616  
FXUS63 KSGF 171720  
AFDSGF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
1120 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FROM  
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.  
 
- SOME RECORD WARMEST MINIMUMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. SEE  
CLIMATE SECTION FOR DETAILS.  
 
- MAIN PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE  
THE TEMPERATURES TURN COOL ENOUGH FOR ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/
 
 
ISSUED AT 137 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS: TWO MAIN AREAS OF LOW  
PRESSURE ARE SHOWING UP IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER LEVEL  
ANALYSIS. ONE ALONG THE U.S/CANADA BORDER OVER NORTHERN NORTH  
DAKOTA AND THE OTHER OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WITH A TROUGH  
IN BETWEEN THE TWO LOWS. PACIFIC MOISTURE WAS STREAMING INTO THE  
AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST VIA BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF  
THE SOUTHERN STREAM LOW. LOWER IN THE ATMOSPHERE, LOW PRESSURE  
WAS DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW  
POSITION AND A LOW LEVEL JET WAS BEGINNING TO BRING GULF  
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 40S  
TO MID 50S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 40S ACROSS THE AREA.  
 
TODAY: MAY POTENTIALLY SEE SOME WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS(15-25%)  
DEVELOP DURING THE DAY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA WITH THE  
APPROACH OF THE UPPER WAVE. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO  
INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF THE LOW WITH PW VALUES IN THE MEAN  
GLOBAL ENSEMBLES RISING INTO THE 1.25 TO 1.35" RANGE DURING THE  
DAY. THIS WOULD BE IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE TO MAX RANGE FOR THIS  
TIME OF YEAR AND WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE RAINFALL AS THE LIFT  
INCREASES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. HIGHS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL  
TODAY IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER.  
 
TONIGHT: SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME  
MORE WIDESPREAD(80-100%) NORTHWEST OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR WITH  
40-70% CHANCES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE. MOISTURE CONTENT  
WILL REMAIN HIGH AS DEEP LIFTING OCCURS FROM UPPER LEVEL  
DIVERGENCE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LOW AND A STRONG LOW  
LEVEL JET AT 40-50KTS. INSTABILITY LOOKS PRETTY WEAK, BUT ENOUGH  
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT FOR SOME  
THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH  
MOISTURE CONTENT REMAINING IN PLACE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE  
WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH CLOUD COVER AND WARM ADVECTION  
CONTINUING. SOME RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE  
OVER THE AREA FOR MONDAY MORNING (AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO DROP  
BELOW THESE LOWS BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT). SEE CLIMATE SECTION  
FOR DETAILS.  
 
MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT: THE NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER WAVE WILL PUSH  
INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS BY LATE IN THE DAY. A  
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIT OVER THE AREA AND WE'LL  
LIKELY SEE WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY. SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA (60-100%).  
INSTABILITY LOOKS PRETTY WEAK, BUT THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS MAY  
PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS TO NEAR SEVERE WIND GUSTS GIVEN THE  
SYNOPTIC SCALE WINDS EXPECTED TO ALREADY BE IN PLACE. WE ARE  
MAINTAINING A MARGINAL SEVERE RISK(1 OF 5) FOR THIS REASON. THE  
SURFACE FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT  
WITH CONVECTION ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. QPF HAVE GONE DOWN  
SLIGHTLY, BUT STILL BETWEEN AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF WEST OF  
THE U.S. 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH EVENT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS  
WILL BE POSSIBLE IF TRAINING CAN OCCUR GIVEN THE HIGH PW VALUES.  
WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED, WE MAY HAVE SOME  
LOCALIZED FLOODING DEVELOP IN LOW LYING AREAS.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 137 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY. A  
SECONDARY SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND A  
COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND  
THIS FRONT. THE COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL KIND OF SKIRT OUR  
REGION WITH THE BULK OF THE COLDER AIR REMAINING TO OUR NORTH  
AND EAST. AS A RESULT, ANY SNOW CHANCES LOOK TO BE FOR A TIME  
YET TO BE DETERMINED. WE DO DROP BELOW NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES  
FOR THE MID TO END OF THE WORK WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOW  
50S WED-FRI AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. LITTLE TO NO  
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1120 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
A MVFR CLOUD DECK WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM  
WEST TO EAST TODAY, REMAINING OVER THE AREA INTO MONDAY. AN  
AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE  
AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE  
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE SHOWERS. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS  
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AS AN AREA OF SURFACE  
LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS KANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. A COLD  
FRONT AND A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL THEN MOVE  
THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 

 
   
CLIMATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 137 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
DATE /STATION RECORD WARMEST FORECAST LOWEST  
LOWS TEMPERATURES  
 
MONDAY 11/18  
 
SPRINGFIELD 59/1942 59  
 
JOPLIN 64/1942 58  
 
WEST PLAINS 53/1991 57  
 
VICHY 58/1899 56  
 

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

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...LINDENBERG  
LONG TERM...LINDENBERG  
AVIATION...WISE  
CLIMATE...LINDENBERG  
 
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