECIALLY CEILINGS...LATER TONIGHT. WESTERN AREAS WILL ALSO
SEE IFR VISIBILITIES DEVELOP. CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOW IMPROVE TO
MVFR LATE TUESDAY MORNING...THEN TO VFR IN THE AFTERNOON.

OUTLOOK...
NON-VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN MAINLY
NON VFR WEATHER WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. MAINLY VFR SATURDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
LAKE SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN
INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
WILL LIKELY BE HOISTED ON WEDNESDAY AND MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.  FURTHER INCREASE IN THE WIND SPEED TO GALE FORCE
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY SO WILL LIKELY NEED GALE WARNINGS FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME DECREASE IN THE WINDS SHOULD BRING WINDS AND
WAVES BACK DOWN BELOW GALES ON SATURDAY BUT WILL NEED TO DOWNGRADE
TO SMALL CRAFT AGAIN.

&&

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

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...DJB
NEAR TERM...DJB
SHORT TERM...DJB
LONG TERM...KIELTYKA
AVIATION...RANDEL
MARINE...LOMBARDY






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