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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
641 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
...Updated 00z Aviation...
.DISCUSSION.../Tonight through Thursday/
Issued at 254 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
Light rain to continue to spread east late this afternoon into the
evening hours and mainly to impact the central to southern
sections of the forecast area. The high pressure to the north over
Minnesota and Wisconsin is showing signs of winning over the rain
developing with some decent dry air advecting in from the north.
Very high-based showers across western Iowa and much of the rain
is having a tough time reaching the surface because of this dry
air entrainment. Cut back considerably on pops across the north
and east through this evening and even went completely dry for
locations near the MN border. Delayed the onset as well, generally
east of Interstate 35 as latest HRRR and RAP don`t have rain at
OTM until around 00z and still think that is a bit too soon for
that location. Lowered QPF amounts as well with the significant
amount of dry air to contend against. CAA develops late tonight
into early Friday morning and should be a fairly brisk day Friday
as mixing increases close to midday. Winds atop the mixed layer
range near 30 knots from the northwest, so with plenty of
sunshine, certainly believe several locations could have these
wind gusts. Thus, Friday will be a brisk day across Iowa and not
ideal for early May.
Canadian surface high pressure still progged to build into the
region and provide a nice radiation cooling setup by Saturday
morning. Continued with mention of frost and no changes to ongoing
Freeze Watch. With minimum temperatures just barely getting below
32 by Saturday morning, the main impact will be to weak
vegetation. Even so, it is entirely likely that the growing season
hasn`t really taken off across the northeast.
Saturday night into Sunday...another weak shortwave to ride the
northwest flow aloft during this time and bring rain and
thunderstorm chances to the state. Severe threat is next to NIL
and even the chance of just thunder is very low due to minimal
instability and moisture as well as weak forcing available.
Another cool down anticipated Sunday night into Monday with more
freezing temperatures and frost possible across the forecast area.
Monday through Thursday...the weather pattern begins to show
signs of changing to more spring-like as zonal flow sets up by
Tuesday. An upper level trough tries to develop over the west
while an area of surface low pressure looks to form by Wednesday
into Thursday over the Central Plains. The Gulf of Mexico appears
to open up the moisture flow and Iowa looks to be in the vicinity
of a frontal boundary during the aforementioned time. Although
there remains plenty of discrepancies with timing and location of
any system past Tuesday, certainly able to say the thunderstorm
chances and thus the severe weather threat will increase across
the state by next Wednesday.
&&
.AVIATION.../For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening/
Issued at 638 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
Rain showers are moving from Nebraska into Iowa early this
evening. These showers will continue to move east-southeast across
most of the state. MCW and ALO may miss out on rain chances due to
air being dry near the surface. Overall, conditions expected to
remain mostly at VFR. A brief period of MVFR may be possible,
especially at DSM and OTM. Overall impacts from these rain
showers are expected to be low. Behind the showers, pressure
gradient force develops which will lead to gusty winds on Friday.
&&
.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Freeze Watch from late Friday night through Saturday morning for
IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-036>039-048>050-062.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...Podrazik
AVIATION...Krull
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Marquette MI
624 PM EDT Thu May 7 2020
.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 421 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2020
WV imagery and RAP analysis indicated an amplified pattern with a
mid/upper level ridge through western North America and troughing
over the east. A mid level low was located over northern Ontario
with several embedded shortwaves on its perimeter. One shrtwv was
sliding east of Lake Superior while another stronger upstream
shrtwv was diving south southeast toward the northern Great Lakes.
At the surface, high pressure over northern Manitoba extended
into the Northern Plains. A weak sfc trough was moving through
northern Lake Superior.
Tonight into Friday, as the trough moves through Upper Michigan this
evening, some sct -shsn are expected to develop. Later tonight as
the upstream shrtwv and associated cold front with a batch of
even colder air will move in tonight snow showers will increase
with some accumulations expected. 850/700 mb temps dropping to
around -14C/-25C in the deeper cold air and moisture will support
lake effect/enhanced convection for some heavier snow showers
toward daybreak and into the morning hours. Accumulations of an
inch or two will be possible over mainly north central Upper
Michigan, especially over the higher terrain.
As high pressure build into the area into the afternoon with
lowering inversion heights and more anticyclonic low level flow,
any remaining -shsn will diminish. Otherwise, look for high temps
well below average with may locations likely to see record low
highs. Gusty north winds to 15 to 25 mph will also make it feel
colder. Although min RH values will also fall to near 25 percent
over the south, the colder air may help to reduce fire weather
concerns.
.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 409 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2020
The well-below normal temps continue Friday night. After bottoming
out in the afternoon, 850 mb temps actually rise slightly through
the night from around -11 C at 00z to about -9 C by Saturday
morning. Still plenty cold though, especially for this time of year.
A secondary mid-level vort lobe will reinforce the cold and help
generate enough additional lift that combined with the lake surface-
850 mb delta T`s around 13-15 C there will be another round of light
lake-effect snow showers. These will be confined to the NNW wind LES
belts of the east downwind of the long axis of the lake. This round
of LES looks overall less robust than tonight`s and only another
half inch or so of snowfall is expected from eastern Marquette
County through Alger and Luce counties. One thing to note is that
some model blends didn`t seem to be capturing how cloudy it will
(probably) be Friday night with all the lake moisture around. Had to
significantly increase sky cover in this forecast over the NBM
initialization for the Friday night period.
That cloud cover starts to clear somewhat on Saturday which in turn
helps temps start to climb out of the ice box - but not a lot,
especially over the east where lake-effect clouds persist even
though after PBL becomes too dry to support continued snow showers.
Highs likely won`t get out of the 30s or much above 40 out there on
Saturday. In the sunny areas, mixing to about 1500 m under the
strong May sun should support highs in the 40s - better than
tomorrow but still well below normal for this time of year. The
deeper mixing will also allow RH values to fall to as low as 20% in
the sunnier west, but thankfully these temps will mostly be too cold
to support fire growth.
Sunday`s fast-moving Saskatchewan Screamer still looks to miss us to
the south; if anything, models today have trended even farther south
with it. Only the CMC brings measurable precip as far north as our
side of the Wisconsin line but given the continued support among the
GEFS of the drier/more suppressed deterministic GFS solution, have
kept things dry for Sunday across the CWA.
The next shot of colder air moves in Sunday night and peaks Monday
morning. The NAEFS and EC ens once again show 850 mb temps
approaching the baseline for the coldest temps in their respective
climatologies. This go around the parent short wave is much less
impressive and the air aloft is drier, which means despite the chill
it will at least be sunny on Monday. That also means deeper mixing
and surface temps that can still climb somewhat beneath the strong
May sun even despite these very cold temps aloft. Mixing to at least
1500 m again will support highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s which,
though not as bad as tomorrow, is still close to record cold highs
in Marquette and perhaps a few other areas. The very dry air aloft
behind this dry cold front could allow RH to fall below 20%,
especially over the west, but once again the cold temps will limit
fire weather potential and there will also be less wind with this
cold shot too which is even better. The overall dry pattern
continues through the middle of next week though models show we
thankfully break out of this eastern U.S. ridging pattern and temps
finally climb to within a few degrees of normal for mid May.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 624 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2020
Gusty north to northwest winds will prevail with gusts to 20 to 25
knots. Snow showers will move in tonight as colder air move in.
Confidence is low whether vsby will signficantly affect. However,
cigs are likely to drop to MVFR by Fri morning at KSAW where upslope
flow is greatest. Otherwise, cigs are likely to remain VFR at KIWD
and KCMX.
&&
.MARINE...(For the 4 PM Lake Superior forecast issuance)
Issued at 421 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2020
Winds will increase tonight as another batch of colder air moves
over the lake bringing winds into the 20-30 knot range. While 20-
30kt nnw winds will continue Fri across the east half of the lake,
winds will fall back to mostly under 20kt over the west half.
Conditions on slowly improve to about 25 knots across the east half
with winds blo 20 across the west. Periods of winds of at least 15-
25kt will linger into Sun and Mon, particularly over the e half of
Lake Superior before relaxing blo 20 knots by Tuesday.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Upper Michigan...
None.
Lake Superior...
None.
Lake Michigan...
None.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...RJC
AVIATION...07
MARINE...JLB
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Nashville TN
735 PM CDT Thu May 7 2020
.UPDATE...
FOR EVENING DISCUSSION.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A surface ridge has slipped east of Middle Tennessee, and mid and
high clouds are increasing from the west. The evening sounding
from OHX shows a dry column still in place, with PWAT a puny 0.42"
and a warm nose centered around 700 mb. A frontal system is
coming together to our west and will move quickly eastward. The
HRRR shows light showers developing in Middle Tennessee after 06Z,
although the low levels are so dry that it will take time for
rain rates to increase and cloud ceilings to build downward.
Showers should become a little heavier after 12Z once the
atmosphere becomes more saturated. Hourly forecast grids are
holding up well thus far, so no forecast changes are planned at
this time. Will update the public forecast later this evening for
wording changes only.
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.
BNA/MQY/CKV/CSV...A surface ridge is sliding across Middle
Tennessee this afternoon, and this will set up some return flow
just in time for the next low pressure system. A low center
currently situated over the TX panhandle will race eastward
overnight and bring a frontal system through Middle Tennessee
tomorrow. Look for showers to begin spreading into the mid state
before 12Z, with rainfall rates increasing during the morning as
ceilings lower to MVFR. Also look for surface winds to increase
considerably as the low bisects the mid state. Winds will shift to
the NW during the afternoon as the showers taper off.
&&
.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Freeze Watch from late Friday night through Saturday morning for
Bedford-Cannon-Clay-Coffee-Cumberland-De Kalb-Fentress-Grundy-
Jackson-Macon-Marshall-Overton-Pickett-Putnam-Robertson-
Rutherford-Smith-Sumner-Trousdale-Van Buren-Warren-White-Wilson.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION......08
AVIATION........08