The present work proposes an extension of the existing analytical development on the radial spread of a liquid jet over a horizontal surface to the case of a thin radial flow. When the gap, H, between the jet nozzle and the plate is reduced the discharging area may be smaller than the inlet area leading to an increase of the main flow velocity downstream of the thin cylindrical opening. This increase of velocity, defined here as H the distance between the nozzle and the plate, U 0 jet mean velocity, U 1 the main stream velocity, h(r) the liquid film thickness, U (r) the interface velocity and δ(r) the boundary layer thickness.