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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
615 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- The Heat builds into the area today, and continues to expand
  through Monday. Heat indices in the lower 100s are possible
  today, and likely 100 to 105 Sunday and Monday.

- Organized thunderstorms are possible late today and/or tonight,
  with an MCS moving southeast/south. This could bring gusty
  winds, and heavy rainfall. The next chance for organized
  storms is focused on Monday night`s cold frontal passage.

- Moderate to major river flooding continues on the Mississippi
  River with most sites crested or cresting in the coming days.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 222 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Light winds, temperatures in the lower 70s, and dewpoints rising to
the upper 60s to lower 70s are found across the area early today,
substantially warmer than yesterday at this time. Mid clouds are
noted on satellite over our area, but as of 2 AM, no showers have
developed in this mid level WAA regime. We`ll watch conditions, but
for now, the chances for morning storms remains under 20%.

Today will focus on the building heat and humidity, but all eyes
will be focused north of our area, as we watch southeastward moving
convection in the Dakotas and Minnesota. There are two scenarios
playing out today.  One, the heat builds in, and so does the EML,
resulting in hot, dry conditions through Monday. This is roughly 1/2
of available guidance.   The other, which at the moment is supported
by satellite/radar, shows several convective clusters moving
southeast towards northern Illinois by this evening. This would
generally arrive in our CWA after 7 PM, but could bring a wind gust
threat to our northern counties.  During the evening and overnight,
as a LLJ is aimed directly at our area, around 35 to 45 kts, the
cold pool could slowly propagate southwestward, resulting in a heavy
rain swath over our northern 1/2 of the CWA.  WPC and SPC are both
on board with this second scenario, which is supported by the
northwest flow aloft, diffluent thickness over our area, and LLJ
position.  It`s important to realize, that we often get a
significant convective event as significant heat waves build in, so
this potential should be no surprise.  Cells would continue to move
quickly during the overnight activity southeastward, but the
convective axis of storms would slowly shift southward, thus a
period of training is expected as the line slowly drops south.

Sunday, after any storms move out early, it appears the heat will be
in place through Monday, with only very low chances for thunder in
the far north.  Highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s are forecast,
with dewpoints in the lower to mid 70s. Heat indices both days
are forecast in the 97 to 104 range. Both Sunday and Monday,
850mb temperatures are forecast to be 24 to 27C, which is
strongly supportive of excessive heat.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Issued at 222 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Monday night, the cold front will move into our area, with storms
possible along it, and just post frontal. Models continue to show a
strong EML, but the frontal position could serve to erode that with
time, especially after dark. The ample CAPE over 3000 J/KG would
support strong storms, as would the increasing shear from the
westerly flow aloft.  For now, pops are in the 30-50% range Monday
night, due to the potential of the EML holding back storm
formation.


Tuesday is a transition day into the far cooler air in the
extended. Highs will be rather warm, but with decreasing
humidity and gusty winds, the heat stress will be decreasing
through the day.

Wednesday though Saturday continue to look very pleasant, with highs
in the 70s to low 80s, and lows in the 50s!

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 613 AM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Scattered to broken 2,500-6,000 ft ceilings this morning will
give way to more of typical summer cumulus by 17Z. Spotty
showers and a few storms (20% coverage) are probable through
mid-afternoon, though mainly east of the Mississippi River.

The main focus of the TAFs are thunderstorm potential late this
afternoon into this evening. Organized thunderstorms in western
Minnesota early this morning are likely to at least somewhat
sustain themselves through the morning, and if they continue to
or renew upstream in the early afternoon they will likely reach
DBQ and even may get to CID and MLI this evening. Confidence is
starting to nudge upward in this, and as such have inched up
the timing of thunder mention in the TAFs and now included a
TEMPO in the DBQ TAF for early evening. The potential for 35+ kt
gusts will exist with any storms that do arrive late today
through mid-evening too. Irregardless of weather organized
storms move in early this evening, the air mass tonight will
support at least scattered storm potential for the region.

Also for late tonight, while southwest winds will increase to
35-40 kt at 1,500-4,000 ft, it presently looks a little below
true LLWS thresholds.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 1043 AM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024

The crest on the Mississippi River is between New Boston, IL
(L/D 17) and Keithsburg, IL. Areas upstream of New Boston
through the Quad Cities are coming off a a broad crest. From
Keithsburg, IL downstream to Gregory Landing, MO a broad crest
will commence over the next 0.5 to 1.5 days.

Tributary Rivers:

On the lower Cedar River near Conesville, IA, minor flooding
continues as water levels continue to fall.

The lower Wapsipinicon River near Dewitt, IA will remain in
moderate flood through Saturday. A fairly rapid drop in water
levels will commence Saturday night as backwater effects from
the Mississippi River decrease.

Minor flooding continues on the lower Iowa River at Oakville due
to backwater effects from the Mississippi. Once the broad crest
on the Mississippi gets downstream of Keithsburg, IL, water
levels on the lower Iowa River will slowly begin to fall.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...Heat Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this
     evening for IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099.
IL...Heat Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this
     evening for ILZ025-026-034-035.
MO...Heat Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this
     evening for MOZ009-010.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Ervin
LONG TERM...Ervin
AVIATION...Friedlein
HYDROLOGY...08