


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
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707 FXUS61 KILN 291048 AFDILN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 648 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Warm and humid conditions will continue today and Monday, with chances for showers and thunderstorms continuing. A cold front will move through the area early Tuesday, with drier conditions expected through the middle of the week. Warmer temperatures are then expected again going into next weekend. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... Current surface analysis shows that there is a boundary running roughly west-to-east across the northern Indiana and northern/central Ohio, with dewpoints in the lower 70s to the south of the boundary, and mid 60s to the north of the boundary. Fog development, and possibly stratus development, is expected overnight. While some light fog could occur just about anywhere in the forecast area, the more substantial signal for fog appears to be along and south of this boundary -- which could include the Dayton and Columbus metro areas. The overall weather pattern today will remain very similar to the past several days. The ILN CWA remains on the northern periphery of ridging over the southeastern states, with weak westerly flow aloft, and weak theta-e advection through the boundary layer. The atmosphere is likely to be uncapped, with around 2000 J/kg of SBCAPE, and lapse rates through the mid-levels that are not overly impressive, but sufficient for robust deep convection. Storms will be most likely during peak diurnal timing, as has been the case for the past few days. Storm chances will also be maximized near and especially south of the aforementioned boundary -- roughly putting the southern half of the ILN forecast area in the higher chances for storms today. The main threats for today will once again be damaging winds and heavy rainfall. As has been the case, these threats should remain isolated. For the damaging wind threat, favorable DCAPE values with steep low-level lapse rates will support a threat of isolated downbursts. For the heavy rain threat, precipitable water values of 1.8 to 2.0 inches will combine with weak steering flow to allow for heavy rain -- with some storms backbuilding or not moving much. Overall, storm organization should be rather poor, with little in the way of shear -- only about 15 knots of deep-layer bulk shear. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/... Storms should diminish at the end of the diurnal cycle Sunday evening, leading to mostly dry conditions to start the overnight hours. However, as the overnight hours progress, height falls will be ongoing -- and a weak shortwave in the 500mb flow may spark some scattered convection in the 09Z-12Z time frame in the western ILN CWA. It isn`t clear if this will hold together through the forecast area during the morning, though storm chances will begin to increase as the day progresses anyway. The overall setup on Monday is similar to Sunday from a thermodynamic perspective -- the soundings look quite similar, with precipitable water values approaching 2 inches, and uncapped SBCAPE approaching 2000 J/kg. The difference in the convective potential on Monday is two-fold. For one, there will be a more well-defined source of forcing, as a shortwave moves east through Illinois and Indiana and provides a source of large-scale ascent. For two, the deep-layer wind flow will be a bit stronger, with 25-30 knots of 0-6km bulk shear. While not a particularly high value, it will be enough to support some storm organization, and perhaps a little bit of a greater chance for damaging winds. Heavy rain will remain a concern as well. So, while the threats expected from storms on Monday are generally similar to the past few days, the overall coverage of storms will be greater -- with a little higher probability of storms becoming severe. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Thunderstorms will be ongoing at the start of the long term with a disturbance moving through the region. Already have severe wording in for this system in the HWO and will continue severe mention as this system moves through. Damaging winds will be the primary threat. Cannot rule out isolated flooding concerns as well with heavy downpours. Late Monday night into Tuesday a cold front will work through the region and precipitation chances will taper off through the day from northwest to southeast. Temperatures will be noticeably cooler with the passage of the front Tuesday night with lows in the low to middle 60s. Dry conditions are expected Tuesday evening through Wednesday night. Expect some CAA cu on Wednesday. A weak disturbance will bring a slight chance of precipitation to the region for Thursday. Friday and Saturday will have the potential for some isolated pop up thunderstorms primarily in the afternoon to early evening hours along with high temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Heading into Sunday expect a little better coverage of thunderstorms as the heat and humidity continue to increase and the next system begins to approach the region. && .AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Dry conditions are expected this morning, but stratus will continue at most of the TAF sites, with IFR to LIFR conditions expected. MVFR to occasionally IFR visibilities are also occurring. These should improve after 14Z. VFR conditions are expected after 14Z. Once again, showers and thunderstorms will be possible during the afternoon and early evening, as indicated by a PROB30 group at each TAF site. After that, generally VFR conditions are expected going into the overnight, though some MVFR fog may develop. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms are possible again on Monday, mainly in the afternoon and evening. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Hatzos NEAR TERM...Hatzos SHORT TERM...Hatzos LONG TERM... AVIATION...Hatzos