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FXUS63 KDMX 200027 RRA
AFDDMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
712 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT /...
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER THIS PERIOD. CURRENT WATCHES
ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF TORNADOES THIS EVENING.
THOUGH INSTABILITY HAS WANED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS
OF IOWA WITH SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH INSTABILITY
WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE OVER THE REGION. MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO
ADVERTISE INCREASING WIND FIELDS ALOFT WITH APPROACHING WAVE WHICH
SHOULD SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL AS WELL. LOWS
OVERNIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 60S WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE SW AS
DRY SLOT WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA AFT 06Z. EXPECTING MOST OF
THE ACTIVITY TO REACH WEST CENTRAL IOWA BY 22Z AND NEARING CENTRAL
SECTIONS BY 00-01Z WITH EASTERN COUNTIES SEEING STORMS THROUGH
03Z.

.LONG TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FORECAST CONCERN DEALS WITH CUTOFF LOW LINGERING OVER THE MIDWEST
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND TIMING OF PRECIP CHANCES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH
MID WEEK AND LEANED TOWARD A NAM/ECMWF BLEND.

.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...UPPER LOW STALLS OR SLIGHTLY
RETROGRADES INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TOMORROW AND LOOKS TO PLACE
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IN THE DRY SLOT. CUT BACK ON POPS DURING
THE DAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
WHERE BEST FORCING PUSHES INTO NORTHERN IOWA AND INTO MINNESOTA.
LATEST 4.0KM WRF PUSHES CONVECTION INTO FAR NORTHERN IOWA AND
INTO MINNESOTA BY 12Z MONDAY AND KEEPS THE REST OF THE FORECAST
AREA MAINLY DRY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY. SEVERE POTENTIAL EXIST
ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATE
AFTERNOON AS THE PEAK HEATING AIDS IN DESTABILIZATION. MAIN THREAT
LOOKS TO BE HAIL AND WINDS WITH THE DECENT CAPE PRESENT AND DEEP
LAYER SHEAR. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE UPPER LOW MONDAY NIGHT
AND LIKELY WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR STORMS ACROSS EASTERN AND
NORTHERN IOWA. HAVE HIGHEST POPS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY. DRY SLOT MOVES BACK INTO IOWA
PAST 12Z TUESDAY AND HAD TO CUT BACK ON POPS OVER CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN IOWA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE UPPER LOW FINALLY PUSHES
EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BRINGS SOME
LIGHT STRATI-FORM RAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...COLDER TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE
REGION DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE
STATE. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED UNTIL SOME WEAK
THETA-E ADVECTION DEVELOPS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE SURFACE HIGH.

&&

.AVIATION...20/00Z
ISSUED AT 712 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

LINE OF SEVERE STORMS FROM MCW TO KAMW TO N OF NWS OFFICE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH 10 PM.  WND G55KTS POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH LARGE HAIL.  ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER NEB WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
IOWA OVERNIGHT BUT AIRMASS WILL NOT BE AS CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE
STORMS.  SHOULD BE A BREAK AFT 12Z THROUGH 21Z BEFORE NEXT ROUND OF
STORMS MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A KMCW TO KDSM LINE.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...REV
LONG TERM...PODRAZIK
AVIATION...FAB