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FXUS63 KDVN 111038
AFDDVN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
538 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH
TUESDAY WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURATED GROUND THE
PRIMARY CONCERN. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1-2" PER HOUR AND LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS.
- A BREAK FROM THE RAINY PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK AS A SLIGHTLY LESS HUMID AIR MASS WORKS INTO THE
REGION.
- THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURNS BY FRIDAY, WITH THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES BACK IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND (20-40%).
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 300 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2025
AS OF 3 AM, SPC MESOANALYSIS HAD A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS
THE MID TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AND A TIGHT WEST TO
EAST PWAT GRADIENT ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS (0.9" IN WESTERN
IOWA TO ~1.9" NORTH OF CHICAGO). THE RADAR WAS CLEAR ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, MAINLY BECAUSE THE AXIS OF
ENHANCED 925-850MB WV TRANSPORT HAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE
AREA. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS (5 MPH OR LESS), HUMID CONDITIONS
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S, AND POCKETS OF
CLEAR SKIES HAS LED TO SHALLOW FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA.
SOME OF THE FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AND LAST INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS, LIKELY TO QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER 8 OR 9 AM.
DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHERE THE FOG WILL BECOME MOST PREVALENT,
BUT AREAS NORTH AND WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE QUAD CITIES APPEAR TO
BE THE FAVORED LOCATIONS. THE HRRR HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
DEVELOPING POCKETS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA
WHERE WINDS ARE CALM AND DEWPOINTS DEPRESSIONS ARE ALREADY
ZERO. HAVE MESSAGED FOG POTENTIAL WITH A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS AND COVERAGE OF THE DENSE FOG.
ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED WITH INCREASING CHANCES
FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE
DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE LOW-LEVEL JET AND AXIS OF HIGHER 850MB
WV TRANSPORT IS FORECAST TO SURGE BACK INTO THE REGION, CAUSING
PWATS TO JUMP TO 1.7" - 2". MID-LEVEL IMPULSES ASSOCIATED WITH
ONGOING AND/OR DECAYING CONVECTION ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO NW MISSOURI ARE FORECAST TO OCCASIONALLY ROLL ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, COINCIDENT WITH LARGE SCALE
ASCENT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER JET. THEREFORE,
WE CAN ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN SHOWER/STORM COVERAGE, THOUGH
LIKELY STILL REMAINING SCATTERED, LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING
AND LINGERING THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT (30-60%); HIGHEST CHANCES
IN THE COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURATED GROUND IS A CONCERN AND
COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. WPC HAS A MARGINAL
RISK (LEVEL 1 OF 4) FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA, SO
IT'S A LOWER RISK THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS MAINLY DUE TO LESS OF A
THREAT FOR TRAINING CONVECTION OVER THE SAME AREAS. GIVEN
MODERATE INSTABILITY (1000-2000 J/KG MLCAPE), THE STRONGEST
STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
THE ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE (20-50%) AS A WEAK
COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 300 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2025
WEDNESDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE REGION. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL USHER IN LESS HUMID AIR
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. THE HUMID CONDITIONS WILL MAKE A
QUICK RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK WITH DEWPOINTS BACK INTO THE 70S
BY FRIDAY. FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, EXPECT HOT AND VERY HUMID
CONDITIONS, ALONG WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS (20-40%). NBM HIGHS ARE IN THE MID 80S TO
LOWER 90S FRIDAY - SUNDAY.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 526 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2025
LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF SHALLOW FOG ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
LEADING TO PERIODS OF MVFR TO VLIFR, WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS
AT DBQ DUE TO DENSE FOG. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 14-15Z
WITH A RETURN TO VFR EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AN INITIAL ROUND
MAY IMPACT BRL EARLY TO MID MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND IS
ANTICIPATED LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SO HAVE INCLUDED
RAIN/THUNDER IN PROB30S FOR THIS PERIOD.
DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
SHORT TERM...UTTECH
LONG TERM...UTTECH/NWS
AVIATION...UTTECH
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