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Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
657 AM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Typical hot and humid August weather will continue into the work
  week.

- Showers and thunderstorms will continue to be possible across
  much of the area today at least through Wednesday. Locally heavy
  rainfall will be possible with these storms, particularly across
  parts of northeast Missouri and west central Illinois where a
  Flood Watch is in effect.


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.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Monday Afternoon)
Issued at 424 AM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

A broad trough of low pressure over the Great Plains is pushing a
cold front slowly through the central Plains and Midwest.  The front
will continue moving slowly southeast through Monday as waves of
convection develop along it. Still think the position of the
effective front will be determined mostly by convection through
Monday as the mid-upper level trough moves very little.  The primary
concern with this slow-moving front is still the heavy rain and
flooding threat, particularly if subsequent waves of thunderstorms
move over the same locations.  Ensemble mean precipitable water
values range from 1.5 to 2+ inches now, with the highest amounts
across northeast Missouri and west central Illinois, and warm cloud
depths are between 12-14kft.  With these conditions in mind, heavy
rainfall is certainly possible, so the Flood Watch will remain in
effect.  However, the deterministic RAP and GFS show only weak
synoptic forcing for heavy rain with the low level jet never
exceeding 20-25kts through the period.  Considered expanding the
watch farther south to encompass parts of central Missouri, but my
confidence in where the heaviest rain will fall is low due to the
weak forcing. Therefore I think the watch is where it needs to be,
across northeast Missouri into west central Illinois since these
areas will be closest to the front and will have the highest P-Wat
values.

In addition to the heavy rain threat, there will continue to be a
threat for strong to severe storms today and tonight.  Short range
deterministic guidance shows between 3500-4000 J/Kg MLCAPE building
from west central Illinois southwest into west central Missouri in
the vicinity of the front.  Deep layer shear isn`t particularly
strong at 25-30kts, but with that much instability some strong to
severe wind gusts are possible.  Threat for severe storms looks
lower on Monday as instability won`t be as high and shear will be
weaker.

Carney

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.LONG TERM...  (Monday Night through Saturday)
Issued at 424 AM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

The trough over the Plains moves slowly east and attenuates as it
pushes through the Mississippi Valley and farther into the Eastern
U.S.  The chance for mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms will
continue across the area at least through Wednesday or Thursday as
the trough moves across the Mississippi Valley.  Movement of the
surface front looks like it will continue to be primarily controlled
by convective outflow since the mid-upper level trough will be
attenuating as it moves east.  The past several runs of the models
have been showing that the trough will leave a trailing piece of
vorticity over the Plains as shifts east.  This vortmax drifts
northeast across Missouri and Illinois late in the period, and could
bring more rain to the region as it passes. However there isn`t a
lot of agreement in either the speed or strength of the vorticity as
it moves across the area, and this uncertainty leads to a wide range
of possibilities for afternoon convection, and therefore in
afternoon temperatures.  This is borne out in ensemble guidance
where the interquartile range of temperatures is as much as 8-9
degrees in some locations late in the week.  With that said, the
most likely scenario is for typical mid August weather with highs in
the upper 80s to low and mid 90s and a continuing chance for
afternoon and evening thunderstorms.

Carney

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.AVIATION...  (For the 12z TAFs through 12z Monday Morning)
Issued at 639 AM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are possible today
and tonight, mainly across central and northeast Missouri and west
central Illinois. The strongest storms will be capable of reducing
the visibility to 2SM and below, as well as producing wind gusts
up to 50kts. The most likely times for these storms will be during
the late afternoon and early evening and again after 06Z. VFR
flight conditions are expected to prevail outside of storms.

Carney

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.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...Flood Watch through Monday afternoon for Knox MO-Lewis MO-Marion
     MO-Shelby MO.

IL...Flood Watch through Monday afternoon for Adams IL.

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WFO LSX