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FXUS63 KDMX 181445
AFDDMX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
945 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 945 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

HAVE SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO REFINE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TO A SLIVER OF
LIKELIES GIVEN THE COVERAGE OF LINGERING ACTIVITY...AND REDUCED
POPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TO SLIGHT CHANCE GIVEN THE SMALL AREAL
COVERAGE AND LIKELIHOOD THAT THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY WILL SKIRT
BY THE CWA JUST TO THE EAST. SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATE SOME
INSTABILITY BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE WATERLOO/MASON CITY
AREA. THEREFORE HAVE LEFT A SMALL AREA OF SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS...HOWEVER MAIN FORCING WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH
THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SO DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD CHANCES.

ALSO LOWERED MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST IN
VICINITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS/CLOUD COVER...OTHERWISE REMAINDER OF
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK.

&&

.SHORT TERM.../TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

COMBINATION OF INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IL INTO SWRN
MN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY...COMBINED WITH RATHER STRONG S/WV
ROTATING SOUTHEAST INTO SRN MN AND SPEED MAX MOVING INTO NWRN IA HAS
RESULTED IN VIGOROUS CONVECTION IN SOUTHWEST MN...ALBEIT ONE MAIN
CELL.  THOUGH PARAMETERS ARE WEAK...BEING ISOLATED IT HAS BEEN ABLE
TO MAINTAIN ITSELF.  EXPECT TO SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT AS S/WV ROTATES THROUGH TODAY.  THE BEST
CHANCE IS IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE S/WV PASSES THE AREA.  FEEL THE
NAMDNG5/ECMWF AND TO A DECENT AMOUNT THE GFS HAS A PRETTY GOOD
HANDLE ON THE PRECIP AREA. INITIALLY DISCOUNTED THE NAM12/HRRR
AND SOME OF THE OTHER HIRES MODELS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OVER WRN
IA...HOWEVER SOME DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THE
PASSAGE OF THE SPEED MAX PUTTING SWRN IA IN THE RIGHT INFLOW REGION.
TEMPS TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY WITH INCREASE
CLOUDS AND AND SOME CAA AT H8. GENERALLY MID 70S TO AROUND 80...A
FEW DEGREES WARMER IN HEAT ISLAND AREAS.

.LONG TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

WEAK RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS FOR THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD. SHORTWAVE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS RIDGE WILL
BRING PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER TIMING IS STILL
A BIT UNCERTAIN...WITH MODELS IN POOR AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF WAVE.
HAVE KEPT TIMING NEAR GOING. MODELS DO INDICATE A SLIGHTLY FURTHER
SOUTH SOLUTION...WITH BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN
IOWA/NORTHERN MISSOURI...AND HAVE BEGUN TO TREND POPS THAT WAY FOR
LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CAPE VALUES
1000-2000 J/KG INDICATED...AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CAP. WEAK CAP
MAY BE ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF CONVECTION WITH LITTLE FORCING. HAIL/WIND
WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM STEADILY THROUGH THE PERIOD UNDER THE RIDGE...WITH
PRIMARILY SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE.

UPPER LEVEL LOW PUSHING EAST ACROSS CANADA WILL DROP A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY. MODELS HAVE
SPED UP TIMING A BIT ON THIS SYSTEM...AND HAVE THERE FORE CUT BACK
ON POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR LATE FRIDAY. LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO PUSH ONSHORE IN PAC NW FOR END OF WEEK
WILL INFLUENCE WEATHER ACROSS IOWA FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF
THE PERIOD. AS THIS IS STILL OFF THE SHORE AND POORLY SAMPLED...DO
NOT HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TIMING...THOUGH MODELS ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT. AS LOW DIGS ACROSS THE ROCKIES...RIDGE LIFTS ACROSS
IOWA...WITH SHORTWAVES LIFTING THROUGH RIDGE.
HOWEVER...TIMING/LOCATION AGAIN PROBLEMATIC. LATEST MODEL RUNS
KEEP TRACKS WEST AND NORTH OF IOWA...AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS THIS
SOLUTION FOR THE WEEKEND KEEPING POPS OUT OF THE SOUTH.

&&

.AVIATION...18/12Z
ISSUED AT 637 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

CDFNT NEAR A KFSD-KBNW-KBRL LINE WILL PUSH SOUTHWEST TODAY. SCT
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSRA WILL BRUSH THE NERN COUNTIES AS AN UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THIS MORNING. AREA OF SHRA AND TSRA
OVER THE SWRN PART OF IA WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE SRN TAF
SITES. VFR CONDITIONS TODAY WITH WINDS BECOMING LIGHT NE-ELY. MVFR
CONDITIONS IN BR EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 09Z ON WED.


&&

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

$$

UPDATE...BEERENDS
SHORT TERM...MS JUN 13
LONG TERM...AWB
AVIATION...MS JUN 13