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FXUS61 KCLE 290712
AFDCLE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
312 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A low pressure system moving through the northern Great Lakes
will extend a cold front across the area by tonight. High
pressure will build behind the cold front for Sunday into
Monday. A warm front will move through the region on Tuesday,
followed by another cold front on Wednesday.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Active weather is expected across the forecast area today with
flooding and severe weather hazards in play across the region.
Showers with some embedded thunder have moved into the forecast
area this morning and will continue to fill in, especially along
the Lake Erie shoreline and Northwest Pennsylvania, where the
best moisture convergence is occurring to promote new storm
development. The I-90 corridor may end up having a few bouts of
heavier rain this morning, given the current trajectory of storm
development and will be highly scrutinized for future flood
advisories and warnings, as the axis of heaviest rain for the
early morning will favor this region. Development will expand
southward later this morning with most of the eastern forecast
area seeing a brief round of moderate to heavy rainfall. The
overall threat for severe weather during the morning hours is
low. While there is some ample wind shear across the region with
the strong low level jet overhead, there is almost no
instability to work with to get strong convective cores that
would support a damaging wind threat. However, the shear with
convection on the scope would not entirely preclude some
rotation, but given that most of the convection this morning
remains elevated, unless there is something that could make a
storm more surface-based, the overall threat appears low through
the morning hours.

For this afternoon, the trend from the 00z guidance is a bit
more concerning for a severe weather threat. There should be a
minor reprieve of shower and storm activity that will ripple
across the area before another round of showers and storms form.
This brief window of no rain activity could allow just enough
recharge of the atmosphere to get some instability to form
across the region, and in turn, surface based strong to severe
storms. Luckily, the better jet energy is departing to the
northeast during the daytime hours and the better wind shear
will be pulling away from the region. With that, expect shower
and storms with a wind and perhaps a tornado threat to develop
from about 11 AM in Northwest Ohio to exiting into western PA by
about 6 PM. Convective cores will also disperse heavy rain
across the region, fueled by PW values above 2" and warm cloud
depth over 13k ft. Areas of Northeast Ohio and Northwest PA that
receive repeated rounds of rain today will be at risk for
flooding and the Flood Watch is valid through 8 PM tonight.

The main cold front is delayed and will cross the forecast area
during the nighttime hours and some scattered rain showers could
redevelop with the frontal passage. The main area for these
would be Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania and have low
PoPs to account for this. Residual clouds in the region will
prevent temperatures from all out plummeting with the cold
frontal passage and have lows in the 60s tonight. The front
departs for Sunday and high pressure will build into the region.
Dry conditions with a cold advection regime will battle the
diurnal cycle on Sunday and flatlined highs in the mid 70s is
the best forecast at this time. Some clouds will hang around in
the eastern portion of the forecast area through the day with
the upper trough axis moving through the region, but the lack of
lower level moisture should prohibit any showers from forming.

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.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
Quiet short term period in store as high pressure settles over the
region. Some cloud cover will persist along the lakeshore Sunday
night under northerly flow with chilly overnight lows dipping into
the lower 50s. The high becomes more established overhead by Monday
morning with below normal temperatures persisting through Monday
night. Afternoon highs on Monday afternoon rise to the mid to upper
70s with overnight lows Monday night settling in the mid 50s. High
pressure builds east as a warm front draped across the Mississippi
River Valley begins to lift east into the Ohio Valley by Tuesday
night. This will allow for broad southerly flow and WAA to bring
afternoon highs on Tuesday to the mid to upper 80s.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A warm pattern with daily opportunities for scattered showers and
thunderstorm looks to set-up for the long term forecast. A broad
upper level ridge will extend north into the region on Wednesday
before a shortwave trough crosses the Central Great Lakes and pushes
that ridge axis towards the East Coast. While the atmosphere may be
capped until later in the afternoon or evening on Wednesday, a cold
front settles south into the area late in the day and may provide a
focus for some shower and thunderstorm activity. Wednesday still
appears to be the hottest day of the week with highs in the upper
80s to lower 90s and heat index values in the upper 90s in NW Ohio.
The humidity is expected to make a quick return on Wednesday ahead
of that front. Chances for thunderstorms continuing into the 4th of
July holiday will depend on how far south the front pushes before
stalling. Chances for thunderstorms look higher towards Central Ohio
during the day then potentially lifting back north into Thursday
night as shortwave energy is forecast to move around the ridge
again. Chances of thunderstorms look to continue into Friday but
will need to refine pops and timing as we get closer in time. High
temperatures will be near climatological highs for early July in the
low to mid 80s.

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.AVIATION /06Z Saturday THROUGH Wednesday/...
Very active aviation weather period with multiple rounds of
showers and storms across the region today. The first round of
rain has already entered Northwest Ohio and will continue to
spread east across the terminals. Through the early morning
hours, rain will fill in and pick up in intensity and also carry
some embedded thunder and lightning. Rainfall intensity will be
the dominant reason for any VFR conditions for the first half of
the day with rain reducing visibility. However, some brief non-
VFR ceilings are also possible. The main slug of heavy rain will
move northeast this morning and allow for a brief reprieve from
the heavier rain moving through the region. Unfortunately, this
reprieve may recharge the atmosphere just enough to allow
another round of robust showers and storms to move through the
area and have timed a more impactful window of TS across the
terminals from late morning through late afternoon. For the
eastern terminals, have also included a window for stronger
winds with the TS as storms could have a severe threat with
them. The bulk of the convection will move east through the
evening hours and ceilings will try to fall to MVFR before
lifting back to VFR as the cold front moves through the
terminals late in the TAF period.

Outlook...Non-VFR possible in showers and thunderstorms Tuesday
night and Wednesday.

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.MARINE...
Winds develop out of the south this morning, likely accompanied by
widespread showers and thunderstorms, as a warm front lifts north
across the lake. Heavy rain and frequent lightning are possible with
thunderstorms this morning. This will be followed by a cold front
and wind shift to the northwest late tonight into Sunday. Northwest
winds of 10 to 20 knots on Sunday will make for choppy conditions
near Small Craft criteria with waves of 3-4 feet and moderate to
high swim risk.

High pressure returns for Monday and Tuesday with decreasing
northeast winds on Monday and winds veering around to the southeast
on Tuesday. The next week front is forecast to cross Lake Erie late
Wednesday.

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.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...Flood Watch through this evening for OHZ010>014-020>023-
     031>033-038-089.
PA...Flood Watch through this evening for PAZ001>003.
NY...None.
MARINE...None.

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SYNOPSIS...Sefcovic
NEAR TERM...Sefcovic
SHORT TERM...Iverson
LONG TERM...KEC
AVIATION...Sefcovic
MARINE...KEC