086  
FXUS63 KARX 100701  
AFDARX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
201 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- OVERNIGHT SHOWERS DEPART BY SUNRISE, WITH CLEARING SKIES AND  
DRY CONDITIONS FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.  
 
- NEXT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN COMES LATE SUNDAY - EARLY MONDAY.  
IMPACTS LOOK TO BE LOW.  
 
- SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-60S TO LOW 70S THROUGH  
MONDAY, SLIGHTLY COOLER MIDWEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 200 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
SHOWERS DEPART EARLY THIS MORNING, DRY START TO THE WEEKEND:  
 
THE PRE-FRONTAL 850-750-MB 320-325K THETA-E RIBBON RESPONSIBLE  
FOR OUR SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
TRANSLATES EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNRISE, TAKING THE SHOWER  
THREAT WITH IT. SKIES CLEAR OUT QUICKLY WITH SUNNY SKIES BY  
MIDDAY. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT DURING THE  
MORNING, THE AMPLE SUNRISE AND LACK OF STRONG COLD AIR  
ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO  
STILL REACH THE MID-60S TO LOW 70S AREAWIDE. A 1024-MB SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE CELL SLIDES THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND  
SATURDAY, BRINGING CONTINUED CLEAR SKIES AND PLEASANT  
TEMPERATURES.  
 
LATE SUNDAY - EARLY MONDAY: NEXT SHOT OF SHOWERS:  
 
A LONGWAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO IMPOSE ITSELF ON THE UPSTREAM FLANK  
OF OUR UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A SHARP  
NEGATIVELY-TILTED SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND  
LIFTING INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS LATER ON SUNDAY. THE  
RECENT RUNS OF THE LREF MEMBERSHIP HAVE PULLED BACK ON THE  
POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS ATTENDANT WITH THE LEADING 310K ISENTROPIC  
ASCENT WING--INSTEAD FOCUSING THE HIGHER POPS LATER SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING ON THE WING OF POSITIVE  
THETA-E ADVECTION. WHILE SHOWERS COULD STILL SNEAK INTO  
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY, THE FORECAST IS  
TRENDING DRIER.  
 
AS THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR SLIDES IN SUNDAY EVENING, THE  
RISK INCREASES FOR ELEVATED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A RUMBLE OF  
THUNDER. AS WITH OUR CURRENT OVERNIGHT SHOWERS, THE OVERALL  
IMPACTS FROM THE SHOWERS WILL BE TRANSIENT AND MINIMAL WITH THE  
LREF MEAN QPF OF 0.10-0.20" AND EVEN THE 90TH PERCENTILE OF THE  
ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE STAYING UNDER 0.50". THE SURFACE COLD FRONT  
SWEEPS THROUGH BY MIDDAY MONDAY AND TAKES THE PRECIPITATION  
THREAT WITH IT.  
 
BROAD WSW FLOW SETS UP IN THE WAKE OF OUR EARLY WEEK RAIN.  
GIVEN THE LOWER AMPLITUDE NATURE OF THE PATTERN, MODEL SOLUTIONS  
BEGIN TO DIVERGE QUICKLY BY MIDWEEK WITH THE TIMING OF ANY  
DISTURBANCES PROPAGATING THROUGH THE FLOW AND THE EVENTUAL  
BREAKDOWN OF THE PATTERN LATER IN THE WEEK. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WE  
WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IN THE WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY  
TIMEFRAME, BUT THE DETAILS REMAIN TOO NEBULOUS TO SAY MUCH ELSE.  
 
TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR NEXT WEEK:  
 
WITH THE BACKTRACKING ON THE RISK FOR SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, THE  
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST HAS TICKED  
UPWARD BY A FEW DEGREES FOR SUNDAY WITH MANY LOCALES POSSIBLY  
TOUCHING 70 DEGREES SOUTH AND WEST OF I-94. THE PASSAGE OF THE  
COLD FRONT MONDAY SENDS TEMPERATURES BACK TO SLIGHTLY BELOW  
SEASONAL NORMALS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BEYOND MID-WEEK, THE  
INTERQUARTILE TEMPERATURE SPREAD INCREASES TO 10+ DEGREES OWING  
TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE PATTERN EVOLUTION. THERE ARE A  
RESPECTABLE NUMBER OF EPS MEMBERS THAT BRING A WARM SECTOR INTO  
THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK--A SOLUTION ONLY A SELECT FEW GEFS  
MEMBERS SHOW.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1222 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
TWO LINES OF SHOWERS EMBEDDED WITH ISOLATED STORMS PROGRESS EAST  
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AFFECTING FLIGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH  
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. INITIAL SCATTERED LINE SEEN ON RADAR  
PROGRESSING EAST FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, EAST  
OF KLSE TAF SITE. SUBSEQUENT SCATTERED STORMS SEEN ON RADAR  
IMAGERY OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ARE EXPECTED TO FORM A ROUGH LINE  
AND PROGRESS EAST SIMILARLY. BESIDES LIGHTNING THREAT, TRANSIENT  
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES FROM INCREASED RAINFALL RATES WILL BE  
THE CONCERN AS CLOUD BASES EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR.  
 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROGRESSES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS  
MORNING, TURNING WINDS CLOCKWISE, INCREASING OUT OF THE NORTH  
THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SUBSEQUENT PRECIPITATION AND STORM  
POTENTIAL PROGRESSES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY  
EVENING/NIGHT, LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT AND VARIABLE  
WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY TURN SOUTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT,  
INCREASING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
WI...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...SKOW  
AVIATION...JAR  
 
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