Toledo Weather - Wed, Jun 15, 2016 TOL: Jun 15, 2016 5:52 am Weather : Overcast Temperature : 66 F Humidity : 68% Wind Speed : ESE 5 mph Barometer : 29.86 in Dewpoint: 55 F Visibility : 10.00 statute miles hr. Toledo 7-day forecast Last Update: Jun 15, 2016 3:18 am Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Thursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 13 to 18 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. hr. area forecast discussion national weather service cleveland oh 308 am edt wed jun 15 2016 synopsis... a warm front will lift northeast into ohio today ahead of low pressure dropping across the great lakes. by evening the warm front should be near a toledo to mansfield line. the warm front will move east of the area thursday morning as a cold front moves in from the west. the low will move southeast across ohio thursday dragging the cold front with it. high pressure will build back over the region for the end of the week. && near term /through today/... a warm front roughly near an kord-kcvg line at 06z will lift northeast and reach near a ktol-kmfd line by 00z this evening. current area of convection across nrn indiana and srn wi being supported by good isentropic lift over the warm front just ahead of increasing boundary layer cape. the nam also shows a short wave moving into the area. this translates east through the day with the warm front. believe the current activity will combine with developing convection in north central indiana and move east into nwrn ohio this morning...likely weakening as it does as it outruns the best instability. this will continue east impacting nern oh and nwrn pa late morning early afternoon. meanwhile by late morning/early afternoon expect the warm front to be moving into the west with convection likely developing along of just west of the front in the unstable air. this too should then translate east through the late afternoon early evening. spc has continued a slight chance for the western 2/3rds of the area for the afternoon activity. highs from the mid and upper 70s nwrn pa to the mid 80s southwest. will have likely pops west and increasing to likely in the east by 00z. && short term /tonight through saturday night/... rain/thunder chances remain in the forecast tonight through thursday night. tonight the warm front will continue to move slowly northeast into nern oh as the parent low drops southeast across lower mi. by 12z thursday the associated cold front will also be approaching from the wnw. capes remain elevated through the night across the area with most of the area in the warm sector between fronts. will have likely pops in the east for the evening to catch what will likely be ongoing showers/tstms from after afternoon but will lower to chance for the overnight as the nam brings in slightly drier air from the west. thursday however the surface low will drop southeast across the area dragging the cold front with it. would expect showers and a chance of thunder given the upper support. will taper pops thursday night. friday through saturday night high pressure will build in from the northwest. expect clear/pc skies and no pops. highs around 80 thursday and friday and in the lower 80s saturday. && long term /sunday through tuesday/... models in good agreement for sunday with large area of high pressure just se of the forecast area. this will keep area high and dry and also set up a warming trend. the temps sunday and monday will push back into the mid to upper 80s. but the above normal conditions will be short lived as models push next cold front across the forecast area monday night into tuesday. likely see convection with the front...but this far out will leave chance pops going. high pressure builds back over the area wednesday. && aviation /06z wednesday through sunday/... vfr conditions will continue through the overnight. a warm front stretching from near chi into sw ohio will lift slowly ne wednesday. models disagree on forecast. nam has showers and thunderstorms associated with the warm front reaching northwest ohio toward daybreak and moving east wednesday morning. gfs on the other hand has nothing in the morning...but showers and thunderstorms developing in nw oh during the afternoon and moving east. strong to severe thunderstorms are a possibility wednesday afternoon and evening but low confidence trying to time the thunderstorm threat at any given location. for now will keep morning showers with tsra redeveloping in the west during the afternoon. winds should veer from east to south. outlook...non vfr at times wednesday night through thursday in showers and thunderstorms. && marine... the east winds will gradually veer to the southeast late today into the overnight as the warm front across sw oh moves across the lake. mariners should be alert for thunderstorms late this afternoon into the evening hours. some of the storms could become strong to severe. models continue to move a low pressure system across the lake thursday. potential for a small craft advisory friday into friday night as the canadian high pressure builds across the lake and a northeast flow sets up. conditions should improve over the weekend as the gradient weakens. && cle watches/warnings/advisories... oh...none. pa...none. marine...none. && $$ synopsis...tk near term...tk short term...tk long term...djb aviation...djb marine...djb