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ABUS30 KCLE 172002
SWSOH 

THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2002

RAINY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH...AND COOLER CONDITIONS OVER THE 
NEXT 5 DAYS FOR THE STATE.

A COLD FRONT...TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...CONTINUED TO PRODUCE 
CLOUDS ACROSS OHIO LATE THIS MORNING. THE COLD AIR FILTERING INTO 
THE STATE FROM THE NORTH ONLY ALLOWED THE LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES 
TO STRUGGLE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S IN THE NORTH...AND 50S TO LOW 
60S IN THE SOUTH.

DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RIDING ALONG THE 
COLD FRONT THROUGH KENTUCKY...CONTINUED TO SPREAD MORE CLOUDS ACROSS 
THE STATE. THE RAIN CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTH...REACHING CENTRAL 
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WAS EVEN A FEW POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF 
THUNDER ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. TEMPERATURES LEVELED OUT ACROSS THE 
STATE OR FELL A COUPLE OF DEGREES...BUT THE MOST PART RANGED FROM 
THE MID 40S TO LOW 60S. 

THE CLOUD COVER AND RAIN WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT...AS 
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE 
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE 
MID 40S IN THE SOUTHEAST.

ONCE THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY...THE RAIN WILL MOVE 
EAST AND DRY AIR WILL SETTLE IN. WITH THE COOL AIR OVER THE STATE 
EXPECT SOME CLOUDS PRODUCING VARIED SKIES FROM PARTLY TO MOSTLY 
SUNNY FOR SATURDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO GET TO 
50 IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP TO CLEAR OUT THE 
SKIES. THIS WILL UNFORTUNATELY LEAD TO POSSIBLE FROST PROBLEMS AS 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE LOWER AND MID 30S. 

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE DOWN ACROSS THE STATE SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON 
SUNDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL AGAIN STRUGGLE INTO THE LOW 50S IN THE 
NORTH TO THE UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST.

THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND RETURN TO A MORE 
NORMAL MAY WEATHER THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO
RETURN TO THE NORMALS BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 

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MG