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FXUS63 KEAX 221115
AFDEAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
615 AM CDT Tue Aug 22 2017

.Discussion...
Issued at 332 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

A strong LLJ of 40-45kts developed ahead of a cold frontal boundary
over southern NE/IA shortly after sunset setting off a line of
strong to severe thunderstorms over the KC Metro area.  As seen
during the eclipse a large amount of mid and upper level moisture
had moved into the area this morning from a tropical connection seen
on WV all the way back down into Mexico.  This helped to prime the
area with PWAT values 2"+ and the LLJ and weak WAA allowed MUCAPE
values over 1000J/kg with storm motion along the prefrontal trough
on the convergent zone of the LLJ. Training storms developed with
2- 3" per hour rates at first that have dropped down to 1-2"
rates currently. Multiple water rescues and road closures and
flooding lead to a Flash Flood Emergency issued for the KC Metro
overnight. A large swath of 4" of precip fell over the KC Metro
with some 6-8" totals in western Jackson county leading to Indian
Creek reaching near or over record levels for the second time in a
month. An outflow boundary from the convection along the cold
frontal boundary was sent through the area helping to intensify
the convection, but also helped to stabilize the back side of
this complex of storms. This cold front is expected to push south
quickly this morning clearing out all precipitation and cloud
coverage around sunrise. Winds will shift to the north behind the
frontal boundary and increase it the afternoon to 10-15mph.
Precipitation should be out of the CWA by noon with strong high
pressure building into the area on the backside.

A large upper level ridge will build into the Rockies starting
Tuesday as the trough over the Great Lakes pushes east.  This
ridging will advect in very stable dry air over the region setting
up one of the nicest weeks of the summer.  High temperatures will
remain in the lower 80s with no precipitation expected through
the work week. The ridge starts to break down over the weekend
leading to some chances of precipitation but nothing very
impactful is showing on the current extended models. One thing to
note is that the GFS, Canadian, and ECMWF are showing a strong
tropical system going into southern TX on Saturday and depending
on how far west it lands the moisture plum could make it to our
area.

&&

.Aviation...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday Morning)
Issued at 612 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

A cold front has passed to the south of all TAF locations clearing
out the thunderstorms and precipitation as well as most of the
lower cloud coverage. The cooler air and high relative humidity
levels on the surface could result in a very low IFR cloud deck
as soon as the sun rises and temperatures start to increase. This
ceiling should be short lived and an IFR tempo group has been
added to the TAFs for the first two hours to account for this
potential deck. VFR conditions with a northerly wind 10-15kts is
expected for the rest of the period.

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...Flash Flood Watch until 10 AM CDT this morning for KSZ025-057-
     060-102>105.

MO...Flash Flood Watch until 10 AM CDT this morning for MOZ012>016-
     020>024-028>032-037>039-043>045-053-054.

&&

$$

Discussion...Barham
Aviation...Barham