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LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1127 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

SOME SUNSHINE WILL BE AROUND FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

AN AREA OF RAIN MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE STATE BY DAYBREAK. THE RAIN 
WAS CAUSED BY AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND THE ASSOCIATED FRONTS 
MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND UPPER OHIO VALLEY. THE 
FRONTS WERE INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS MORNING BUT THE AREA 
OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION.

A CLEARING TREND WAS TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST 
WITH CLOUDS STILL REMAINING OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF OHIO. AREAS OF 
DENSE FOG DEVELOPED ACROSS AREAS THAT HAD RAIN YESTERDAY BUT MOST OF 
THE FOG HAD DISSIPATED LATE THIS MORNING. THE EXCEPTION WAS RIGHT 
ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT WERE GENERALLY LIGHT BUT 24 HOUR 
AMOUNTS ENDING AT 8 AM WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF 
THE STATE. TEMPERATURES REMAINED SEASONABLY WARM AS OVERNIGHT LOWS 
ONLY DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 40S TO THE MID 50S. 

HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE 70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON 
EXCEPT FOR LINGERING CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER COULD HOLD 
HIGHS DOWN IN THE 60S. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE AREA OF LOW 
PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL RETURN SOME CLOUDS AND SHOWERS 
AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH CHANGE FOR SUNDAY AS THE LOW MOVES SLOWLY 
EAST AND TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE ROTATE ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO 
VALLEY. SOME SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS 
OF OHIO ON SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 60S 
NORTH AND LOWER 70S SOUTH. 

A BRIEF DRY PERIOD MAY BE AROUND LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
MONDAY THEN ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL MOVE 
EAST AND BRING SHOWERS BACK INTO THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT AND 
TUESDAY.

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