Plaincast — the National Weather Service forecast, 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, September 11 at 7:59 AM EDT.

What has changed

Some fog will be expected across the area this morning as clouds clear out of the region. There is a bit more confidence in rain chances on Sunday with a cold front entering the region.

Messages

A pair of fronts moving through the region on Saturday and Sunday will bring scattered showers and storms. There is some limited potential for a stronger storm on Saturday afternoon and evening.

Warm weather is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday with additional shower and storm chances possible.

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.