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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1254 AM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Very hot and humid conditions expected to return Tuesday.

- Strong to severe storms possible Tuesday afternoon into
  Wednesday morning. The main threat will be damaging straight-
  line winds. The strongest storms may produce an isolated hail
  or a tornado or two.

- Active weather pattern going into the holiday week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 310 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Today`s earlier showers and thunderstorms have cleared out
towards the southeast, leaving behind some lower clouds and
pockets of clear skies in its wake. Temperatures have fallen
with the passing rain, ranging between 60s and 70s for much of
the area. Looking ahead at the remaining weather for today,
things should remain quiet with the ridge over the southern
CONUS.

Looking forward, we have an active period of weather setting up.
The ridge currently located to our south will begin to degrade
as several embedded shortwave troughs traverse along it.
Tomorrow, an upper level trough centered over the Canadian
Plains and its associated surface low will meander off towards
the north. With this pattern, high temperatures and moisture
content will be advected towards MO from the Gulf of Mexico.
This will create dangerous heat conditions for the daytime
tomorrow, and has prompted the issuance of heat headlines going
into tomorrow evening. Cloud cover from the northwest may help
alleviate some of the temperatures further north, so headlines
have been kept further south in anticipation of this factor.
Into the evening, the surface low`s associated cold front will
create forcing for storms going into the evening and overnight.

Looking at current conditions, there is sufficient forecast shear
(40-50 kts) and instability (~3000 J/kg MLCAPE) present for
severe storms. The primary threat with this line of severe
storms appears to be damaging winds, with the possibility of
larger hail also present as the line pushes across north-central
MO. An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out along this
line. There is some remaining uncertainty on the possibility of
training rainfall over northeastern MO with the traversing storm
line. If the rainfall trains over this area and is not dynamic
enough to separate itself from upper level flow, heavy rainfall
could impact a swath of northeastern MO going into Wednesday.
This uncertainty is further exacerbated by differing solutions
in the evolution of the storm mode. However, getting closer to
the event, more details may become evident with favorable
environmental characteristics for storm development.

As the ridge continues to degrade, there are more opportunities
for precipitation throughout the rest of the week. Another
shortwave trough on Wednesday will invigorate another round of
showers and thunderstorms for MO/KS during the afternoon, with a
lower severe threat compared to Tuesday. On Thursday, an upper
level trough will dig towards the central CONUS, and invigorate
another line of rain/thunderstorms going into the evening on the
holiday. With these multiple rounds of rainfall and storms,
there is greater concern for ongoing flooding, especially in
areas that have already been impacted by heavy rainfall in
previous days. However, this issue will need to be addressed as
the threat continues to evolve through the week.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 1242 AM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024

VFR conditions expected to remain until later this evening.
Until then winds will come from a southerly direction with
occasional gusts to 30 mph through the day. With the passage of
a cold front, showers and thunderstorms are expected to move
into the area after 22Z for KSTJ and then after 00Z for KMCI,
KMKC, and KIXD. As the cold front moves through the area, winds
will shift to the north 1-2 hours before the end of the forecast
period.


&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...Heat Advisory from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening for
     MOZ028>031-037>039-043>045-053-054.
KS...Heat Advisory from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening for
     KSZ025-057-060-103>105.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...BT
AVIATION...Collier