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AWUS81 KCLE 151416
RWSCLE

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1015 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

AFTER SATURDAYS FRONT THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SETTLE.

DRIER WEATHER AND CLEAR SKIES MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS MOST OF THE 
STATE BY YESTERDAY EVENING. THE SUN WAS SHINNING FROM TOLEDO TO 
ASHTABULA AND SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 70.  SOME OF THE LOWER LEVEL 
MOISTURE DID NOT GET OUT OF SOUTHEAST OHIO BEFORE NIGHTFALL AND 
VALLEY FOG QUICKLY DEVELOPED.  MARIETTA WAS DOWN TO A HALF MILE 
VISIBILITY BY 11 PM.  EVENING TEMPERATURES SETTLED INTO THE 50S AND 
NEAR 60 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. 

THE REST OF THE NIGHT REMAINED QUIET WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN 
OVERHEAD.  LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE WERE IN THE 
40S.  IT WAS A COOL 41 DEGREES IN YOUNGSTOWN AND 43 DEGREES IN 
TOLEDO.  IT WAS MILDER ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WITH A LOW OF 51 DEGREES 
NEAR MARIETTA AND 57 DEGREES NEAR SOUTH POINT OHIO. 

A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND WILL LIFT 
NORTHWARD TONIGHT BRINGING IN THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS.  AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE.  THE COLD FRONT WITH THIS SYSTEM 
WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY 
AFTERNOON...BRINGING A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS.

BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL 
BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST 
TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...PROVIDING DRY CONDITIONS AND 
WARM TEMPERATURES.

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OUDEMAN