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WHAT HAS CHANGED

No significant changes needed to the prior forecast or messaging.

KEY MESSAGES

1) Mainly dry weather and fall temperatures are expected through Tuesday with scattered rain chances returning by the middle of next week.

DISCUSSION

KEY MESSAGE 1... Fall weather with dry conditions is expected through Tuesday evening as high pressure affects the region. The exception may be Sunday evening when a few light rain showers may briefly drift in from the east across Northwest Pennsylvania. Temperatures will be near to slightly below normal over the next several days with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s each day. By late Wednesday, weak low pressure will move into the Midwest and Great Lakes region. Forecast has trended drier on Wednesday with only isolated rain showers, increasing a bit in coverage on Thursday and Friday. No thunderstorms are forecast.

AVIATION /12Z Saturday THROUGH Wednesday/

VFR will continue through Sunday morning as high pressure remains anchored over the Great Lakes. High cirrus in NE Ohio and NW PA this morning will move out this afternoon allowing for clear skies everywhere.

Light NE winds this morning will increase to 5-10 knots this afternoon, becoming light again tonight.

Outlook...Mainly VFR expected through Wednesday, though periods of overnight patchy fog are possible.

MARINE

Northeast winds to 10 to 15 knots with periods of winds close to 20 knots are expected through Monday morning with light and variable flow Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Waves in the central and western basins will generally be between 1 and 3 ft through early Monday morning, though the forecast has trended a bit higher for Sunday afternoon into Sunday night when the likelihood for 20 knots winds and some 4 ft waves could be possible.

CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None.