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FXUS63 KDVN 170544
AFDDVN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
1244 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Fog appears to be a growing threat heading into the overnight
  hours.

- Highs temperatures warming into the 80s Friday through
  Monday.

- Depending on where a developing storm track lays out, it could
  be a potentially wet pattern across the region next week with
  several rounds of heavy rain possible.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 209 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

At 2 PM, scattered showers and isolated storms were located east
of a line from Ottumwa to The Quad Cities to Freeport Illinois.
A cold front sits along a line from Ottumwa to Fairfield to
Dubuque. Temperatures ranged from 71 degrees at Burlington to 77
degrees at Monticello with dewpoints in the upper 50s to lower
60s.

In the near term, a cold front will push to the east of the area
and into eastern Illinois by 00 UTC on Friday. The threat for
scattered showers and storms will continue ahead of the front
but will quickly come to an end by 00 UTC Friday. There may be
an uptick in thunderstorms late this afternoon and into this
evening. Think that the severe threat has been diminishing with
weak mid level lapse rates. Skies will clear from west to east
this evening with winds becoming light variable. This may lead
to the development of fog with some low level moisture in place
but confidence is low in this occurring.

On Friday, a 500 mb shortwave trough will pass to our south and
east through the day. Models have continued to trend southward
with chances of precipitation with 20 percent chance of showers
in the southern third of McDonough County. Expect partly sunny
skies south of Interstate 80 in northwest Illinois with mostly
sunny skies elsewhere. High temperatures will generally be in
the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Issued at 209 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

The Upper Midwest will remain under the influence of the northern
jet stream as trough swings across the northern Plains with
downstream ridging in place across the region. This is leading
to a drier forecast through the weekend with warmer
temperatures. High temperatures on Saturday and Sunday will be
in the lower to mid 80s with lows in the upper 50s to lower
60s.


Sunday night through the remainder of the period, the flow aloft
will transition to southwesterly flow as troughing in the northern
and southern streams phase. This will allow a series of embedded
shortwave energy to lift across the area and bring chances for
showers and storms each day.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 1244 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

Mostly VFR conditions were observed early this morning as of TAF
issuance, with exceptions of MVFR to IFR fog for some areas
along and east of the Mississippi River. Fog potential should
only increase tonight in these areas, leading to likely IFR and
perhaps some LIFR, especially for the MLI and BRL TAF
terminals. Probabilities of vsbys 1SM or less is around 50 to
70% off the high-resolution ensembles for these areas, so a
pretty strong signal. Confidence is a bit lower on when the fog
will dissipate, but it is expected to occur around the 13z to
14z time frame. Once the fog dissipates, expect VFR conditions
for the remainder of the forecast period, with southerly winds
around 5 to 10 knots.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 1051 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024

Changes: None.
Discussion...

Most tributary rivers in eastern Iowa have crested and are
slowly dropping. The exception is the lower Iowa River where the
crest is currently working its way through Wapello and Oakville.

On the Mississippi, Gladstone and Burlington will begin a broad
crest just above flood stage that will continue through Friday.

After a relatively dry weekend, the active weather pattern will
return next week with the potential for several rounds of rain.
While rainfall amounts continue to be somewhat uncertain, any
heavy rainfall would prolong the high river levels on tributary
rivers in eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and on the Mississippi
River.

The longer range outlook through the end of the month has a
40-42 percent probability of above normal rainfall. This outlook
suggests the potential for additional improvement with the
severe drought conditions across eastern Iowa. Unfortunately,
this outlook would also suggest that river levels could remain
higher than normal.

&&

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

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Cousins
LONG TERM...Cousins
AVIATION...Schultz
HYDROLOGY...08