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Ceiling Height Forecast

Visibility Forecast

24 Hour Aviation Hazards Summary

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Lowest Expected Flight Conditions

The lowest expected flight conditions indicated below are derived from hourly ceiling height and visibility forecasts, which are updated around 00 UTC, 06 UTC, 12 UTC and 18 UTC.

Local Area Aviation Weather Discussion

.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR conditions will prevail into tonight. Showers and 
thunderstorms will then impact the area late tonight through 
the overnight hours. While this is not diurnally favored timing 
for severe convection, and instability will be limited if not 
non-existant, but very strong winds aloft /h85/ could mix down 
to the surface even outside of thunderstorms, with strong gusts 
possible within the storms.

Have maintained PROB30 groups for thunderstorms late tonight 
and overnight, with gusts to 40-45 kts ranging from 03-06Z PKB 
to 07-11Z CRW, with no gusts shown in a 10-13Z PROB30 group 
down at BKW. Behind the front, conditions will deteriorate to 
low MVFR to brief IFR in rain early Friday morning, with slow 
improvment late Friday morning over the middle Ohio Valley.

Southwest winds, gusty at times, may allow low level wind shear
when gusts are not reaching the surface this afternoon and 
tonight. Winds will shift to northwest behind the front early 
Friday morning, and then veer to north Friday morning, all while
gradually diminishing. Moderate southwest flow aloft this 
afternon will become strong southwest tonight, and then light 
northwest behind th front veering to light noirth Friday 
morning.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z 
FRIDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium to high.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 306 PM EDT Thu Mar 26 2026

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EDT

CRW

HTS

BKW

EKN

PKB

CKB

Experimental table of flight category objectively shows consistency
of WFO forecast to available model information:
H = HIGH: TAF consistent with all models or all but one model.
M = MEDIUM: TAF has varying level of consistency with models.
L = LOW: TAF inconsistent with all models or all but one model.

Local Ceiling & Visibility Forecasts

The ceiling height and visibility forecasts below are updated every 6 hours. Please enlarge the graphics by clicking on the images below to view details and time of the forecasts. Additional hourly forecast can be accessed here.

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Airport Specific Weather Information & Forecasts

TAFs and METARs can be accessed where available from the map below, along with other aviation relevant guidance. For airports without TAFs, hourly weather graphs from the National Digital Forecast Database are provided. This information is intended for situational awareness purposes only.

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