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FXUS61 KCLE 140013 AAA
AFDCLE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
713 PM EST MON JAN 13 2003

LATEST SATELLITE...RADAR...AND OBSERVATIONS SHOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OVER THE NORTHEAST AREAS. 
EARLIER VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE ICE SHIELD 
FROM ABOUT CLEVELAND WEST TO THE WESTERN BASIN AND THIS WILL HELP 
SHUT DOWN THE LAKE SNOW MACHINE OVER OUR AREA.

12Z MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOWED A STRONG INVERSION OVER THE FORECAST 
AREA TONIGHT AND WILL LIMIT ANY DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY. 
WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND...WILL UPDATE AND REMOVE LIKELIHOOD OF SNOW 
SHOWERS AND ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE NORTHEAST AND MENTION SCATTERED 
FLURRIES. 

NO OTHER CHANGES EXCEPT CLEANING UP EVENING WORDING IN THE 
FORECASTS.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

LOMBARDY