858 FXUS61 KCLE 091832 AFDCLEArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 232 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025
.SYNOPSIS... High pressure continues to drift to the east through Friday. A low pressure system will move southeast across the region Saturday into Sunday and high pressure will build in behind to start next week.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... Upper level ridging will persist with surface high pressure drifting eastward through Friday night. The surface high will be positioned to the east over New York state and New England and will provide easterly flow tonight into early Friday before shifting out of the south during the day Friday. With the high overhead, clear skies, and generally light to calm winds overnight, the area will be susceptible to radiational cooling and will drop down into the mid to low 30s. For the majority of the area outside of the lakeshore counties, a Frost Advisory is active for tomorrow morning. There may be some isolated spots in sheltered areas within the Frost Advisory, mainly in the south-central counties of the CWA, that could drop below freezing as well, but not expecting it to be widespread. For this forecast package, we upgraded inland Ashtabula, Trumbull, and Mahoning in Ohio and Crawford, PA to a Freeze warning. Those areas have the greatest potential given the light winds and radiational cooling to drop below freezing. As for Erie County PA, there will be a short window after midnight that a freeze will be possible, as low temperatures will drop to around 32F, but winds will start to increase out of the southeast a few hours before sunrise and conditions will become unfavorable.
With the previously mentioned flow shifting out of south to southeast with the high building off to the east, temperatures will warm slightly with the high Friday being in the mid 60s and overnight lows in the mid 40s.
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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... As the high departs to the east a low pressure system will move southeastward from Lake Superior through the area Saturday through Sunday. The overall system still has it weakening as it enters the region, though PoP chances and overall QPF has increased to around a half an inch. The bulk of the rainfall will be across the eastern half of the CWA and decrease further west. Models have shown the system slowing down moving into Sunday as a coastal low pressure system moves up the east coast over the weekend. Though the bulk of precipitation will have ended, will need to keep an eye on this interaction as it may keep some precipitation across the far eastern portions of the area through Sunday night. Temperatures Saturday will be slightly muted with the rainfall and cloud cover with highs in the mid 60s and rebound a little on Sunday to the upper 60s. Overnight lows over the weekend will be in the mid to upper 40s.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Dry, quiet pattern returns for the long term as upper level ridging builds to the south and high pressure builds in. Only thing to mention pattern wise, would be a low pressure system moving to the north of the region that could drag a cold front across the area Tuesday into Wednesday. At this point, no widespread precipitation is expected. Temperatures to start the week will be around normal for this time of year and may fall a few degrees midweek behind the aforementioned cold front.
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.AVIATION /18Z Thursday THROUGH Tuesday/... Aloft, a ridge axis moves generally E`ward from the western Great Lakes to New England through 18Z/Fri as a trough axis moves generally SE`ward from near the SK/MB border to the western Great Lakes region. In response, NW`erly flow over northern OH and NW PA backs to W`erly region-wide after 06Z/Fri. At the surface, a ridge exits slowly E`ward before a weak warm front sweeps N`ward through our region between ~13Z/Fri and ~16Z/Fri. Behind the front, another ridge builds from the southern Appalachians and vicinity through 18Z/Fri.
Our regional surface winds veer from NE`erly to SE`erly with the approach of the warm front, while the front`s passage will cause winds to veer to S`erly to SSW`erly. Surface wind speeds remain around 5 to 15 knots through the TAF period. Occasional gusts up to 20 knots are possible through ~23Z/Thurs.
VFR and dry weather are expected through the TAF period. Few to scattered cumuli are expected until ~23Z/Thurs and after ~14Z/Fri. Scattered lake-effect stratocumuli amidst ENE`erly mean low-level flow should stream generally WSW`ward over/downwind of Lake Erie and impact portions of NW OH until ~22Z/Thurs. After that time, mean low-level flow should veer to E`erly and eventually to SSW`erly through the remainder of the TAF period. The cumuli and stratocumuli will have bases near 4kft AGL.
Outlook...Mainly VFR and dry weather are expected through this Tuesday. However, isolated showers are possible Friday night through Tuesday, while isolated thunderstorms are possible this weekend. Expect non-VFR with showers and storms.
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.MARINE... 7:00 AM Update... The Small Craft Advisory has been canceled across the nearshore zones of Lake Erie.
Original Discussion... A Small Craft Advisory remains across the central basin as waves gradually diminish from the strong winds earlier. This advisory goes until 12Z this morning and will likely be able to expire at that point.
High pressure over the area will allow for relatively calm marine conditions across Lake Erie with winds 10-15 knots from the northeast today. As the center of the high shifts, winds will gain a more southerly component by Friday. As a weak cold front approach from the west Friday night into Saturday, southwest winds of 15-20 knots are possible through Saturday. Given the offshore flow and very marginal wind conditions, not expecting any additional headlines but will need to monitor any shift in forecast. After the frontal passage which may be isolated showers across the area, a ridge will build over the area and allow for sustained winds from the south-southeast at 10-15 knots through the end of the weekend and into next week.
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.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...Frost Advisory from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday for OHZ003-006-008- 010-013-017>022-027>032-036>038-047. Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday for OHZ014-023-033. PA...Frost Advisory from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday for PAZ002. Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday for PAZ003. MARINE...None.
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SYNOPSIS...23 NEAR TERM...23 SHORT TERM...23 LONG TERM...23 AVIATION...Jaszka MARINE...04
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