Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
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285 FXUS63 KILX 090452 AFDILX Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1152 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible tonight through Thursday as a low pressure area and a weak surface front push through the area. - Cooler weather is on tap for the end of the week with overnight lows dipping into the 40s Thursday night through Saturday night. && .UPDATE... Issued at 945 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Updated the forecast tonight to adjust the chances of showers and thunderstorms as coverage is becoming more widely scattered at late evening. Strong to severe storms raced ESE across southeast IL affecting areas along and south of highway 50 from 730-9 pm producing wind gusts of 50-60 mph with trees and power lines blown down from Xenia east to highway 45 south of Flora. Some heavy rain also reported in southeast IL with half to 1 inch of rain in about an hour from I-70 south with locally higher amounts from highway 50 south. Late evening surface map shows a 1003 mb low pressure over south central Iowa with an occluded front extending southward to another 1003 mb low pressure in central AR. Main frontal boundary was over southern/se MO into southern parts of IL, IN and Ohio with more widespread and stronger to even severe convection south of this front in much more unstable air mass south of I-64. More scattered thunderstorms, a few strong to severe yet over central and northern Iowa. Low pressure moves from south central Iowa into central IL by sunrise, keeping a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms going over central and northeast part of CWA overnight. Severe risk has mainly shifted south of CWA rest of tonight. Lows overnight range from mid 50s nw of the IL river, to the lower 60s in southeast IL. 07 && .SHORT TERM... (Through Late Thursday Night) Issued at 330 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Showers and storms are still possible this evening across portions of the CWA, however, the strongest storms should remain south of the central IL. The only area that might see stronger to severe storms will be in southeast IL...roughly south of I-70. North of this line, some of the storms should be more isolated and could actually be embedded at times in the stratiform rain. This could pose a lightning hazard for outdoor activities. As the 500mb mid level trough rotates through the CWA on Thursday night, there is a small chance (around 20%) for showers to occur in the evening over the northern portion of the CWA...roughly along and north of I-72/Danville. Temps will be lower tomorrow as cloud cover and northwest to north winds bring slightly cooler air into the state. Auten .LONG TERM... (Friday through Next Wednesday) Issued at 330 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Relatively dry weather is expected for the weekend, though a weak trough will rotate through parts of the state with a chance of light precip along and northeast of I-74 Friday night. The next chance of precip will be the beginning of next week...Monday, and continue into the middle of next week. The overall pattern for this period will be messy with an upper level low pressure area slowly moving across the US from the plains into the eastern US. Temperatures will start off cooler for the beginning of the weekend, but then warm back into the mid to upper 70s starting on Sunday and continue through next week. Auten && .AVIATION... (For the 06z TAFs through 06z Thursday Night) Issued at 1145 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 1002 mb low pressure over northeast MO associated with an occluded frontal boundary, will push eastward over central IL by dawn and then push a surface trof southward through central IL during Thursday afternoon. This will keep isolated showers around overnight and into early Thu evening. Isolated thunderstorm possible too but coverage too limited to mention in TAFs. VFR conditions early overnight with 5-10k ft ceilings to see MVFR ceilings develop by 08Z-09Z and possibly to IFR during Thu morning as light fog could bring MVFR vsbys for a time. SE winds 4-8 kts to shift west to NW during Thu morning and then NE Thu afternoon and increase to 10-15 kts with gusts to around 20 kts. 07 && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$