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FXUS63 KSGF 221952
AFDSGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
252 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 255 PM  CDT WED MAY 22 2013

CLOUDS ARE SPREADING TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND AN
AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON. NOT EXPECTING ANY PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR JUST PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS
WILL THEN CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES OVERNIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL NUDGE INTO THE
REGION TONIGHT AND MAY HAVE TO WATCH FOR SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT IN SPOTS. CONFIDENCE IS NOT OVERLY HIGH BUT THERE COULD
BE SOME LIGHT GROUND FOG IN SPOTS.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND TOWARDS THE REGION
LATE THIS WEEK. HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 255 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BUT A
FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES TRY TO RIDE UNDER THE RIDGE AND MAY BRING
SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FROM TIME TO TIME FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S ARE
EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGHS RETURN TO THE 80S EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

HIGH PRESSURE WAS BUILDING INTO THE AREA. SOME STRATOCU HAS
DEVELOPED IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THE UPPER LOW AND COULD SEE
SOME CEILINGS AROUND 3500 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME SURFACE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT
SHOULD DIMINISH BY 21-22Z WITH GENERALLY A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND OVERNIGHT.


&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...WISE
LONG TERM...WISE
AVIATION...LINDENBERG