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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
653 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Potential for severe storms south of I-80 tonight into
  Thursday morning. A few strong to severe storms could
  redevelop Thursday afternoon, mainly in the counties south of
  I-80.

- Turning much colder late in the weekend with the potential for
  snow showers.

- A warming trend is on tap for next week.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 301 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024

Other than some isolated showers in northwest Illinois, dry
conditions will be seen across the area through sunset. Attention
then turns to tonight.

Storms will initiate along the warm front across northern Missouri
during the evening with rain lifting north across the area
overnight.

At the same time flow coming off of Lake Michigan will be pushing
drier air to the west. This drier air will initially delay the
arrival of rain into the area until the late evening and overnight
hours and main push the stronger storms further to the south.

Right now the better risk for strong to severe storms looks to be
along and south of an Ottumwa, IA to Galesburg, IL line. The primary
risk is hail with damaging winds a secondary risk. A storm that
rides the warm front or is to the south and east of the low center
would pose a risk for a brief spin up tornado. If this were to occur
(which is under a 2 percent chance), areas south of a Keosauqua, IA
to Macomb, IL line would be favored.

On Thursday a widespread rain should be across most of the area at
sunrise. Depending upon the track of the surface low, the severe
risk `may` pivot to the north between 6 and 10 AM putting a risk of
severe storms south of a Princeton, IL to Aledo, IL to Kahoka, MO
line. The main risk would be hail with damaging winds a secondary
risk.

By late morning the overall severe risk from the first round of
storms will end with the potential for rain ending from west to east
as well. The far northern and northwest parts of the area may see a
cold rain continuing through late morning and into the afternoon.

Boundaries left over from the overnight storms and the approaching
cold front will then provide the focus for re-development in the
afternoon.

Right now the overall timing of secondary storm development looks to
be early afternoon from northeast Missouri into western Illinois.
The window for any severe risk has narrowed, running from 3 to 7 PM
and mainly south of a Princeton, IL to Memphis, MO line.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 301 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024

Thursday night
Assessment...low to medium confidence

How storms develop and evolve Wednesday night into Thursday morning
will dictate how long precipitation remains across the area Thursday
night.

Right now the model consensus has a 40-50 percent chance of rain
across the entire area. However, there are newer runs of the very
short term models that suggest much of the area could remain dry
Thursday night. By late Thursday night mainly dry conditions should
be seen across the area.

Friday through Saturday night
Assessment...high confidence on dry conditions

The model consensus has dry conditions for the area with
temperatures initially above normal. A clipper system will move
through the Great Lakes and pull a modified arctic front through the
area on Saturday.

Very windy conditions will develop Saturday with gusts up to 40 mph
likely. The wind combined with the dry conditions will result in a
elevated fire risk across the entire area. The windy conditions will
continue Saturday night which will push wind chills into the teens
and lower 20s by sunrise Sunday.

Sunday and Sunday night
Assessment...high confidence on windy conditions

Windy conditions will continue across the area on Sunday as the core
of the cold temperatures aloft moves through the area. An associated
upper level disturbance will provide enough forcing for flurries or
even snow showers for areas generally east of the Mississippi and
north of I-80. Given the warm ground temperatures, only a localized
dusting of accumulation would be possible on grassy and elevated
surfaces in the strongest snow showers.

Monday through Wednesday
Assessment...medium to high confidence on a warm trend. Medium
confidence on dry conditions

The current model consensus has dry conditions across the area with
a warming trend through mid-week.

However, the CMC and ICON deterministic runs bring a clipper system
into the Midwest with snow. The CMC is further west which places the
snow over the area while the ICON model indicates southeast
Wisconsin and northeast Illinois. Interestingly the GFS/ECMWF
deterministic runs have no clipper system.

Interestingly there are some members of the ensembles of the
GEFS/CMCE that lend support the the CMC/ICON deterministic runs but
most of the ensemble members are dry.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/...
Issued at 636 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024

A large complex of rain and thunderstorms will move in from SW
to NE overnight with the best chances for strong thunderstorms
at BRL. Lower instability is anticipated further to the north,
but there is still embedded thunder potential at MLI, CID, and
DBQ late tonight into early Thursday AM. Then the main story on
Thursday will be deteriorating ceilings to IFR as a cold front
drops in from the north, pulling a deformation band of rain down
toward DBQ. Scattered showers and storms could redevelop
Thursday afternoon, with any thunder mainly south of MLI. The
areal coverage with this secondary round may stay on the low
side.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...None.
IL...None.
MO...None.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...08
AVIATION...Uttech


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