Plaincast — the National Weather Service forecast, decoded into plain English

Plaincast

What the forecast actually says — NWS Area Forecast Discussions, decoded into plain English.

Plaincast decodes the National Weather Service's Area Forecast Discussion — the real forecast, written 3 to 4 times a day by the meteorologist on shift — into plain English. The discussion is where a forecaster explains their reasoning: which models disagree, what they are watching, and how confident they are. Below is the current edition for Cleveland, with its shorthand expanded. The full experience — an AI plain-English summary beside the annotated original — loads with JavaScript, and every one of the 68 forecast offices has its own edition.

Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service Cleveland (CLE) · issued Friday, November 13 at 6:42 AM EST.

What has changed

The forecast largely remains on track and no major changes were needed with this update.

Messages

Lake effect showers are expected through the weekend. A rain/snow mix is likely tonight with light snow accumulations possible in spots.

Dry weather will return early next week with temperatures rising above normal.

This is the plain-text edition, decoded without AI so it loads anywhere. Read the whole Cleveland discussion at /o/CLE/, see what changed since the last one, or open The National Desk for where the weather is today.

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