h1. Toledo Weather - May 19, 2015 Around 80 degrees yesterday. TOL: May 19, 2015 9:52 am Weather : Overcast Temperature : 51 F Humidity : 64% Wind Speed : WNW 14 mph Barometer : 30.11 in Dewpoint: 39 F Visibility : 10.00 statute miles (formerly Metcalf Airport) May 19, 2015 9:53 am Weather : Overcast Temperature : 54 F Humidity : 59% Wind Speed : WNW 12 mph - Gust 22 mph Barometer : 30.11 in Dewpoint: 40 F Visibility : 10.00 statute miles (near Lambertville) May 19, 2015 10:15 am Weather : Overcast Temperature : 52 F Humidity : 62% Wind Speed : WNW 9 mph Barometer : 30.10 in Dewpoint: 39 F Visibility : 10.00 statute miles Toledo 7-day forecast Last Update: May 19, 2015 9:21 am Today: Cloudy, with a high near 60. West wind around 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Memorial Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%. fxus61 kcle 191344 afdcle area forecast discussion national weather service cleveland oh 944 am edt tue may 19 2015 synopsis... high pressure centered over the dakotas will build southeast into the plain states and extend a ridge into the region through mid week. friday morning a cold front will drop south across the great lakes and into northern ohio. high pressure will follow...building across the region saturday. && near term /until 6 pm this evening/... cold front just clearing the ohio border with pennsylvania. a narrow section of clearing has developed behind the front...which will allow temperatures to rise a few more degrees before clouds roll in by early afternoon. tweaked the highs for the day based on current readings and sky coverage. preserved some element of consistency with the previous high temp forecast as well. && short term /6 pm this evening through friday night/... no big change to the short term thinking. much cooler and generally dry conditions continue to be expected during this period as high pressure to our west forces much cooler air into the region. this high will gradually build east through mid week. there is still a potential for frost early wednesday morning where skies clear. will not issue an advisory just yet as temps marginal and clouds still moving toward the area. a weak shortwave early thursday could produce a brief sprinkle. put in slight chance for most but will not get into the zfp. another cold front will drop across the region friday as upper trof digs into quebec. this should affect northeast ohio and nwrn pa temps the most based on packing and orientation. highs wednesday from the mid 50s to mid 60s. expect a gradual warmup into thursday. friday western counties could tack on another couple degrees but nern ohio and nwrn pa likely drop back to 60 to 65. && long term /saturday through monday/... upper level ridge becomes amplified over the weekend across the mississippi valley region. this will help to build surface high pressure as it moves east over the forecast area. eventually...the surface high pushes east to the east coast by sunday morning. this will set up another round of warm air advection into the forecast area over the weekend. the unfortunate scenario will occur where the gulf of mexico will open up and send a stream of moisture north across eastern texas into the forecast area. this conveyor belt of moisture will undoubtedly bring with it a threat for showers and thunderstorms during the latter half of the memorial day weekend. will continue the gradual increase of showers and thunderstorms sunday into monday from west to east. have a gut feeling we may need to up pops to likely all areas for monday. temperature forecast is a tough one as we get into the weekend and monday as they will be highly dependent on how much sun breaks through the overcast between showers and thunderstorms. if we get a period of sun any of those days...max temperatures will be under forecast. && aviation /12z tuesday through saturday/... cold front should continue to move east through the rest of the morning hours. skies cleared over much of the forecast area. the exception is the extreme east where some lower clouds formed but appears it should move east as well. a stratocumulus deck around 3500 to 4000 feet will move east into the area this morning and linger over most of the area through much of the taf period. winds will remain at 10 to 15 knots until this evening and then diminish. outlook... non-vfr possible behind a cold front in ne oh/nw pa tuesday night. && marine... a small craft advisory will be needed this afternoon and early tonight as winds increase out of the west and become northerly across the lake. winds do diminish starting tonight and then ' considerably wednesday into wednesday night. winds do increase a tad out of the southwest on thursday ahead of a weak cold front that moves southeast across the lake. at this time...it looks like winds should be weak enough to avoid small craft advisories. winds then become light and variable as high pressure builds southeast across the lake heading into the weekend. && cle watches/warnings/advisories... oh...none. pa...none. marine...small craft advisory from 2 pm this afternoon to 10 pm edt this evening for lez148-149. && $$ synopsis...tk near term...mayers short term...tk long term...lombardy aviation...lombardy marine...lombardy #toledo #weather