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FXUS63 KLOT 292324
AFDLOT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL
624 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Chance (30%) of showers through sunset.

- After a break on Tuesday, a stormy pattern returns for a
  period midweek along with continued unseasonably warm
  temperatures.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 252 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

Through Tuesday Night:

A cold front will move across the area late this afternoon into
early this evening with a chance of showers through sunset,
ending from west to east with the cold front. Instability is
weak but an isolated thunderstorm is possible generally east of
I-57. Southwest winds will slowly turn westerly and remain gusty
to 30 mph through sunset and then will quickly diminish.

Quiet and dry weather is expected tonight and Tuesday. Lows in
the 40s for most areas tonight, lower 50s in Chicago. Highs will
rebound well into the 70s for Tuesday with a lake breeze
expected, which will likely move inland in the late afternoon
and early evening before dissipating, turning temps cooler
behind it.

Another cold front will move across the area Tuesday night.
Convection is expected to develop Tuesday afternoon well west of
the local area and spread into the area in the late evening and
overnight but in a weakening/dissipating phase. Much of the
guidance keeps the eastern half of the area completely dry now.
Lowered pops for Tuesday night and if current trends continue,
much of the area may remain dry. cms

Wednesday through Monday:

Dry and mild weather is expected for Wednesday, with high
temperatures expected to be in the 70s. However, cooler
conditions are likely to develop along the Lake Michigan shores
late in the day as the winds will turn east-northeasterly with
the approach of backdoor cold front. This cold front will
ultimately shift back northward across far northern IL into
southern WI as a warm front on Thursday in response to the next
wave of low pressure tracking northeastward into the Upper
Midwest. As this occurs, increasing warm air advection over the
front may foster the development of scatted elevated showers and
storms over parts of northern IL late Wednesday night into
Thursday morning. The focus for these storms should then shift
northward into WI with the warm front into Thursday afternoon,
thus leaving our area in the breezy warm sector. Breezy south
winds (gusting 30 to 35 mph) Thursday afternoon could push
temperatures into the lower to mid 80s for highs.

The parent surface low is expected to occlude late Thursday
night as it shifts northward into northern MN and far
southwestern Ontario. As it does so, the attendant surface cold
front will slide eastward into our area late Thursday night into
Friday. An additional period of showers and thunderstorms is
likely to accompany this front, with the highest chances (60%+
chances) coming Thursday night through Friday morning. We will
need to continue to monitor the potential for any hydrologic
concerns during this time frame given the recent rainfall and
that precipitable water values near or in excess of 1.5" (near-
record values for this time of year here, per DVN and ILX
sounding climatology) are progged to be drawn northward out
ahead of the cold front. A north-northeastward storm movement
could also result in a period of training cells along the cold
frontal boundary, which may lead to some narrow corridors of
enhanced rainfall and possible flooding.

In the wake of the cold frontal passage, temperatures are
favored to return closer to normal going into the weekend before
another warm-up appears to be on the horizon going into next week.

KJB

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 612 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

Aviation Key Messages:

- Cold front moves through this evening with a shift to west
  winds, which persist into Tuesday. Wind shift to southeast
  then expected toward Tuesday evening.

Surface low pressure was lifting northeast across the upper
peninsula of MI early this evening, with a cold front trailing
through IL. This front, which just moved through KRFD, will
continue to push east across the Chicago terminals by 02Z.
Breezy southwest winds ahead of the front will shift westerly
behind it, and may remain briefly gusty before settling to less
than 10 kts overnight into midday-Tuesday. Weak surface high
pressure will drift east across the area Tuesday afternoon,
while another area of low pressure develops into the mid and
upper Missouri River Valley Tuesday afternoon. This will allow
winds to back south-southeasterly late in the day/toward
evening, which be aided by a lake breeze which should affect
KORD and KMDW. Winds should remain southeast Tuesday evening,
then eventually turn more southerly again toward midnight.

The last of the spotty light showers have moved out of the area
at TAF issuance time, with only KGYY still reporting an MVFR
ceiling which should lift to VFR shortly. VFR conditions are
otherwise expected through the period, though thickening mid-
level clouds are expected Tuesday night and a few showers are
possible just beyond the end of the current TAF period.

Ratzer

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...None.
IN...None.
LM...None.

&&

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