639
FXUS63 KSGF 302359
AFDSGF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
659 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- THERE ARE 10-50% CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
WEST OF BRANSON TO SPRINGFIELD TO OSAGE BEACH AND ESPECIALLY
WEST OF I-49 ON SUNDAY.
- THERE ARE 20-60% CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA AT TIMES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
- BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF
SEPTEMBER.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 201 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025
CURRENT CONDITIONS AND SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW: UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS
AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOW A A LARGE SCALE TROUGH PUSHING INTO
THE EAST COAST WITH BROAD NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL U.S.
WITH AN EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS.
CLOUD COVER WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN CWA AHEAD
OF THE SHORTWAVE. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOW TO MID
80S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.
SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO THE THE
AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, HOWEVER THE MAIN MOISTURE AXIS WILL
REMAIN MAINLY WEST OF THE AREA, EXTENDING INTO OUR WESTERN CWA.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME SHOWERS TO PUSH INTO THE WESTERN CWA
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY, BUT HIGHEST POPS(30-50%) WILL REMAIN
ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-49 CORRIDOR IN FAR WESTERN MO AND
SOUTHEAST KS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. HIGHS
ON SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 70S IN THE FAR WEST WITH THE BETTER RAIN
CHANCES, AND THE MID 80S GENERALLY EAST OF THE U.S. 65 CORRIDOR.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 201 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025
THE MAIN PART OF THE UPPER WAVE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA ON
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING OVER MORE
OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT(30-60%).
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF UNCAPPED INSTABILITY SO SOME
EMBEDDED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BEGIN TO DIVE SOUTH INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND THIS AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ALSO
BRING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE AREA BY MIDWEEK,
BUT OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE THE COLDER AIR MOVING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT. LOWS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S
TO NEAR 50 FOR MOST OF THE AREA WITH HIGHS ON THURSDAY IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. LOWS BY FRIDAY MORNING WILL AGAIN BE IN
THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50 AND MAY APPROACH SOME RECORD LOWS(SEE
CLIMATE SECTION).
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 652 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025
30% CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR KJLN ON SUNDAY,
BUT KSGF AND KBBG PROBABILITIES ARE <= 15%. OTHERWISE LOOK FOR
CONTINUED LIGHT WINDS AND MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS.
CLIMATE
ISSUED AT 201 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES:
SEPTEMBER 4:
KSGF: 66/2008
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES:
SEPTEMBER 4:
KVIH: 44/1974
SEPTEMBER 5:
KSGF: 47/1974
KJLN: 44/1974
KVIH: 44/1902
KUNO: 44/1997
SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
KS...NONE.
MO...NONE.
SHORT TERM...LINDENBERG
LONG TERM...LINDENBERG
AVIATION...TITUS
CLIMATE...LINDENBERG
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