Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
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216 FXUS61 KCLE 300012 AFDCLE Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 812 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will move across the region late tonight. High pressure will build behind the cold front Sunday through Monday. A warm front will lift northward across region Tuesday, followed by another cold front passing through Wednesday night. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... The local area continues to be influenced by subsidence following the convection that moved through this afternoon. A thick cirrus deck has also overspread the area from another thunderstorm complex that moved from Central Indiana to Southwest Ohio. We have been watching the cumulus field extending from Detroit into Indiana where mesoanalysis continues to indicate around 2500 J/kg of ML CAPE. Moisture is pooling along a boundary across SE Lower Michigan where dewpoints are in the low to mid 70s. It seems likely that we will eventually see thunderstorms fill in towards the Toledo area as indicated by several runs of the HRRR but unclear how much farther south and east activity may go. The actual cold front and wind shift to the northwest does not arrive until after midnight but expecting to see scattered showers and a few thunderstorms later tonight as well, especially near and east of Lake Erie. Given the late timing and more progressive movement of this overnight convection was able to let the Flood Watch expire. The chance of a few strong to severe thunderstorms does continue with any deep convection this evening. Previous discussion...The weather has calmed down after a broken line of showers and a few severe thunderstorms moved across the area. Currently, we have some subsidence over the area behind the impulse that caused the earlier convection today. As we head into this evening, model guidance has been indicating the potential for some scattered convection to redevelop between 6 pm and 10 pm later this evening as the cold front starts to move into northwest Ohio. The cold front is not well defined at this time over northern Indiana and Lower Michigan. This surface boundary will become slightly better defined later this evening as it starts to make a push eastward. The atmosphere closer to NWOH has become increasingly unstable with MLCAPE values approaching 2500 to 3000 j/KG and plenty of shear up to 45 knots. The one missing component is a trigger or healthy boundary to get convection to fire up. We will maintain a 30 to 40 percent POPs through the late evening for additional scattered showers and convection to try to develop near the advancing cold front. A marginal to slight risk for isolated severe convection may continue into the late evening with the better potential being near NWOH. The atmosphere will slowly stabilize as we go further into the overnight and any evening convection will likely lose their energy as they move eastward across northern Ohio. Isolated damaging wind gusts will be the main hazard if any stronger storm can get organized this evening. Locally heavy rainfall will remain possible with any slow moving convection. We have left the Flood Watch as is through the mid evening because of the possibility of additional rainfall. Sunday will be much cooler behind the passage of the cold front tonight. We will have some clouds with breaks during the morning but skies will gradually become partly cloudy to fair skies later in the day. High temperatures will be below average for the last day of June, in the lower to middle 70s. High pressure will build over the Great Lakes region Sunday night with clearer skies. Overnight temps Sunday night will be cool in the lower and middle 50s away from the lakeshore. A few upper 40s could be possible in the cooler prone valleys of NEOH and NWPA. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... High pressure over the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Regions will bring a very nice weather day on Monday with sunshine and low humidity. High temps will continue to be below average in the lower to middle 70s for Monday afternoon. The high pressure system will move eastward towards New England on Tuesday and a southerly flow will return. The humidity and warmer temperatures will also come back starting Tuesday. High temps will be back in the lower to middle 80s areawide. NWOH and the Cleveland metro area may be back in the upper 80s and feeling summerlike by Tuesday afternoon. Dry weather is expected to start off the new week. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... The next system to bring rainfall and unsettled weather will arrive late Wednesday and Wednesday night. A weak cold front will sag southward through the Great Lakes region Wednesday afternoon and slowly push through northern Ohio and NWPA Wednesday night. This will be our next chance for showers and storms. Model guidance is showing that this frontal boundary will become parallel with the mid and upper level flow by Thursday of next week. This frontal boundary will likely stall out from west to east across Ohio and may waffle around Thursday into Friday. We will have to keep an eye on any mid level impulses tracking through the westerly flow that may help develop rounds of convection near this stalled front late in the week. There is a signal for that kind of setup in the model guidance. Temperatures will be near or above average through the end of next week and feeling summery during the July 4th Holiday. && .AVIATION /00Z Sunday THROUGH Thursday/... We have been experiencing a lengthy break in precipitation early this evening as subsidence follows the activity from earlier today. In the last hour we have finally seen a few thunderstorms developing in southern lower Michigan along a boundary of moderate instability. Have included a tempo for thunderstorms at Toledo through about 01Z but may need to continue longer given slow progress of this boundary. If a thunderstorm does impact TOL it could result in IFR visibilities in heavy rain and gusty winds to 40-50 knots. Ceilings have generally improved to VFR and that is expected to continue until settling back into the MVFR range overnight as a cold front arrives in the 07-12Z window. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are possible ahead of the front and included a mention of vicinity showers at most terminals. Will need to wait for more confidence to try to time rain anywhere but ERI may stand the best chance downwind of Lake Erie. Winds will shift to westerly and eventually northwest behind the front with gusts to around 22 knots picking up in the morning and continuing through the afternoon. Ceilings will improve from MVFR to VFR towards afternoon on Sunday. Outlook...Non-VFR possible in showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. && .MARINE... A cold front will move across Lake Erie late tonight. A wind shift from the northwest will follow behind the frontal passage late tonight into early Sunday morning. Northwest winds of 10 to 20 knots are expected Sunday and will make for choppy conditions. Conditions may be near Small Craft criteria with waves of 3-4 feet and moderate swim risk are possible for the central and eastern lakeshore waterways. Winds will start to decrease Sunday night as high pressure starts to build over the Great Lakes. High pressure will remain in control of the weather pattern Monday and Tuesday. Winds will become northeasterly by Monday and winds veering around to the southeast on Tuesday. The next week front is forecast to cross Lake Erie late Wednesday or Wednesday night. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. NY...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Griffin NEAR TERM...KEC/Griffin SHORT TERM...Griffin LONG TERM...Griffin AVIATION...KEC MARINE...Griffin