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Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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726 FXUS63 KSGF 011729 AFDSGF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 1229 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Intermittent showers with potential embedded thunderstorms today into Tuesday. - Strong cold front moves through Wednesday night bringing cooler than normal temperatures for Thursday. Weekend warms back up into the 80s. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 307 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Showers are currently ongoing over southeast KS and southwest MO but there hasn`t been any lightning associated with this activity. These showers have been initiated due to the 500mb shortwave moving through the area within the upper level blocking pattern. Rain will slowly push east later today with intermittent rain chances lingering through the day. No severe weather is expected and no all day washouts are expected either. Though, there may be a few rumbles of thunder later this afternoon. Rainfall amounts will stay around 0.5" or less and stay mostly west of Highway 65. Highs will be in the upper 70s to mid 80s today with mostly cloudy skies. Lows tonight will be in the upper 50s to lower 60s with clouds sticking around through the night. Winds will be out of the east-southeast through the day up to 5-10 mph. Tuesday will feature another shortwave with a 20-30% chance for rain especially for areas south of I-44. Again, no all day washouts are expected with rainfall amounts less than 0.25". Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Winds will turn out of the northeast tomorrow but remain light around 5-10 mph. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 307 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the 80s. A strong cold front will push through Wednesday night bringing a 30-60% chance for rain across the area. Thursday will be cooler as cold air advection settles in. Highs will be in the low to mid 70s and lows from the upper 50s to mid 50s both Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. Weekend highs will be in the 80s bringing our temperatures closer to normal. Next chance of rain could be on Sunday with <20% posisble over southeast KS and southwest MO. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 1217 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Confidence is high that VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period with ceilings around 5-10kft. There will continue to be passing light rain showers, mainly at JLN however it might make it as far east as SGF and BBG. There is low potential (20-30%) of a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening at JLN however confidence is too low to include at this time. Winds will largely be light and variable through the period. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 245 AM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025 Record Low Maximum Temperatures: September 4: KSGF: 66/2008 Record Low Temperatures: September 5: KSGF: 47/1974 KVIH: 44/1902 KUNO: 44/1997 && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Soria LONG TERM...Soria AVIATION...Burchfield CLIMATE...Lindenberg