155  
FXUS64 KMEG 301735  
AFDMEG  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1235 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1223 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2025  
 
- HIGH HUMIDITY AND HEAT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THIS  
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT  
FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS, SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE, AND  
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
- THERE IS A LOW CHANCE (<30%) OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS  
ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
- THE MID-SOUTH WILL SEE A FEW DAYS OF HEAT RELIEF THROUGH MIDWEEK  
BEFORE HEAT BUILDS BACK IN FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)  
ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2025  
 
CURRENTLY...A QUIET MORNING IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE REGION. PARTLY  
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS  
PREVAIL.  
 
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MS VALLEY WILL  
RETREAT A BIT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE MID-SOUTH IS ON  
THE SOUTHERN END OF AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT  
LAKES. THIS FEATURE WILL SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION ON  
TUESDAY.  
 
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS TODAY LOOKS WARMER THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED  
AS DEWPOINTS POOL ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ALL THE RAIN  
LATELY WILL ONLY HELP INCREASE SURFACE DEWPOINTS TODAY. ON TOP OF  
THAT THE LATEST HI-RES GUIDANCE IS FOCUSING MOST OF THE  
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY LATER IN THE DAY INTO THE EVENING WHICH WILL  
GIVE SOME TIME FOR SURFACE HEATING TO INCREASE TEMPS INTO THE  
LOWER 90S OVER A GOOD DEAL OF THE REGION. THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS  
BEEN EXPANDED INTO CLAY AND GREENE COUNTIES AND NOW COVERS EAST  
ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST  
MISSISSIPPI.  
 
HI-RES MODELS SEEM TO FOCUSING ON A WEAK SHORTWAVE LOCATED OVER  
THE MID-MS VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS FEATURE WILL KICK OFF  
CONVECTION ACROSS NORTH AR, SE MO AND WESTERN KY LATER TODAY.  
THESE CLUSTERS WILL PUSH SE DURING THE EVENING. A GOOD DEAL OF  
INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES  
OF 20-25 KTS SHOULD LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING  
WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. PWS AROUND 2 INCHES WILL LEAD TO  
ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1.5 INCHES IN SPOTS  
WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING  
A LITTLE MORE THAN RECENT DAYS WHICH SHOULD KEEP RAINFALL TOTALS  
IN ANY ONE PLACE FROM GETTING TOO EXTREME.  
 
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON TUESDAY WITH MORE CHANCES FOR  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BE ENHANCED BY SURFACE  
HEATING. BETTER CHANCES WILL BE SOUTH OF I-40 AND ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS NE MS. TEMPS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 80S. WE SHOULD SEE  
A BRIEF BREAK IN HUMIDITY LEVELS WED AND THU WITH DEWPOINTS  
FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S.  
 
THE UPPER RIDGE TAKES NO TIME TO START REBUILDING OVER THE AREA  
WITH TEMPS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S BY THURSDAY AND MID  
90S BY THE WEEKEND. HEAT PRODUCTS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED THIS  
WEEKEND. MEAN RH VALUES DROP OFF ACROSS THE REGION AS THE RIDGE  
BUILDS SO AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION LOOKS SPARSE UNTIL THE  
WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2025  
 
POP-UP, DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THIS  
ISSUANCE. VCTS AND A TEMPO AT TUP LOOKED TO BE THE BEST WAY TO  
HANDLE THIS AFTERNOON'S CONVECTION. PROB30S WERE DRAWN IN TO TRY  
AND BEST GAUGE THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF FROPA THUNDERSTORMS  
ACROSS ALL SITES THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
INTERMITTENT DROPS TO MVFR COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE AIRSPACE WITH  
THE MOVEMENT OF CONVECTION, THOUGH CONFIDENCE WAS ONLY HIGH ENOUGH  
TO PREVAIL MVFR AT TUP. SOUTHWEST WINDS, PRIMARILY SUB 10 KTS,  
WILL SHIFT MORE NORTH/NORTHWEST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD WITH THE  
AFOREMENTIONED FRONT.  
 
AEH  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2025  
 
NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MODERATE TO  
HIGH CHANCES OF WETTING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SLIGHTLY  
LOWER HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE MIDWEEK BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT. HEAT  
AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION FOR THE 4TH OF  
JULY WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR ARZ009-018.  
 
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ026>028-035-036-  
048-049-058.  
 
MO...NONE.  
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ001-007-008-  
010>012-020.  
 
TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ048-049-088.  
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLIC FORECAST...SJM  
AVIATION...AEH  
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