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FXUS63 KOAX 181133
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
533 AM CST MON NOV 18 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS FORECAST (100% POPS) TODAY WITH MANY
LOCATIONS SEEING AMOUNTS OF 1.0-1.5". THERE IS A 5-10% CHANCE
OF A STRONG WIND GUST AND/OR BRIEF TORNADO MAINLY SOUTH OF
I-80 IN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.
- TURNING WINDY AND COOLER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH BELOW-
NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 302 AM CST MON NOV 18 2024
TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A PROMINENT MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN NM AND FAR WEST TX
EARLY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO UNDERGO DEEPENING WHILE
ACCELERATING NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH THE CIRCULATION REACHING THE
KS-NE BORDER BY THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL SUBSEQUENTLY
WEAKEN INTO AN OPEN WAVE ACROSS MN BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE
SURFACE, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN TX WILL
LIKEWISE DEEPEN WHILE PROGRESSING THROUGH KS TODAY BEFORE
TRAVERSING EASTERN NE THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE, AN ASSOCIATED
FRONT PRESENTLY LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN KS INTO CENTRAL MO
WILL DEVELOP NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW INTO THE MID MO VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASING INTO THE 50S
AND PERHAPS LOW 60S SOUTH OF THAT BOUNDARY.
STRONG MOISTURE AND HEAT FLUXES OCCURRING ALONG AND TO THE NORTH
OF A 50-60 MPH LOW-LEVEL JET (LLJ) HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SCATTERED
SHOWER ACTIVITY AS FAR NORTH AS I-70 IN KS AS OF 2 AM. AND,
THOSE SAME PROCESSES WILL PROMOTE THE CONTINUED NORTHWARD
EXPANSION AND AREAL INCREASE OF THE SHOWERS INTO PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST NE AND SOUTHWEST IA BY DAYBREAK, AND MUCH OF THE AREA
BY NOON. SHOWER AREAL COVERAGE WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT BEGINS
TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. AT THAT TIME, STEEPENING LAPSE
RATES ALOFT COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE
WARM FRONT WILL YIELD A WEAKLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SURFACE-
BASED PARCELS WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING A NARROW AXIS OF
MLCAPE APPROACHING 250 J/KG IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.
LATEST CAM DATA INDICATE A CLUSTER OF LOW-TOPPED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NE FROM NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KS BY
4 TO 5 PM WITH THAT ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH FAR
EASTERN NE AND PERHAPS EXTREME WESTERN IA THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM.
DESPITE THE MODEST INSTABILITY, SUFFICIENTLY STRONG VERTICAL
SHEAR COULD SUPPORT SOME STORM ORGANIZATION/ROTATION WITH A LOW
CHANCE (5-10%) OF A STRONG WIND GUST AND/OR BRIEF TORNADO,
MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80.
IN REGARD TO RAINFALL AMOUNTS, THIS FORECAST UPDATE WILL
MAINTAIN THE SAME RANGE (25TH-75TH PERCENTILE) OF 1.0-1.5" AT
MOST LOCATIONS WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2"+ POSSIBLE, BASED
OFF WPC SUPER ENSEMBLE 90TH-95TH PERCENTILE RANKS.
THE RAIN WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TONIGHT WITH WINDS
STRENGTHENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEHIND A COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER NORTHEAST NE TO
LOWER 60S IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NE AND SOUTHWEST IA.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
THE 00Z GLOBAL MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN SUGGESTING THAT THE
SYNOPTIC SYSTEM MENTIONED ABOVE WILL BE ABSORBED INTO A
DEEPENING MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S. AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. STRONG HEIGHT AND
PRESSURE GRADIENTS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT SYSTEM WILL YIELD
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS (FROM THE NORTHWEST), ESPECIALLY ON
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST NE, AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. THE FORECAST WILL INDICATE PEAK GUSTS OF
35-45 MPH NEAR THE SD BORDER TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS OF
40-50 MPH OVER NORTHEAST NE AND 35-40 MPH ELSEWHERE ON WEDNESDAY.
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WILL RESULT IN
COOLING TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO
LOWER 50S ON TUESDAY, AND MAINLY 40S ON WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THE DEEP-LAYER LOW LOCATED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO GREAT
LAKES AND LOWER OH VALLEY AROUND MID WEEK IS FORECAST SHIFT INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC BY THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, MID-LEVEL
RIDGING OVER THE ROCKIES WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE GREAT PLAINS
AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN THE LOW LEVELS, A SURFACE
RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE MID MO VALLEY ON THURSDAY
AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT FEATURE WILL WEAKEN BY
THIS WEEKEND AS A LEE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THAT
LARGE-SCALE PATTERN EVOLUTION WILL YIELD DRY CONDITIONS WILL
BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES (I.E., HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID
40S) INTO SATURDAY. WE COULD SEE WARMER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY
WHEN WINDS SWITCH TO SOUTH.
AS AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE, THE TEMPERATURE AT OMAHA EPPLEY HAS
YET TO REACH 28 DEGREES THIS FALL, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HARD
FREEZE. FORECAST LOWS OF 27, 26, AND 25 ARE FORECAST THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY MORNINGS, RESPECTIVELY. SO, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE WILL FINALLY SEE THAT HARD FREEZE IN THE AIRPORT VICINITY.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 517 AM CST MON NOV 18 2024
FOG, RAIN AND LOW STRATUS WILL BRING IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS TO KLNK
AND KOMA THROUGH THIS EVENING, ENDING FIRST AT KLNK (AROUND
00Z), THEN KOMA (AFTER 06Z). KOFK IS VFR AS OF NOW, THOUGH A
LOW-MVFR DECK OF STRATUS WILL MOVE INTO THE TERMINAL AREA WITHIN
THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IFR CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AS QUICK AS
AT KLNK AND KOMA (KOLU STILL HAS 1300 FT CEILINGS), THOUGH THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL (30-40 PERCENT) FOR IFR CEILINGS AT KOFK AS
EARLY AS 14Z. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME SOUTHERLY AND
STRENGTHEN TO 10-15 KNOTS, GUSTING 25-30 KNOTS AT ALL TAF SITES
BY 18Z. STRONG WINDS WILL WEAKEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 22Z AND 06Z
FOR 2-3 HOURS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO BECOME NORTHWESTERLY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM
INCREASING TO 15-20 KNOTS BY 06Z.
THERE IS ALSO THE LOW POTENTIAL (5 TO 10 PERCENT) FOR A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80 (KOMA AND KLNK)
BETWEEN 18Z AND 03Z. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS SHOULD THESE STORMS
IMPACT THE TERMINAL AREA WOULD BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS AND
A BRIEF SPIN-UP TORNADO.
OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...MEAD
AVIATION...DARRAH
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