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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
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619 FXUS61 KCLE 180525 AFDCLE Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 125 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will move southeast of the area tonight as a ridge builds from the north-central United States and vicinity before settling over the eastern Great Lakes and Upper Ohio Valley this weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... 930 PM Update... A few showers continue across the area this evening which may continue through tonight as a boundary drops south across Lake Erie over the next few hours, but in general expect showers to be hit and miss and isolated. No significant changes needed with this update outside of making small adjustments to sky cover, PoPs, and hourly temps/dew points based on latest observations. Previous Discussion... Cyclonic flow aloft and embedded disturbances affect the eastern Great Lakes and Upper OH Valley, including our CWA, through Thursday night. The cyclonic flow aloft is expected to shift from W`erly to NW`erly late Thursday afternoon through evening as a prominent mid/upper-level trough axis advances SE`ward across our region. At the surface, a cold front in vicinity of a New Castle, PA to Mount Vernon, OH line at 3:30 PM EDT continues moving SE`ward and exits the rest of our CWA by this early evening. Behind the front, a ridge associated with a cooler/less humid air mass builds from the north-central United States and vicinity. A lowering/strengthening subsidence inversion accompanying the ridge will allow our sky to clear gradually from northwest to southeast through the near-term period. However, 850 mb temperatures cooling to near 9C to 10C over ~24C Lake Erie and sufficient low-level moisture will allow lake- effect stratocumuli to develop over and generally southeast of Lake Erie late this evening through the mid-morning hours of Thursday. The aforementioned low-level cold/dry air advection regime will contribute to cooler-than-average temperatures, overall. Overnight lows tonight reach mainly the mid 50`s to lower 60`s around daybreak Thursday. Highs are expected to reach the 70`s late Thursday afternoon. Overnight lows are forecast to reach the lower 50`s to lower 60`s around daybreak Friday. The warmest of these lows are expected over/very near Lake Erie. Primarily fair weather is expected during the near-term period. However, daytime heating of the relatively-humid boundary layer ahead of and behind the cold front has allowed mixed layer CAPE to build to weak to moderate magnitudes amidst moderate effective bulk shear in our CWA. Multicell showers/thunderstorms along the surface to roughly 850 mb portion of the cold front will exit our region generally to the east through this early evening. In addition, isolated multicell showers/thunderstorms associated with a shortwave disturbance`s attendant surface trough axis/wind shift will overspread our northwest OH counties from the west late this afternoon/early this evening. This convection is expected to persist generally E`ward into north-central and portions of northeast OH before dissipating around sunset this evening, in response to boundary layer stabilization via nocturnal cooling. Lastly, lake-effect stratocumuli streaming generally SE`ward from Lake Erie may produce rain showers during the predawn through mid-morning hours of Thursday. These rain showers are expected to be light since a lowering/strengthening subsidence inversion and low- level dry air advection will likely limit lake-induced CAPE to weak magnitudes. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... Quiet and seasonable weather is expected for the short term period as high pressure remains firmly in place. It may feel like late Spring rather than mid-Summer at times with dew points in the 50s under mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be the coolest on Friday night, with lows bottoming out in the 50s. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Mainly quiet weather will continue for the long term period as weak surface high pressure remains in place, though chances for showers and storms will percolate back into the region by Tuesday and Wednesday as humidity increases ahead of a weak upper-level trough. Not anticipating anything too organized on Tuesday and Wednesday as mid and upper flow remain weak, though high atmospheric moisture content and slow-moving storms could result in localized heavy rain. Temperatures are expected to remain seasonable through the long term period. && .AVIATION /06Z Thursday THROUGH Monday/... VFR. Some MVFR mist possible YNG/CAK through 12Z or so but not even using this in a TEMPO for now. High pressure settling in behind a cold front that passed through a few hours ago. Winds northerly less than 12kts except at CLE where 12kts is possible after 17Z. Outlook...VFR expected Thursday afternoon through Monday. && .MARINE... A mainly quiet marine period is in store through the weekend with no headlines anticipated. Only timeframe we`ll need to monitor for slightly higher winds/waves will be behind a cold front tonight into Thursday, as winds shift towards the north, around 15 knots, ushering in waves 2 to 4 feet. Following Thursday, surface high pressure is expected to remain firmly in place across the region through the weekend, with periods of light flow less than 10 knots expected. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. NY...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Jaszka NEAR TERM...Jaszka/Maines SHORT TERM...Kahn LONG TERM...Kahn AVIATION...26 MARINE...Kahn