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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
559 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Hot and humid conditions today with highs in the mid 90s and heat
  indices in the around 100.

* Severe storms possible this afternoon into this evening.
  - Damaging winds and hail are the main hazards, though there
    is low potential for a tornado. Locally heavy rain will also
    be a concern.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 243 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025

A severe MCS is moving along I-80 early this morning (as of
07-08Z). This system will continue to track east, staying north
of northern MO. Can`t rule out that its gust front will move
south into the northern MO and help trigger additional showers
and storms this morning, particularly with strong 925-850mb
moisture transport nosing into northern MO this morning.

Highs today look hot and with dewpoints in the lower 70s, it will be
very humid as well, leading to heat index values near 100. Highs in
the low to mid 90s look likely, especially south of Highway 36. We
actually could be in the low 90s by 18z. The one caveat to this
is the potential for some high-level clouds, likely debris from
Central to Southern High Plains convection from Thursday, to
move overhead this afternoon, possibly inhibiting peak
insolation and leading to slightly cooler temperatures. This
could then inhibit convection, to some extent, during the
afternoon, similar to what the GFS shows.

Regarding convection later today, a weak boundary is forecast to
move southward as a shortwave trough tracks eastward across Nebraska
and Iowa through the day. Models show 2000-3000 J/kg of MLCAPE with
little convective inhibition left ahead of the front. Forecast
hodographs show modest curvature, which may support some supercell
structures with a low-end tornado risk. But given very steep
lapse rates in the lowest 1.5km and inverted-V look to the
sounding, think damaging winds will be the primary hazard. The
more robust storms will also support large hail, though with
weak 0-6km shear, storms will likely lack the organization
needed for more widespread hail potential. As storms grow
upscale into one or more clusters, the threat of damaging winds
will takeover. Uncertainty remains in the timing of the front
but feel confident storms will develop near peak heating along
the front, which will likely be in the 20-23Z time frame from
east central KS into northeastern MO.

The potential for strong to severe storms on Saturday will be
largely dependent on how the storms evolve this afternoon into the
overnight. More robust convection that leads to a strong cold pool
will tend to push an outflow boundary further south, leading to a
more stable air mass over the region. Conversely, if storms aren`t
as robust, it could lead to another round of storms in our southern
tier of counties Saturday afternoon. The current forecast shows
chance PoPs for the southeastern two-thirds of the forecast area,
roughly east of I-35. The next good chance for widespread showers
and storms looks like Monday night into early Tuesday. Models show a
weak vorticity maxima drifting into the area Monday/ Monday night. A
slug of 2"+ precipitable water values will accompany this wave. With
a strong 925-850mb moisture transport nosing into the area,
precipitation chances look good at this point, for a day 5
forecast.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 559 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025

The main concern for this forecast is the potential for storms
to affect mainly the Kansas City area terminals. The most likely
timing for this looks like 23-03Z and have adjusted the PROB30
group accordingly. Additionally, it looks like some MVFR
ceilings work south after the convection behind the weak
boundary moving through the area. Late this morning through this
afternoon, winds will become gusty with gusts to 25kts from the
SSW. Winds shift to the northwest overnight, behind the weak
boundary.

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...None.
KS...None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...CDB
AVIATION...CDB