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FXUS63 KDMX 190846
AFDDMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
346 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

.SHORT TERM.../TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 339 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST NOW WITH WAA BEGINNING TO
MOVE INTO WRN IA.  SAT PIX SHOW AN INCREASE IN CLODS FROM DECAYING
BLOWOFF CLOUDS.  DEEPER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MOVING INTO SWRN IA
WILL BRING AT LEAST ISOLATED TSRA THIS MORNING AS WAA ARC LIFTS
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA.  KEPT THE PRECIP TO THE WEST HALF HOWEVER.
COMBINATION OF NAMDNG5 AND HRRR GIVES A REASONABLE PRESENTATION OF
EXPECTED OUTCOME.  TEMPS TODAY VERY DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER.  FEEL
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH BREAKS TO GET HIGHS A LITTLE ABOVE MOS GUID AND
WARMER THAN YESTERDAY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

.LONG TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 339 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR EXTENDED...WITH MANY PERIODS OF
POPS...AND SOMEWHAT LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING...WITH BREAKS IN
PRECIP CHANCES FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE DRIVER FOR PRECIPITATION
CHANCES TROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. LOW WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY OVER
PAC NW...AND IS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY PUSH INLAND ATTM. MODELS HAVE
SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES OVER PLACEMENT OF LOW...BUT SHOULD COME
INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AS LOW PUSHES INLAND. RIDGE REMAINS OVER
IOWA THROUGH MUCH OF PERIOD...WITH SHORTWAVES PUSHING THROUGH
SPARKING CONVECTION CHANCES.

MODELS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED DOWN SHORT WAVES PROPAGATION
EASTWARD...WITH FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL NE PUSHING INTO
IOWA LATE OVERNIGHT. HAVE THEREFORE SLOWED POPS FOR
OVERNIGHT...THOUGH COULD SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF MAIN PRECIP
BAND WITH THETA-E ADVECTION. SYSTEM IS SLOW MOVING...WITH PRECIP
THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG SHORTWAVE SET TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN
PLAINS LATE THURSDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...AND MAY FORM INTO MCS PUSHING ACROSS
IOWA...WITH NORTHERN IOWA MOST LIKELY LOCATION OVERNIGHT THURSDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. SHORTWAVE
EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN SD/MN AND HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY
STAY NORTH. NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AS UPPER
LEVEL LOW REMAINS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN US. AS LOW PUSHES
EASTWARD...TRACKS OF WAVES WILL LIKELY GO NORTH OF CWA...BUT MAY
SEE DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH...AND HAVE KEPT POPS ACROSS THE
NORTH. SOMEWHAT STRONGER WAVE PUSHES THROUGH FLOW FOR THE
WEEKEND...THOUGH UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH EASTWARD AND SURFACE
LOW IN WESTERN PLAINS WILL ALSO LIFT NE AT THIS TIME...AND TIMING
AND LOCATION FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND IS VERY
MUDDLED. AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PUSHES EAST FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS
IOWA WITH PROLONGED PRECIPITATION CHANCE FOR LATE IN THE PERIOD.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE RIDGE...WITH
SURFACE SOUTHERLY FLOW. HAVE BUMPED TEMPERATURES UP WITH WAA FOR
EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THOUGH MIXING MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED.
OVERALL...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WITH SUMMER LIKE READINGS.

&&

.AVIATION...19/06Z
ISSUED AT 1209 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

VFR/MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WED MORNING.
THE ONLY CONCERN IS WHETHER MVFR FOG COULD DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK.
TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS ARE GENERALLY A BIT LOWER/HIGHER RESPECTIVELY
FROM THIS TIME YESTERDAY SO THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL WITH LIGHT E/SE
WIND. HAVE ADDED MENTION IN CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED LOCATIONS WHICH
ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY MOS GUIDANCE...WHICH ENDS UP TO BE EVERYWHERE
OUTSIDE OF KDSM.


&&

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

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...MS
LONG TERM...AWB
AVIATION...SMALL