852  
FXUS63 KDVN 022320  
AFDDVN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
620 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- CHANCES FOR ISOLATED STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED WITH MOST OF THE  
AREA LIKELY TO STAY DRY INTO TONIGHT. OTHERWISE, THE WIND  
ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS  
EVENING BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY  
LEVELS.  
 
- OUTSIDE OF TODAY, TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY  
BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY APRIL.  
 
- A SOMEWHAT ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES LATE THIS WEEK  
WITH TWO ADDITIONAL BUT WEAKER SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE  
MIDWEST.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025  
 
THIS AFTERNOON: SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO WANE AS THE BETTER  
MOIST AXIS HAS SHIFTED INTO IL TO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. SPC HAS  
ONLY A SLIGHT RISK IN PUTNAM COUNTY WITH THE MARGINAL IN FAR  
EASTERN IA INTO WESTERN AND NORTHWEST IL. DEEP SHEAR IS STILL  
EVIDENT IN OUR FORECAST AREA BUT THE COLD FRONT/DRY PUNCH IS  
QUICKLY MOVING INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. CAM'S SUGGEST ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN IA MOVING QUICKLY OUT OF OUR  
AREA BY 6 PM. DRY AIR IS STARTING TO WIN OUT SO WE COULD EASILY  
END UP DRY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE DEEP LOW (989 MB) IN NORTH-  
CENTRAL IA LIFTING INTO WESTERN WI STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL  
BE GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN  
DIMINISHING. THE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE  
FORECAST AREA (EXCEPT NW IL) UNTIL 7 PM.  
 
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY: DRY AND COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE MID  
30S NW TO THE LOWER 40S SE. HIGHS ON THURSDAY IN THE MID 50S TO  
AROUND 60.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025  
 
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: DEEP TROUGH IN THE PLAINS STATES WILL  
REMAIN ANCHORED THIS WEEKEND, WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW AND DEEP  
MOISTURE FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS IS  
WHERE TREMENDOUS RAINS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. A WAVE  
MOVING IN THIS FLOW MAY SPREAD RAIN INTO OUR FORECAST AREA  
MAINLY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. POTENTIALLY AROUND AN INCH OF  
RAIN MAY OCCUR IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES, WITH MUCH LESS RAIN  
AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY APRIL  
ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S.  
 
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY: GLOBAL MODELS SIMILAR IN DIVING A  
VIGOROUS TROUGH INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES WITH A BAND  
OF SNOW SHOWERS PUSHING INTO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON  
MONDAY. THE GFS IS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THESE SNOW SHOWERS  
THAN THE ECMWF. TIME WILL TELL. COLDER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 20S  
TO LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE 40S.  
 
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: SHOULD BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES  
REBOUNDING INTO THE LOWER 50S ON TUESDAY, THEN INTO THE 60S ON  
WEDNESDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 610 PM CDT WED APR 2 2025  
 
MUCH MORE QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS  
WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND GRADUALLY DECREASING WINDS. A WRAP  
AROUND DECK OF STRATOCUMULUS MAY REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS DBQ AND  
CID LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AM, LEADING TO A PERIOD OF MVFR  
CEILINGS.  
 
 
   
DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
IA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR IAZ040>042-  
051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099.  
IL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ILZ015>018-  
024>026-034-035.  
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOZ009-010.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...HAASE  
LONG TERM...HAASE  
AVIATION...UTTECH  
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