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Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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727 FXUS63 KSGF 171112 AFDSGF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO Issued by National Weather Service St Louis MO 612 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Enhanced risk of severe storms (3 of 5) late this evening and overnight. - Enhanced risk of severe storms (3 of 5) Wednesday afternoon and evening. - Slight risk (2 of 4) for excessive rainfall Tuesday night for our western areas and marginal risk of excessive rainfall (1 of 4) on Wednesday into Wednesday evening. - Humid and very warm temperatures late in the week into early next week. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 428 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 Satellite and regional radar show a thunderstorm complex over southern Nebraska into northern Kansas. This was forming along a surface frontal system that stretched from Minnesota into northwest Kansas, ahead of an upper level shortwave and north of a south-north low level jet streak over western/central KS. MU CAPE axis of 2500-4000 j/kg was located over western Kansas through western OK. Over our forecast area, we have finally ended the shower activity over south central MO with the slow moving MCV from the past few days. Temperatures were still in the upper 60s to low 70s across the area with dew points from the mid 60s to low 70s. We do have some light fog already developing over parts of the eastern Ozarks and will need to keep an eye on these visibilities as the night progresses. Rest of tonight into Tuesday morning: CAMS continue to dive that ongoing MCS southeast into eastern Kansas during the remainder of the overnight with some dissipation as it moves into our western CWA on Tuesday morning. Not expecting any severe storms with any remnant activity. Remnant boundaries could be a focus for storm regeneration during the day but the main show and severe potential is not expected to arrive until Tuesday night. Overnight fog should dissipate by mid morning. Tuesday afternoon and night: Some decent instability develops in the wake of the morning MCS, especially further west over KS. By late afternoon/early evening, additional convection is expected to develop over KS, eventually developing into a strong MCS with all modes of severe weather possible. CAPE/SHEAR combo looks most impressive to our west in the late afternoon and early evening. As the MCS dives southeast into southeast Kansas and western MO late in the evening and overnight hours, damaging wind will become the main severe weather risk. HREF mean precipitable water values get up into the 1.5 to 1.8 range as the MCS begins to push into the area, so intense rainfall rates will be possible which may lead to some flooding. (Mention ERO) Wednesday: The morning MCS should dissipate with instability redeveloping during the afternoon with SFC based CAPES of 2500 to 3500 j/kg. Upper shortwave and surface front will be the focus for thunderstorm redevelopment during the afternoon and continuing into the evening as the shortwave shifts east. Severe storms will be possible with an enhanced risk for severe weather (3 of 5). && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 428 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 Previously advertised upper ridge amplification over the central U.S. late in the week into the weekend as an upper low drops into the Pacific northwest and northern Rockies. We will keep the higher moisture over the area with dewpoints in the 70s with temperatures warming into the upper 80s into the lower to middle 90s we will likely see some heat index values from the mid 90s to lower 100s by the end of the week into early next week. Additionally lows will likely not drop below the 70s during this time frame. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 609 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 Patchy fog will continue to impact local terminals intermittently for an hour or two at the start of the period, with visibility reductions to LIFR levels possible at BBG and SGF for brief periods. This is expected to dissipate by mid morning, and VFR conditions are expected for much of the rest of the day. A few showers will also be possible from mid morning to early afternoon, particularly at JLN, but significant impacts are not expected with this activity. VFR conditions are likely the rest of the afternoon, but showers and thunderstorms are likely to retuern overnight and near the end of the period. Gusty winds and visibility reductions are the most likely hazards. BRC .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM CDT this morning for MOZ071-082- 083-092-096>098-104>106. && $$ SHORT TERM...Lindenberg LONG TERM...Lindenberg AVIATION...