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FXUS63 KARX 141043  
AFDARX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
543 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- REMAINING COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH  
DAYTIME HIGHS AND OVERNIGHT LOWS A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  
 
- INITIAL STORM CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LOW  
CONFIDENCE FOR STRONG STORMS LOCALLY. WIDESPREAD  
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASE PROVISORY STRONG  
TO SEVERE STORM THREAT. HIGHER PROBABILITIES SOUTH OF THE  
LOCAL FORECAST AREA AT CURRENT, LONGER FORECAST HOUR HINGE ON  
STORM TRACK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 217 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2026  
 
REMAINING COOL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK:  
 
THE SYNOPTIC LOW OVER HUDSON BAY CAUSES A COOLER-THAN-NORMAL  
FORECAST WITH DAYTIME HIGHS AND OVERNIGHT LOWS A FEW DEGREES BELOW  
NORMAL THROUGH MOST OF THE LONGER TERM. WHILE NBM TEMPERATURE  
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND INTERQUARTILE RANGE SUGGESTS DAYTIME HIGH  
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK, A FEW DEGREE  
SPREAD BETWEEN BIAS CORRECTED AND RAW MODELS IN ACCOMPANYING VIOLIN  
PLOTS RAISE SOME HESITANCY AS THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN ISN'T EXPECTED TO  
UNDERGO MUCH CHANGE OUTSIDE OF WEDNESDAY.  
 
PRECIPITATION & STORM CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT/TUES & WEDNESDAY:  
 
PERIODIC PRECIPITATION AND STORM CHANCES THROUGH MID RANGE FORECAST,  
INITIALLY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL  
FORECAST AREA, BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD FOR WEDNESDAY. INTER/INTRA  
ENSEMBLE DISAGREEMENT REGARDING MONDAY NIGHT PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL  
STEMS FROM SOUTHWESTERN EXTENT OF SYNOPTIC FORCING AND SUBSEQUENT  
LOW PRESSURE CENTER. OUTSIDE OF GEFS, MOST LREF MEMBERS AND THEIR AI  
ACCOUTREMENT'S SUGGEST AMPLIFICATION OF A BOWLING BALL OF MID  
LEVEL VORTICITY FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY RETROGRADING  
THROUGH EASTERN CANADA. THEREFORE, HIGHER, MORE WIDESPREAD  
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL MAY BE REQUIRED IN COMING FORECASTS AS  
AGREEMENT PUSHES SOUTHWEST. REGARDLESS, INTRAENSEMBLE AGREEMENT  
REMAINS LOW FOR ACCOMPANYING INSTABILITY AND THEREFORE ANY STORM  
POTENTIAL.  
 
WEDNESDAY STORM CHANCES; SUBSEQUENT STRONG STORM POTENTIAL:  
 
MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CHANCES ADVECT THROUGH THE UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY AS AN ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL  
APPENDAGE CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE LOW OVER HUDSON BAY, ENHANCED BY A  
REGION OF CONFLUENCE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. CURRENT CONFIDENCE IN  
SEVERE STORMS REMAINS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA GIVEN STORM TRACK  
OVER THE FORECAST AREA, ABATING HIGHER INSTABILITY TO THE SOUTH.  
ALTHOUGH, AN UPTICK IN MOST RECENT (13.00Z) MACHINE LEARNING  
CONVECTIVE HAZARD MODELS GRAZES A LOBE OF 15%-30% PROBABILITIES AS  
THE LOW WRAPS THE WARM SECTOR NEAR THE FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE,  
WILL BE THE HIGHER CONCERN FORECAST TO REMAIN COGNIZANT OF.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 540 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2026  
 
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT  
OF A GENERAL NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 20-30 KTS  
PICKING UP AT THE TERMINALS IN THE COMING HOURS. THESE WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER  
THIS EVENING. WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WILL DROP TO LESS THAN 10  
KTS, BACKING TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION.  
 
 
   
ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
WI...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...JAR  
AVIATION...BARENDSE  
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