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FXUS63 KOAX 231957
AFDOAX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
257 PM CDT Sat Sep 23 2017

.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Tuesday)
Issued at 255 PM CDT Sat Sep 23 2017

The chance for showers and thunderstorms, frontal timing and the
marginal risk for severe storms are the main forecast problems.

Pattern remains similar to yesterday, with a mid level trough over
the Rockies and a ridge from TX to the Great Lakes. 300 mb winds
were strongest (90 knots plus) from AZ into WY, western ND and
then into southern Manitoba. 500 mb height falls were strongest in
AZ with around 50 meter falls noted at 12Z. 700 mb thermal ridge
still extended from west TX into western KS but then was a little
farther east today in MN, compared to the Dakotas yesterday.
Moist plume in the lower and mid troposphere was still in place
along and ahead of the nearly stationary front. Surface analysis
showed the front from MN back southwest into eastern CO.

Showers that develop from the ACCAS field this morning lifted
north through early afternoon, but were not of much consequence.
A few spotty radar echoes continued from south central into
northeast NE at mid afternoon. Will keep some POPs along and
northwest of a line from about Seward to West Point and Pender
into early evening, but then confine chances mainly to just
northeast NE overnight. Any storms in northeast NE could have
some hail and wind. Lows tonight should be mainly 65 to 70, except
in the lower to mid 60s northwest of the front, northwest of a
line from about Albion to Hartington. The front may even lift
back a little more the northwest by sunrise.

On Sunday, there should again be a small risk for severe storms.
High temperatures may be just a bit cooler than today, mainly in
the upper 80s to around 90, except mid 70s to mid 80s in
northeast NE. Some 12Z model guidance brings the front eastward
during the day, with the NAM being the most aggressive. That model
seemed to aggressive. Most of the precipitation should be along
and behind the front. Still looks like potential for locally heavy
rain, especially northwest of Lincoln and Omaha. PW values should
increase Sunday night and reach 1.50 to 1.90 inches across most
of the area by 12Z Monday, which remain in place then the rest of
the day. Lift may be somewhat enhanced by upper tropospheric
divergence, associated with the right entrance region of a
jetstreak that is expected to curve anticyclonically from the
western Dakota into western Ontario.

Location of the front will be critical for highs Monday, and right
now have highs ranging from upper 50s in our northwest counties to
around 80 near the MO border. Generally look for highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s behind the front. Will keep precipitation
chances mainly 50 to 75 percent for most of the area Monday.

Things continue to push southeast Tuesday, with POPs decreasing
from northwest to southeast during the day. Highs should vary from
the lower 60s to near 70, with north or northwest winds.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Saturday)
Issued at 255 PM CDT Sat Sep 23 2017

Precipitation should be pushing southeast out of the area by early
Tuesday evening based on most model guidance, so the long term
forecast from mid week through Saturday looks mainly dry.
Temperatures will be at or cooler than normal, with most highs
from 65 to 75, and lows in the 40s to lower 50s.

Mid level flow will be a lot less meridional in the central part
of the Plains compared to earlier. A ridge will develop from the
northwest US into western Canada, a trough should extend from
eastern Canada down toward the Great Lakes and there will be a
weak closed low in the Four Corners region by Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon)
Issued at 1215 PM CDT Sat Sep 23 2017

VFR conditions are expected thru the fcst pd.

&&

.CLIMATE...

Temperature records for Sat Sep 23 are:

Warm MaxWarm Min

Omaha   96 (1892)       72 (1892)
Lincoln 97 (1921)       72 (1930, 1892)
Norfolk 92 (1921)       69 (1958, 1937)

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...Miller
LONG TERM...Miller
AVIATION...DEE
CLIMATE...