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FXUS63 KLSX 092100
AFDLSX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2014

.SHORT TERM:  (Through Late Tonight)
Issued at 357 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2014

Surface ridge over the lower Mississippi Valley stretching back into
east Texas will continue to be pushed south-southeast tonight.
South-southwest flow will keep temperatures as much as 10-15 degrees
warmer tonight than they were last night.  This is in spite of a
mostly clear sky which would otherwise promote good radiational
cooling.  Wind is also the primary reason to leave fog out of the
forecast late tonight...though it is possible there could be some
patchy fog in sheltered areas.

Carney

.LONG TERM:  (Monday through Next Sunday)
Issued at 357 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2014

(Monday through Wednesday Night)

Active period expected as we will go from two days of highs well
above normal on Monday and Tuesday to the potential of accumulating
snowfall over parts of the area on Tuesday night.  Still looks like
it will be dry Monday and through most of the day on Tuesday as just
weak vorts move across the area with little moisture to work with.
Still looks like temperatures will warm up nicely the next two days
under mostly sunny skies.  With mixing to 925mb on Monday, and above
850mb on Tuesday ahead of the cold front, think that a mix of the
GFS/NAM MOS temperatures look reasonable for highs.   The warmest
temperatures will be in the favored downsloped areas of the Ozarks.

GFS/NAM are in relatively good agreement that a cold front will have
moved to near I-70 by 00Z Tuesday evening, and the will proceed
south of the CWA by 06Z.  GFS/NAM/ECMWF thermal profiles all show
strong cold air advection in the northern CWA during the evening
causing deformation zone precipitation to switch over to snow during
the late evening and overnight hours.  Farther south, this
transition will occur toward daybreak.  The GFS/NAM are quicker to
pull the system out on Wednesday morning than the ECMWF, so there
are still some uncertainties with this system. At this point, it
appears that there is the potential for 1-2 inches of snow across
parts of northeast Missouri and west central Illinois late Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morning.

(Thursday through next Sunday)

Expect Thursday and Friday to be dry and warmer each day as winds
turn out of the southwest ahead of the next cold front that the
GFS/ECMWF show moving across the CWA on Saturday.  The GFS/ECMWF
show a trough dropping out of Canada on Saturday night and Sunday
with the GFS showing a better phased trough than the ECMWF.  Both
solutions will bring precipitation to the area during this time
period.


Britt

&&

.AVIATION:  (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Monday Afternoon)
Issued at 1217 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2014

VFR flight conditions and south-southwest flow will prevail across
the area through Monday. Some gusty winds up to 20-25 kts will be
possible this afternoon in central and northeast Missouri as well
as west central Illinois. Gusts should diminish by early evening.

Specifics for KSTL:

VFR flight conditions and south-southwest wind will prevail at
Lambert through Monday afternoon.

Carney

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

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