385  
FXUS63 KSGF 101127  
AFDSGF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
627 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE  
TODAY, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60 (30-50%) WITH THE  
BETTER CHANCES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 (60-80%).  
 
- ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S  
ARE FORECAST TODAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK, BUT WITH DECREASING  
CONFIDENCE TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MAINLY  
LOOKING AT DRY WEATHER.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/  
 
ISSUED AT 316 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MO AND SOUTHERN  
IA IS FOCUSED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF AN UPPER JET STREAK, THE  
NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET, AND IN AN AREA OF WARM AIR ADVECTION.  
ALL THESE PARAMETERS WILL BE WEAKENING WITH TIME AND SOUTHERN  
EXTENT TODAY, BUT STILL COULD SEE 60-80% PROBABILITIES  
ALONG/NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 THIS MORNING, THEN ROUGHLY 30-50%  
CHANCES ALONG/NORTH OF HWY 60 THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOUTH  
OF I-44, CHANCES ARE LESS THAN 20%. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS  
EXPECTED.  
 
COULD SEE SOME FOG TONIGHT, MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY  
65, WITH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MO POSSIBLY SEEING DENSE FOG.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 316 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
AS HAS BEEN A BIT OF A TRADITION AROUND HERE AS OF LATE, A RIDGE  
BUILDS OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY PERSIST THROUGH  
THE REST OF THE LONG TERM IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. THIS WILL  
LEAD TO EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN  
THE MID 80S.  
 
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THE PATTERN TO BE MARGINALLY DISRUPTED BY  
AN UPPER TROUGH PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST, BUT THAT SHOULD DO  
LITTLE MORE THAN LEAD TO SOME COOLER POTENTIAL MONDAY AND  
TUESDAY. CURRENTLY, THE FORECAST AND NBM DETERMINISTIC HIGH  
TEMPS ARE IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S (COOLEST NW) AS VALUES ARE  
BIASED LOW DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND 20% CHANCES FOR RAIN  
OVER THE NW. IF THE FRONT THAT MAY LEAD TO THESE FEATURES DOES  
NOT MAKE IT INTO THE AREA, THEN DRY WEATHER AND MID 80S HIGHS  
CAN BE EXPECTED.  
 
IN GENERAL, ENSEMBLE DATA SUPPORTS THE RIDGE BECOMING MORE  
ESTABLISHED MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK, BUT WITH SOME DISAGREEMENT  
THAT LEADS TO DECREASING CONFIDENCE WITH TIME. THE FORECAST  
CALLS FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY  
AND THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 624 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE EXPECTED TO  
SHIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. KSGF WILL SEE THE HIGHEST  
PROBABILITIES OF SHOWERS (AROUND 50%), WHILE KJLN SEES A 30%  
CHANCE, AND KBBG A 20% CHANCE. COULD SEE SOME RUMBLES OF  
THUNDER, BUT PROBABILITIES FOR SUCH WERE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN  
THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS.  
 
 
   
SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
KS...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...TITUS  
LONG TERM...TITUS  
AVIATION...TITUS  
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