FXUS61 KILN 241438 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 938 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST AREA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... WHERE SOME CLEARING OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO...AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPED DUE TO LOW LEVEL MSTR AND LIGHT WINDS. WITH SUNRISE AND LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE SEEN A DIURNAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE VSBYS COMING ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...HAVE UPDATED AND ALLOWED ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. NO CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION ONSET TONIGHT. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON MAIN FEATURES AND THEREFORE WENT WITH A BLEND. SHORT WAVE WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH TUESDAY EVENING AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. GREATEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS CLOSER TO THE FORCING. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY. SOME RESIDUAL SHOWERS WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON MAIN FEATURES WITH ONLY SLIGHT VARIANCE IN DEGREE OF STRENGTH OF SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR A COLD RAIN ON THANKSGIVING HOWEVER RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY FRIDAY MORNING AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE FA. WITH UPPER LOW IN THE AREA AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A HARD TIME WARMING ON FRIDAY AND WILL ONLY MAKE IT TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. THIS WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO BRIEFLY TRANSITION BACK TO RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WILL STILL BE SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE LEFT DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND LOCATIONS STILL RECEIVING PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. DRY WEATHER WILL MAKE A RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE FA. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION /15Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LOW CLOUDS AND VISIBILITIES WILL ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE TAF PERIOD. APPEARS THAT ALL TERMINALS WILL NOT BECOME VFR UNTIL 20-21Z. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWERS AND A RETURN TO MVFR CEILINGS. OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES LIKELY...AND IFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE... THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM...NOVAK AVIATION...