498  
FXUS64 KMEG 090430  
AFDMEG  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1130 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 1123 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
- HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN  
DAYS OR SO, WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOW  
100S. DAILY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HELP  
PROVIDE BRIEF RELIEF IN DAYTIME HEAT INDICES.  
 
- THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, MAINLY  
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE  
DAMAGING WINDS AND A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THREAT.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 102 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
A TYPICAL SUMMER DAY IS UNDERWAY WITH TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY IN THE  
MID TO UPPER 80S. A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS SLOWLY PIVOTING ACROSS THE MID-  
SOUTH SPARKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF I-40. IN ADDITION  
TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ADVANCING CLOUD COVERAGE IS GENERALLY  
PROVIDING A BRIEF RELIEF IN SCORCHING CONDITIONS AS AIR TEMPERATURES  
ARE HOVERING SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN 24 HOURS AGO.  
 
PEAK DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH LIFT FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED  
SHORTWAVE, OPENS A MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS ROUGHLY 1500-2000 J/KG OF  
MIXED LAYER AND SURFACE BASED CAPE. WHILE THERE IS AMPLE  
INSTABILITY, THERE IS NIL SHEAR AND MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE  
NEGLIGIBLE. NONETHELESS, A QUICK MICROBURST BRINGING SOME STRONG  
WINDS IS NOT OFF THE TABLE FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40.  
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS SOMETHING TO MONITOR AS PWS TODAY HOVER AROUND  
2", WHICH IS IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS  
SHORTWAVE WEAKENS SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER SUNSET LEAVING ISOLATED TO  
SCATTERED COVERAGE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
 
AS THE SHORTWAVE IS IMPINGED ON DUE TO A 598 DAM RIDGE OVER THE  
FOUR CORNERS REGION, SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES ARE SQUASHED AND  
LARGELY DIURNALLY DRIVEN POPS REIGN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. A  
STORM OR TWO COULD GO ROGUE, BUT ANY AFTERNOON STORMS SHOULD  
REMAIN SUB- SEVERE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.  
 
A SOGGY WEEKEND IS IN STORE AS A DEEP, POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH WILL  
TRACK ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION BEGINNING FRIDAY. THE ORIGIN AND  
TRACK OF THIS TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE ZONAL PATTERN ALOFT,  
WHICH FAVORS EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES CONTINUING RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND. PROBABILITIES FROM THE NBM ARE LOW (LESS THAN 20%) FOR 24  
HOUR ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 1" THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PW VALUES ARE  
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY FOR THIS WEEKEND, WHICH  
SHOULD LIMIT ANY FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
DNM  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1123 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY EVENING. HI-RES GUIDANCE SUGGESTS -SHRAS MAY DEVELOP  
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR SUNUP, BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS TOO  
LOW TO ADD TO MEM AT THIS TIME.  
 
TSRAS WILL FORM IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND BE FOCUSED MAINLY ALONG  
AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PROB30S WERE ADDED TO MEM,  
MKL, AND TUP. TSRAS WILL TAPER OFF AROUND 10/00Z WITH THE LOSS OF  
DAYTIME HEATING WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT.  
 
AC3  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 102 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
SEASONAL WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE  
UPCOMING WEEKEND. WETTING RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY, BUT  
MOST LIKELY DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THIS WEEK. 20 FOOT  
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT, EXCEPT WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS.  
 

 
   
MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
AR...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
MS...NONE.  
TN...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
PUBLIC FORECAST...DNM  
AVIATION...AC3  
 
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