FXUS61 KCLE 251754
AFDCLE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1254 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL LIFT
A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
FOCUS FOR THE MORNING UPDATE CONCENTRATES ON PRECIP TYPES ACROSS
FAR NE OH AND NW PA WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING AS OF
10AM. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SITES IN NE OH FROM HZY TO YNG AND INTO
PORTAGE COUNTY JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ALLOWING PRECIPITATION
TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED
PATCHES OF ICE FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT OVERALL TREND WILL BE
FOR TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR THE
DIMINISHED THREAT FOR ICE.
INTERIOR NW PA WILL BE ANOTHER ISSUE WITH PRECIP JUST BEGINNING
AFTER DAYBREAK THIS MORNING AND THE TEMPERATURE AT 32F AT GKJ.
THERE MAY BE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT INTERIOR NW PA THAT MAY STILL BE
A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW FREEZING ALLOWING FOR ICING TO CONTINUE.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...TRANSITIONED THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE AREA TO OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE RADAR IS SHOWING RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING A BIT MORE
SCATTERED THINKING THAT MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. NOT TOO MUCH FOR
CHANGES ON TEMPS WITH LOWER 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND UPPER
30S ACROSS NE ZONES.
CONTINUED WITH GUSTY WINDS FOR ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH
HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE LAKESHORE LOCATIONS OF NE OH AND NW PA
LAKESHORE AREAS. THINKING THAT WINDS WILL OVERALL REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH GUSTS TOPPING OUT AROUND 40 MPH ALONG THE
ERIE COUNTY PA LAKESHORE AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY/...
GOOD LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON. THE 925MB WINDS
INCREASE TO 50 KNOTS AND THE 850MB WINDS TO 75 KNOTS BY 21Z.
BUFKIT MOMENTUM TRANSFER INDICATES A STABLE CONDITION WITH A PEAK
GUST WITH 25 TO 30 KNOTS. INVERSION QUIT STRONG BUT THERE COULD BE A
FEW HOURS OF GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
NOT GO WITH AN ADVISORY ATTM.
THE COLD AIR SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. BUT WITH 850MB TEMPS
ONLY BETWEEN MINUS 10C TO MINUS 12C AND WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER
THE LAKE DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW THIS
WEEKEND. DO GET A SECONDARY SHOT OF COLD AIR SUNDAY AS NEXT FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW. SECONDARY
TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE LAKE MONDAY SETTING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY OVER THE LAKE.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
00Z OPERATIONAL RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT AND FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS LONG TERM FORECAST
AT LEAST INTO WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
LATE MONDAY...LEAVING A TROUGH BACK ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES MONDAY
NIGHT WITH A COLD NWLY FLOW ACROSS LAKE ERIE. HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY THOUGH DIMINISHING IN THE WEST BY TUESDAY
MORNING. CONTINUED WITH THE LIKELY POPS FOR NE OHIO AND NW
PENNSYLVANIA MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...TAPERING TO CHANCE
POPS IN THE AFTERNOON. FAIRLY COLD 8H TEMPERATURES IN THE -14C TO
-18C RANGE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT EVENT.
THEN HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT MOVING EAST
OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED WITH A DRY FORECAST TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ECMWF MOVES THE HIGH OFF TO THE EAST A LITTLE
FASTER ON WEDNESDAY AND STARTS TO BRING PRECIP BACK INTO THE AREA
LATE IN THE DAY. FOR NOW FOLLOWED PREVIOUS FORECAST AND GFS MODEL
KEEPING WEDNESDAY DRY. THEN MENTION A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY
IN THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND
ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG GUSTY
SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWEST THIS
EVENING BEHIND AN OCCLUDED FRONT WHICH EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW
INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MI AND THEN SOUTHEAST ACROSS SWRN OHIO. THE
OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND
REACH THE KERI AREA BY 06Z. THE SURFACE LOW WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT
AND SATURDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION. FOR
THIS AFTERNOON CONDITIONS ARE MVFR ACROSS MAINLY THE WEST HALF OF
THE AREA AND CAK THROUGH YNG WITH VFR ELSEWHERE. EXPECT VFR WILL
DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE MVFR CIGS TO THE WEST SPREAD
EAST. OVERNIGHT HAVE CONTINUED MVFR THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
NIGHT MOST PLACES ALTHOUGH HAVE ALLOWED WINDS TO DECREASE AS THE
SURFACE LOW WEAKENS.
.OUTLOOK...NON-VFR CONDITIONS...MAINLY MVFR WILL OCCUR SATURDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...AND MAINLY IN THE NE MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
EAST WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING
WILL BEGIN TO PICKUP TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND BECOME SOUTHEAST THIS
MORNING. A SCA WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH WINDS AND
WAVES DECREASING. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE LAKE LATE
MONDAY WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT
BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO OR POSSIBLY
REACH GALE FORCE LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
PAZ002-003.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY FOR LEZ142>149.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...DJB
NEAR TERM...ABE
SHORT TERM...DJB
LONG TERM...RANDEL
AVIATION...TK
MARINE...RANDEL
