Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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366 FXUS63 KDMX 150009 AFDDMX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Des Moines IA 709 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 ...Updated for the 00z Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... - Low precipitation chances into Sunday night - High temperatures 5-10 degrees above normal though Friday. - Precipitation chances increase mid to late week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 232 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 A pseudo Rex block is still ongoing over the eastern CONUS with an upper highs pressure centered over the central Great Lakes and an upper low (Francine remnants) slowly migrating south across the lower Mississippi River valley. The large scale flow will begin to evolve as an upper low over Saskatchewan and Manitoba gives the upper high a nudge to the east going into Sunday. For Iowa though, little change in the overall pattern through Tuesday then gradual change by mid to late week. A review of the upper level evolution this week mentioned above. First across the eastern CONUS. The upper high is nudged east but as this occurs, a non-tropical depression off the coast of the Carolinas, will move eastward with the deepening upper level low that will eventual ingest the remnants of Francine and become the dominant feature. The system will encompass much of the eastern CONUS by mid-week. Out west, another strong upper level system diving south along the west coast followed by another system early next week with result in a western trough. Tuesday night an upper short wave lifting through the southwest flow will help shift the weak ridging pattern over Iowa a bit east and will eventually lead to precipitation chances to move in from the west. Above normal temperatures with highs in the 80s through much of this week and a few areas could touch 90 at times. Mostly dry conditions are expected through Tuesday then the pattern will become more active. Surface based instability does develop on Sunday though a forcing mechanism will be lacking which will limit precipitation chances. A fragment of Francine will break off and lift into Iowa Sunday night but at that point, much of the instability will be limited. The Gulf moisture stream into Iowa begins to reconnect mid- week and should remain intact through the end of the week. This combined with several shortwave fragments lifting into the area will lead to increase precipitation chances. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/... Issued at 707 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 VFR conditions were in place across central IA at 00Z with patchy 4-6K ft ceilings and higher clouds east. These conditions should persist into the night, but patchy fog may develop across portions of northern IA starting 08-10Z with MVFR/IFR conditions noted for the time being, although confidence in degradation extent is low to medium. Confidence increases that VFR conditions return later in the morning and afternoon however. Additional cumulus development by afternoon may lead to scattered weak convection, but confidence in occurrence and location is insufficient to mention at this lead time. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Donavon AVIATION...Small