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FXUS63 KEAX 310617
AFDEAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
117 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2020
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2020
AREA OF MID-LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE PERSISTED
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, AND THIS GENERAL TREND
SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS AS A WEAK SURFACE WARM
FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT REMAINS. INITIAL ACTIVITY
THIS AFTERNOON MAY TEND TO WEAKEN BY EVENING, WITH RENEWED SHOWERS
DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO SUNRISE SUNDAY. LITTLE INSTABILITY IS
PROJECTED, SO OUTSIDE OF A RANDOM RUMBLE OF THUNDER, EXPECT A LIGHT
SHOWER EVENT.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, WITH DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 80S TO LOWER 90S - THE
FIRST REAL TASTE OF SUMMER FOLLOWING A RELATIVELY COOL MAY. THIS
WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS SOME BY WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY, WITH A WEAK FRONT BECOMING STATIONARY NEAR THE MO/IA
BORDER BY MID-WEEK. THERE ARE SIGNALS THAT PERIODIC CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MID/LATE WEEK PERIOD WILL EXIST WITH SOME
GLANCING UPPER ASCENT AND PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY, BUT
SPATIAL AND TIMING PREDICTABILITY REMAIN LOW AT THIS TIME.
AVIATION
(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 116 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2020
SOME LOW CLOUDS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE TERMINALS OVERNIGH
TONIGHT, BUT OVERALL EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO REMAIN THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.
EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
KS...NONE.
MO...NONE.
DISCUSSION...BLAIR
AVIATION...KURTZ/LEIGHTON
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