Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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793 FXUS63 KSGF 161129 AFDSGF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 629 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Heat Advisory continues today. Afternoon heat index values will range from 103 to 109 degrees. Excessive heat to linger into Tuesday with another Heat Advisory. - Cold front brings 60-80% chances for showers and thunderstorm late Tuesday through Wednesday night. Slight Risk for excessive rainfall and Marginal Risk for severe storms. - Below average temperatures Wednesday into the weekend with dry conditions until Sunday. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Issued at 230 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Upper air analysis shows a positively-tilted upper-level trough centered over Ontario moving southeast. Convection is firing in western Kansas and Illinois. At the surface, a cold front is situated to our northeast, by the border with Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. This front is moving slowly southeast. Temperatures are currently around 80 with some scattered clouds. As the cold front continues to move to the south, model guidance suggests thunderstorms will develop across north-central Missouri and move south as the LLJ noses into western Missouri. Recent CAM runs show some support for these storms moving south across our area, which will come with a risk for elevated convection. Some of these storms may produce hail of one inch or less, and some locally heavy rainfall. Some of the storms from this morning may linger into the afternoon, but the highest chances (50-80%) for storms will be from the late afternoon into Wednesday morning, as the LLJ again creeps into southwest Missouri from Oklahoma and Arkansas. High resolution models show MLCAPE values of 2500-4000 J/kg across southern Missouri. Shear on the other hand is rather modest, so the main severe hazard will be strong winds. The Storm Prediction Center currently has our entire CWA under a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for severe weather. A stalled surface low to the southwest in Oklahoma may allow multiple rounds of storms to go over the same areas. This brings with it a risk for flash flooding. A flash flood watch has been issued from 7 PM Tuesday night until 7 AM Wednesday morning, primarily for areas to the east of Highway 65. 48 hour HREF PMM guidance indicates that localized areas of 3-5" of rain are possible, so be sure to practice flood safety tonight. Temperatures today will range from around 90 to the upper 90s, with temperatures increasing the further south you go. A heat advisory is in effect until 8 PM for all but 3 of our counties. Given the uncertainty of morning storms, and increased cloud cover compared to yesterday, high temperatures were forecast today using a blend of the NBM deterministic forecast and NBM 25th percentile, so on the lower end. However, if there are less storms, or less cloud cover, heat indices can still easily reach 105 to 110 degrees in our southern counties given the continued humidity. Lows tonight will reach the low 70s. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 230 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Behind the passage of the cold front, high temperatures fall to the low to mid 80s on Wednesday. This will usher in a period of cooler and drier conditions. The 6-10 day Climate Prediction Center Temperature Outlook has our area at a 60-80% chance of below average temperatures, with highs consistently in the 80s and lows in the 60s for the next few days. Precipitation chances remain under 20% until Sunday, as long range forecast models are beginning to pick up on some shortwave energy moving into the area. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 606 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 Thundershowers are possible much of the day today. Starting with this morning, a few isolated thundershowers are possible at JLN and SGF, although confidence is not high enough to include in the TAFs at this time. Most morning storms should stay north of TAF sites, although some light rain from eastern Kansas may reach Joplin this morning as well. Moving into this afternoon, some difficult to predict pop-up storms may occur. More widespread storms are likelier this evening into Wednesday morning. Storms which do form will lower ceilings and visibilities to MVFR conditions. Windspeeds will decrease from around 10 knots to 5 knots this evening as a cold front moves south. As this happens, southwesterly winds will become variable for a bit before eventually shifting to more northwesterly. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...Heat Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening for KSZ073-097-101. MO...Heat Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening for MOZ055-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106. Flood Watch from this evening through Wednesday morning for MOZ068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-103>106. && $$ SHORT TERM...Kenny LONG TERM...Kenny AVIATION...Kenny