Defiance, Ohio
National Weather Service: Flood Warning
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Almanac
Average High: 46°
Average Low: 27°
Record high/year: 79° (1990)
Record low/year: 4° (1895)
Sunrise: 7:50 AM
Sunset: 7:42 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 07:50 AM (EDT)
Moon Rise: 07:00 AM (EDT)
Sunset: 07:42 PM (EDT)
Moon Set: 06:52 PM (EDT)
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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Hi 43°
Lo 34°
Chance of Rain
Hi 49°
Lo 31°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 54°
Lo 31°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 54°
Lo 31°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 58°
Lo 36°
Partly Cloudy
Forecast for Defiance
Today
Cloudy with patchy drizzle. Scattered rain showers... possibly mixed with snow early...then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night through Friday
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
Flood Warning
Statement as of 9:35 PM EST on March 13, 2010
The Flood Warning extended for
for the Saint Joseph River Ohio above Newville
* until Thursday afternoon.
* At 8 PM Saturday the stage was 12.1 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to a crest near 12.3 feet around 2
PM Tuesday March 16 and fall below flood stage around 3 PM
Wednesday March 17.
* At 12.0 feet... DeKalb County Road 42 about 3 miles northeast of
Newville floods. Agricultural and low lands flood along the St.
Joseph river to the Cedarville Reservoir.
The Flood Warning continues for
the Tiffin River near Stryker
* until further notice.
* At 9 PM Saturday the stage was 12.5 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to a crest near 13.2 feet around 2
PM Tuesday March 16 and begin falling.
* At 13.0 feet... flood waters begin to affect some farm buildings
near Stryker and flood some secondary roads.
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Location: ASOS_HFM DEFIANCE-DEFIAN, OH, Defiance, OH Updated: 4:40 AM EDT |
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| Temperature: 37 °F | Dew Point: 34 °F | Humidity: 87% | Wind: NNE at 15 mph | Pressure: 29.55 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 28 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: 3 miles WNW of Melrose, Paulding County, OH Updated: 4:55 AM EDT |
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| Temperature: 36.7 °F | Dew Point: 34 °F | Humidity: 89% | Wind: NE at 6.0 mph | Pressure: 29.52 in | Hourly Precipitation: - | Windchill: 32 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Bryan, OH Updated: 4:42 AM EDT |
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| Temperature: 37.5 °F | Dew Point: 36 °F | Humidity: 95% | Wind: NE at 11.0 mph | Pressure: 29.56 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 30 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Kalida Local Schools, Kalida, OH Updated: 4:52 AM EDT |
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| Temperature: 35.8 °F | Dew Point: 35 °F | Humidity: 95% | Wind: NNE at 10.0 mph | Pressure: 29.51 in | Hourly Precipitation: - | Windchill: 28 °F | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
317 fxus63 kiwx 140807 afdiwx Area forecast discussion National Weather Service northern Indiana 407 am EDT sun Mar 14 2010 Short term /today through Monday night/... Cutoff low dominates the eastern half of the Continental U.S. Early this morning and will be the primary influence on our weather through the short term period. Upper air analysis combined with overnight water vapor imagery confirm that although the low is cutoff...it is translating eastward with a pronounced rise/fall couplet in the 500 mb tendency field. This eastward progression should ensure a gradual improvement through the period. Today looks to be another damp/cloudy day as moisture plume originating over the Gulf Stream continues to pump moisture west to our longitude. Main shortwave of note for today is already nearing my eastern zones and will pass over the southeastern half of the County Warning Area over the next few hours. A band of showers was noted on the kiwx 88d as of 7z over southeastern areas and in these spots it may linger for awhile in these locales given pivoting precipitation band seen over north-central Ohio...but expect a gradual weakening trend in these areas as the shortwave shifts south...and the cutoff continues to move east. Elsewhere...the cyclonic flow and moist llevels will likely produce enough lift for a few rain showers...but with gradually diminishing moisture aloft...could see some dz as well. Clouds should pretty much hang tight today...and given this will continue on the conservative side of guidance for highs...and leaned towards the cooler lav which has been performing well of late. Expect highs in the lower to middle 40s from east to west. One more note today is that overnight tamdars and 00z radiosonde observations combined with recent upstream observation over southeastern Michigan/Northwest Ohio suggest that any precipitation this morning may mix with snow for a time. This has happened at quite a few sites just outside of the County Warning Area. Will maintain a chance shsn mention through middle morning before boundary layer warming should allow all precipitation to take a liquid form. For the tonight-Monday night period...will favor the slightly slower European model (ecmwf)/NAM/sref solution given the scale of the cutoff low which should favor a slower ejection of the feature. As alluded to yesterday afternoon...guidance is in good agreement on another shortwave rotating around the cutoff and grazing my eastern zones this evening. As this wave is currently still off the Atlantic coast have lower confidence on where exactly it will end up...but see no reason to remove chance probability of precipitation for eastern areas during the evening. Will lower probability of precipitation further after midnight with only the far southeast still in the chance category as the wave passes by. Expect cloud cover to hang on for one more night which should keep a lid on significant temperature falls. Have bumped up lows a few degrees assuming a slower clearing...with most areas falling into the middle 30s. Dry weather and sunshine begin to make a return by Monday as approaching shortwave ridging in the developing broad northwesterly flow aloft should help scour the remaining llevel moisture and bring clearing skies...particularly by afternoon. T925 around 0-1c along with mixing a little above this level suggest highs in the upper 40s...so have dropped highs just a tad...particularly in the east where the clouds will be last to clear out. In any case...highs near or a little above normal...and the strengthening March sun should make for a pleasant day. The shortwave ridging crests overhead Monday night and this should continue the clearing trend with winds slackening as well. Northern stream energy...now over the Canadian prairies will begin to approach the area in the northwest flow aloft...but shouldn/T reach the area until after the end of the period...especially with the favored slower guidance...so expect a cooler night given the much improved radiational cooling conditions. Most areas should see lows fall to near the freezing mark. && Long term /Tuesday through Saturday/... the highly amplified pattern will persist this period with systems very slow to move east. The development over the next several days in the upper air pattern will consist of an upper trough becoming highly amplified over the central Continental U.S.. the analog signals are consistent with the latest Canadian mean ensembles...and the operational runs of the GFS and European model (ecmwf). The forecast challenges center on when the associated strong short wave trough and accompanying cold front will move east. For this package...went with a general European model (ecmwf)/GFS blend which brings the front into the area late in the period. If this timing is correct...temperatures may start out mild Saturday morning...and then remain steady or fall during the day. In this regard...the ongoing forecast/grids appears on track with a chance for showers Saturday. Temperatures should recover back into the 50s ahead of this next system. && Aviation /00z tafs/... Cutoff low over the southeastern states continues to pinwheel moisture off the Atlantic west towards this region. This moisture is being locally enhanced in the llevels with flow off of the Great Lakes. Thus..we are seeing widespread MVFR ceilings with IFR ceilings downwind /in this case southwest of/ lakes Michigan and Erie. Over the next 24 hours the upper low will gradually pull east with a slowly diminishing impact on the region. For the remainder of the overnight...expect low MVFR ceilings to continue at sbn with IFR developing at FWA given upstream trends. Tamdar soundings from near DTX suggest that the above freezing layer in the llevels is shrinking pretty quickly and as this next shortwave aloft /seen on water vapor imagery just southeast of kcle/ and associated area of showers moves in from the east...it may mix with sno&& Iwx watches/warnings/advisories... in...none. Michigan...none. Ohio...none. Lm...Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM EDT this afternoon for lmz043- 046. && $$ Short term...Arnott long term...skipper aviation...Arnott