374  
FXUS63 KSGF 161714  
AFDSGF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
1114 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN  
SOUTH- CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 AM. OTHERWISE, EXPECT A  
PLEASANT BUT BREEZY DAY.  
 
- A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND WINDY  
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
- MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 204 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2024  
 
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OUR SOUTHEASTERN CWA  
UNTIL 9 AM FOR AREAS OF DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO  
1/4 MILE OR LESS. BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN AND USE YOUR LOW BEAM  
LIGHTS IF OUT TRAVELING THIS MORNING. FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY  
LATE MORNING.  
 
CLOUDS BEGIN TO MOVE IN TODAY AS THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE BEGINS.  
DEWPOINTS REBOUND INTO THE MID 40S BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE  
SURFACE LOW TIGHTENS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT A BIT TODAY BRINGING  
US SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS AROUND 25-30 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. HIGHS TODAY  
WILL BE IN THE 60S WITH WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S  
DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 204 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2024  
 
SUNDAY-MONDAY: SUNDAY WILL BE CLOUDY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER  
60S AND LOWER 70S AND WILL START OFF DRY. BY THE AFTERNOON/EVENING  
HOURS, RAIN CHANCES INCREASE (30-50%) FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE  
WARM FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH THROUGH BRINGING A ROUND OF SHOWERS TO  
THE AREA. FROM THEN, RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT (70-100%)  
INTO MONDAY.  
 
AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS RAIN EVENT  
TO START THE WEEK DUE TO AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER COMING OFF OF THE  
GULF OF MEXICO STRAIGHT INTO THE PLAINS. MODEL GUIDANCE IS  
SHOWING PWAT VALUES ABOVE THE 90TH PERCENTILE FOR US THIS TIME  
OF YEAR. THE BEST AXIS OF MOISTURE SEEMS TO BE SET UP OVER  
SOUTHERN KS AND CENTRAL OK, BUT THIS AXIS APPEARS TO CLIP OUR SE  
KS/SW MO COUNTIES. HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY FALL  
WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN AS THE  
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ON MONDAY AS THIS TROUGH DIGS INTO  
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL, HIGHEST  
THUNDER POTENTIAL, AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WEST OF  
HIGHWAY 65.  
 
-THE NBM 48-HOUR PROBABILITY FOR RAINFALL EXCEEDING 2" IS AROUND  
40-50% FROM OUR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES INTO WESTERN  
MISSOURI. AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 ARE AROUND 15-25%.  
 
-NBM 48-HOUR PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING 3" IS ABOUT 15% OVER  
THESE SAME AREAS. AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 ARE UNDER 10%.  
 
-SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH LOOK LIKELY ALONG WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR MONDAY. NBM PROBABILITIES OF GUSTS  
REACHING 45 MPH ARE RUNNING IN THE 30-50% RANGE NORTH OF I-44  
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY A 30% OF SEEING  
50 MPH WIND GUSTS FOR THIS SAME AREA. IF THIS UPWARD TREND  
CONTINUES, WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR A WIND ADVISORY ON  
MONDAY FOR SW MO AS OUR THRESHOLD IS 45 MPH.  
 
-INSTABILITY STILL LOOKS TO BE LIMITED BUT WITH THE GUSTY WINDS  
IN PLACE, WE COULD SEE A HIGH SHEAR LOW CAPE SET UP. SPC HAS  
MOST OF THE AREA IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON  
MONDAY. BIGGEST THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  
 
TUESDAY-THURSDAY: AFTER THE FIRST COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH  
EARLY TUESDAY, ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON  
WEDNESDAY. A BLOCKING PATTERN SETS UP OVER THE WEST COAST BY  
MID- WEEK. THIS WILL HELP TO USHER IN SOME COLDER AIR MAKING FOR  
AN ABRUPT PATTERN CHANGE FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE COOLER  
AIR WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA STARTING ON WEDNESDAY WITH  
HIGHS THE REST OF THE WEEK ONLY MAKING IT INTO THE 40S AND 50S.  
MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED A BIT WARMER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST  
RUNS FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE TEMPERATURE SPREAD IS STILL  
ABOUT 10 DEGREES THAT FAR OUT, BUT STILL EXPECT IT TO BE COOLER  
THAN WE'VE EXPERIENCED HERE LATELY. THOUGH, WITH THESE WARMER  
TEMPERATURES IN PLACE, OUR CHANCE TO SEE SNOWFLAKES HAS MOST  
LIKELY DISAPPEARED. AS FOR RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS FRONT, THEY  
HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE AS WELL. AS OF NOW, OUR DEWPOINTS DO  
TAKE A 15 DEGREE HIT FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE INFLUX OF  
DRY AIR MAY MAKE IT CHALLENGING FOR RAIN TO OVERCOME IT. AGAIN,  
THESE DISCREPANCIES IN TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANCES ARE  
CORRELATED TO THE MOVEMENT OF THESE TROUGHS. STAY UP TO DATE  
WITH LATEST FORECAST AS THIS ALL CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1114 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2024  
 
A LOW LEVEL STRATUS CLOUD DECK REMAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH  
CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STRATUS DECK WILL  
CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN EAST  
OF THE TAF SITES. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO  
EAST TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASING SUNDAY  
MORNING. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES INTO  
EARLY THIS EVENING.  
 

 
   
SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
KS...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...SORIA  
LONG TERM...SORIA  
AVIATION...WISE  
 
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