004
FXUS63 KLSX 302045
AFDLSX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO
245 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
- TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL
THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT WARMING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 243 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2025
A HIGH AMPLITUDE MID-UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WITH A LONGWAVE TROUGH
OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND RIDGE OVER THE WEST WILL PERSIST AT
LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STUCK IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM. A SURFACE HIGH CURRENTLY OVER TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT
EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. WESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AS THIS HAPPENS WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE
TO MODERATE FROM YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT'S CHILL. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES WARMER IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S AND HIGHS
WEDNESDAY WILL LIKEWISE BE UP TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY IN
THE LOW TO MID 40S. SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS A WEAK SHORT WAVE
MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES IN THE NORTHWEST
FLOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THE WAVE DRAGS
A COLD FRONT INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY 12Z THURSDAY MORNING.
THURSDAY MORNING LOWS WILL THEREFORE BE A LITTLE COOLER IN THE LOW
TO MID 20S, MOSTLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-70. PRECIP IS NOT
EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONT AS THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH WILL BE
LINGERING IN THE GULF WHICH WILL BLOCK MOISTURE RETURN.
CARNEY
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 243 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2025
THE THE MID-UPPER PATTERN PERSISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK,
THOUGH IT DOES ATTENUATE SOMEWHAT WITH TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
BIT COOLER AGAIN NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY, BUT WILL
MODERATE SLOWLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE PATTERN SLOWLY
ATTENUATES. DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE SHOWS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVING
FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS PRODUCES A GULF COAST LOW WHICH TRIES TO
SLING SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI, BUT CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR FROM HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
NORTH WILL UNDERCUT THE MOISTURE KEEPING OUR AREA DRY. THE GFS AND
ECMWF CONTINUE TO ATTENUATE THE PATTERN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY,
ALTHOUGH THE LREF IS SHOWING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN
HOW FAST/HOW MUCH THIS WILL OCCUR. WHILE A WARM UP DOES APPEAR
LIKELY TO OCCUR, THE LREF HIGH TEMPERATURE IQRS INCREASE FROM AROUND
4-5 DEGREES ON SATURDAY, TO AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. DRY WEATHER IS VERY LIKELY TO PERSIST WITH FEWER THAN 10%
OF THE LREF MEMBERS SHOWING ANY PRECIPITATION.
CARNEY
AVIATION
(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1135 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2025
VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
CARNEY
LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
WFO LSX
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page