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.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Expect MVFR ceilings to persist and lower heading into this
evening, with IFR likely by 23-24Z. This comes with widespread
showers (generally after 20Z or so for the metros, ongoing at
KCHO/KMRB). Rain continues into the evening and at least the
first half of the overnight hours. Any thunderstorm chances
should be confined to KCHO which is near the stalled frontal
zone. Have inserted a TEMPO group between 20-21Z to cover this
threat when thunder is most likely.
As rain slowly winds down overnight, ceilings likely further
lower to IFR or LIFR and stay that way through Sunday morning.
Aviation guidance shows some improvements possible later in the
day, but this should be gradual in nature. Drier conditions are
expected for Sunday afternoon into early next week as high
pressure builds to the north. Conditions will be breezy at times
as initial easterlies give way to northeasterlies on Sunday.
Gusts up to 20 to 25 knots are possible at times. With high
pressure to the north and a frontal zone stalled to the south,
winds remain out of the east to northeast into Monday as well.
Lowered CIGs and VSBYs are likely across terminals on Wednesday, as
a cold front brings rain and possibly a few thunderstorms through
the region. Winds generally remain under 10 knots during this time.
Winds shift northwest by Thursday morning, with gusts increasing up
to 15-20 knots in the wake of the frontal system moving
offshore.
AVIATION...BRO/DHOF
Update as of: 300 PM EDT Sat Apr 25 2026
This discussion and more can be found in the Area Forecast Discussion.
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