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FXUS63 KDVN 102034
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
334 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

HIGH PRESSURE HAS SHIFTED TO THE GREAT LAKES BRINGING A RETURN TO
SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE CWA BUT STILL PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. DEWPOINTS
HAVE CREPT UP TO AROUND 60 AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH 3 PM TEMPERATURES
IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

ELSEWHERE...WARM AIR ADVECTION WAS STRENGTHENING IN THE PLAINS WITH
A RATHER LARGE SHIELD OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THIS WAS AHEAD OF AN IMPRESSIVE UPPER LOW SEEN ON WATER VAPOR MOVIE
LOOPS IN THE ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCES OF CANADA. CURRENT
TEMPERATURES UNDER THIS LOW ARE ONLY IN THE 50S AND 60S.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

FORECAST FOCUS ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

TONIGHT...WARM AIR ADVECTION CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ESPECIALLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE
PLAINS. LATE TONIGHT THIS JET VEERS INTO THE DVN CWA BUT THE
BETTER FORCING IS SUGGESTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...WILL
MENTION A SMALL CHANCE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY SPILL INTO
OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S NE TO THE MID 60S SW.

FRIDAY...OPERATIONAL MODELS NOT AS BULLISH ON RAIN COMPARED TO THE
PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THEREFORE...HAVE REDUCED POPS TO HIGH END CHANCE
INSTEAD OF LIKELY. THIS IS DUE TO THE BETTER FORCING REMAINING
WEST OF THE CWA BUT STILL ENOUGH TO WARRANT POPS. WILL FOLLOW THE
ECMWF WHICH IS THE LEADER IN VERIFICATION THE PAST 3 MONTHS ACCORDING
TO WPC. EXPECTING PLENTY OF MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS BUT STILL ENOUGH
BREAKS TO PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO 80 TO 85 SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

ACTIVE PERIOD THIS WEEKEND TO BE FOLLOWED BY UNSEASONABLY COOL
CONDITIONS NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LOW ORIGINATING IN NORTHERN CANADA
IS EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN OVER THE GREAT LAKES.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A THREAT OF LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AS A SERIES OF MCS/S AFFECT THE REGION. PRECIPITABLE
WATER FORECASTS...MODEL QPF AND WPC DAYS 1-2 QPF FORECASTS SUGGEST 1
TO POSSIBLY 2 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF I-80 THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL LIKELY SET UP
OVER CENTRAL IA INTO EAST CENTRAL IA LATE FRIDAY EVENING AS A
SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET AND STRONG THETAE ADVECTION INTERACT
WITH A SHORTWAVE IN THE MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW. THIS MCS WOULD
TRACK EAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...LAYING OUT A WEST
TO EAST BOUNDARY THAT WOULD ACT AS A FOCUS FOR DAYTIME CONVECTION
WITH THE NEXT TRIGGERING SHORTWAVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OUR LIKELY
POPS FOLLOW THIS SCENARIO. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
CONVECTION AS SHEAR PROFILES BECOME MORE SUPPORTIVE FOR POSSIBLE
DAMAGING WIND AND...TO A LESSER EXTENT...LARGE HAIL WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS IN THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
CURRENT MODEL TIMING SUGGESTS THIS WOULD TRACK EAST OUT OF W CENTRAL
AND NW IL SATURDAY NIGHT. DEWPOINTS AND OVERNIGHT MINS WILL RETURN
TO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE LOWER TO MID
80S.

SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AS A
CYCLONIC UPPER LEVEL FLOW WITH EMBEDDED IMPULSES BUILDS SOUTHWARD
OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...AT THE 850 MB LEVEL...THE FLOW BECOMES
WEAKER AND MORE WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY...SUGGESTING MORE ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL FOCUS ALONG THE MAIN CONVERGENCE AXIS
OVER THE FAR SOUTH...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. JUST WHERE
THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE BOUNDARY HANGS UP WILL BE CRITICAL FOR
RAINFALL POTENTIAL AND COVERAGE...WHICH AT THIS TIME IS MORE FAVORED
OVER OR SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST IA INTO W CENTRAL IL. THIS WOULD
HOPEFULLY BE A SHIFT IN THE AXIS UNDER THE GUN FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL SOUTHWARD FROM THE PREVIOUS 36 HOURS.

NEXT WEEK...THE STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND
ASSOCIATED CANADIAN HIGH THAT BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL
BRING DRY AND UNSEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HIGHS TUESDAY MAY STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 60S OVER ESPECIALLY
THE NORTH...WHICH SHOULD THEN MODERATE BACK INTO THE 70S WED AND
THU. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT WITH A FEW
UPPER 40S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TUE NIGHT AND WED NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

VFR CONDS THROUGH THIS TAF CYCLE. IT APPEARS THE BULK OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH AT LEAST
12Z/11. VFR CIGS AOA 080 WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN IA BY SUNRISE
FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THEN SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...HAASE
SHORT TERM...HAASE
LONG TERM...SHEETS
AVIATION...HAASE