Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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FXUS63 KSGF 141956
AFDSGF
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
256 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Above normal temperatures continue through early this week.
Slightly below normal temperatures then return late this week
into next weekend.
- Potential for scattered storms developing across portions of
central Missouri Monday afternoon and evening. Overall
confidence is low in these affecting our area, with better
chances north.
- Severe thunderstorms possible across the area late Monday
night and Tuesday. Stay tuned for updates.
- Gusty winds will occur Monday through Wednesday. Strongest
winds will occur on Tuesday with south winds gusting up to
40-50 mph at times.
- Additional chances for showers and a few storms return
Thursday into Friday and could linger into Saturday.
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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 209 PM CDT Sun Apr 14
2024
The region remained in the warm sector south of a warm front
located across eastern Kansas and northern Missouri today. This
was allowing southerly winds to bring warm and moist air into
the region. Afternoon temperatures were in the upper 70s and
lower 80s as a result of the warm air advecting into the Ozarks
and quiet weather.
An upper level ridge will slide over the area through tonight
with surface high pressure moving south along the eastern edge
of the ridge. This high pressure will work to force the warm
front southward and over the Ozarks by Monday morning or early
afternoon, depending on which model you believe. This will bring
another day of above normal temperatures to the region and will
help act as a focus and lifting mechanism for showers and storms
late Monday afternoon into the evening. This will occur as a
storm system moves out of the Rockies into the plains.
The better forcing and dynamic support for storms looks like it
will be best across the northern half of Missouri Monday but
much of the placement of storm development will depend on where
the warm front stalls.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 209 PM
CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
The surface low will begin to move across the Plains, Monday
night into Tuesday. As this occurs, a dry line will move across
Kansas and Oklahoma into Monday evening. Storms are expected to
develop ahead of the dry line into Monday night. Models continue
to have the dry line or cold front west of the area through the
overnight hours, but clusters of storms may develop ahead of
the boundary.
Storms may then begin to move into the areas west of I-49 late
Monday night with the better chances occurring Tuesday morning.
These storms should be elevated in nature and there may be the
potential for marginally severe hail or a localized wind risk
with any bowing segments or with the strongest storms. This
will depend however, on whether the surface based cap can be
overcome. For the most part, models move the storms east of the
area by afternoon Tuesday.
The cold front is then expected to move into the region Tuesday
afternoon. The atmosphere is expected to recover during the
afternoon though the best instability still looks to be closer
to the surface low. However, some thunderstorms may move across
portions of the region north of Highway 54 that could be
supercellular but the petter potential across the Ozarks will be
in a region with slightly less instability but strong shear.
This could still work to produce storms with the potential of
large hail and damaging winds.
A slower middle level front (850mb) will lag behind the surface
front that will exit the region Tuesday evening. This may
provide the focus for lingering showers and storms into Tuesday
night. However, the airmass that will be moving into the region
during the day Tuesday looks to be rather dry. Additionally,
the surface pressure gradient will be tight thanks to the
proximity of the surface low. This combination will allow winds
to gust at times from 40 to 50 mph behind the front. Will need
to monitor for the potential for high wind products.
For the second half of the week, temperatures will be on a slow
slide with highs Wednesday in the middle 70s to highs on
Saturday in the upper 50s. Additionally, as the upper level
pattern shift to southwesterly, several chances for showers and
storms develop from Thursday night into the weekend.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1255 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Flight conditions across the Ozarks region are forecast to
remain VFR through the next 24 hours. Gusty winds will continue
into the evening, mainly for the KJLN area. Middle and high
level ceilings will begin to overspread the region Monday
morning around or after sunrise.
&&
.CLIMATE...
Issued at 335 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Record High Temperatures:
April 14:
KSGF: 88/1936
KJLN: 88/2006
KVIH: 87/2006
KUNO: 85/2006
April 15:
KSGF: 87/1924
KJLN: 86/2006
KVIH: 84/1955
KUNO: 84/1967
Record High Minimum Temperatures:
April 15:
KSGF: 63/2006
April 16:
KSGF: 66/1963
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...None.
MO...None.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...Hatch
LONG TERM...Hatch
AVIATION...Hatch
CLIMATE...Titus