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FXUS63 KOAX 192005
AFDOAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
305 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS IN THIS PERIOD ARE POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS
AND TEMPERATURES.

THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN AT 12Z FEATURED A FAIRLY STRONG 300 MB JET
SEGMENT OF AROUND 95 KNOTS PUNCHING DOWN TOWARD CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
A CLOSED LOW AT 500 MB WAS JUST OFFSHORE FROM OREGON. 12 HOUR
HEIGHT FALLS OF UP TO 120 METERS WERE NOTED WITH THE TROUGH OVER THE
FAR WESTERN US. WEAK RIDGING WAS NOTED OVER THE PLAINS. THIS RIDGE
EXTENDED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST BACK INTO ALASKA. A THERMAL RIDGE AT
700 MB EXTENDED FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO MONTANA. AT 850 MB
A BAND OF DEWPOINTS OF 10 C OR HIGHER EXTENDED FROM WEST TEXAS UP
INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

AS CAN BE TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION IS
NOT OVERLY CLEAR. SEVERAL OF THE SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN KEYING
ON TWO AREAS FOR WEAK STORMS THIS EVENING...ONE IN THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA AND ONE IN THE NORTHWEST. SO...TRIED TO
ADJUST POPS TOWARD THAT THINKING. ALSO...SOME ACTIVITY COULD DEVELOP
OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AND MOVE EAST LATE TONIGHT...SIMILAR TO WHAT
THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS/CANADIAN/NAM MODEL SUGGEST. THIS GENERAL
MODEL BLEND SCENARIO WAS KEPT INTO THURSDAY. KEPT POPS 20-35 PERCENT
IN THE MORNING THEN DECREASED CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
DAY AS ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON TIMING OF PCPN
AND CLOUD COVER... HIGHS COULD BE AFFECTED. FOR NOW...WENT WITH 87-
90 IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AND 85-87 EAST. HIGHS IN WESTERN IOWA
WOULD LIKELY BE VERY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

MILLER

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

MODELS SHOW VARIOUS SOLUTIONS FROM LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND
AND CONFIDENCE ON ANY GIVEN MODEL IS NOT HIGH. WILL TEND TO GO WITH
SOMEWHAT OF A BLEND...GIVING THE ECMWF AND GENERAL LARGE SCALE
PATTERN RECOGNITION THE MOST WEIGHT.

SOME SEVERE STORMS APPEAR POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING/THURSDAY NIGHT
BASED ON 12Z NAM OUTPUT. THAT MODEL DEVELOPED STORMS OVER THE
DAKOTAS IN THE AFTERNOON...WHICH PROGESS SOUTHWARD THURSDAY EVENING.
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR STORM ORGANIZATION IF
THEY DEVELOP...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. PATTERN STARTS TO TURN A
BIT WARMER FRIDAY...WHICH MAY TEND TO FORCE MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY NORTH OF OUR AREA DUE TO WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES.

WE SHOULD SEE A PATTERN CHANGE BY THE END OF THIS PERIOD. A REX
BLOCK OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WESTERN CANADA FRIDAY WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OUR AREA REMAINS IN SOUTHWEST MID
LEVEL FLOW...AND TIMING SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS
TO TRIGGER CONVECTION WILL BE DIFFICULT AT LEAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. EARLY NEXT WEEK...A 500 MB TROUGH SHOULD DEVELOP OUT ALONG
140 DEGS WEST LONGITUDE...WHICH THEN SHOULD HELP LEAD TO DOWNSTREAM
DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD RIDGE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN US INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS. IF THAT SCENARIO DOES VERIFY...IT WOULD NORMALLY LEAD TO A
HOTTER AND DRIER PATTERN FOR OUR AREA.

MILLER

&&

.AVIATION...

18Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...KOFK.

THESE TYPICAL MID JUNE PATTERNS GENERALLY CONSIST OF VFR CONDITIONS
MOST OF THE TIME EXCEPT FOR DURING PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE CONFIDENCE IN PICKING OUT WHEN AND WHERE STORMS
WILL DEVELOP IS RATHER LOW...AND THIS PATTERN IS NO EXCEPTION.
THERE ARE SOME WEAK SIGNALS THAT POINT TO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME FRAME...WHICH WOULD HAVE A
GREATER IMPACT ON THE KOFK TAF. HOWEVER GIVEN THE HIGH UNCERTAINTY...
HAVE LEFT TRW OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME AND WILL CLOSELY BE
MONITORING RADAR FOR TRENDS.

NIETFELD

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

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