Post by rocket on Nov 23, 2014 12:20:18 GMT -6
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FXUS63 KLOT 232216
AFDLOT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
416 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
.SHORT TERM...
244 PM CST
UNSEASONABLY WARM/MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES TO ADVECT NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTN...AND LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE ON RAINFALL TOTALS AND IF THIS
WILL POSE ANY HYDRO CONCERNS.
STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALLOWED SFC TEMPS TO
WARM INTO THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH DEW POINTS
APPROACHING THE UPPER 40S/ARND 50. THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL
THIS AFTN HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST AND STRETCHES FROM CENTRAL
WISC SOUTHWEST THROUGH FAR EASTERN IOWA. HAVE NUDGED TEMPS OVERNIGHT
UP A TAD...AND EXPECT TEMPS TO REMAIN NEARLY CONSISTENT UNTIL CLOSER
TO DAYBREAK MON WHEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO APPROACH THE
NORTHWEST CWFA. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THE LOW DROPPING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE SECONDARY ONE LIFTING
NORTH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WILL CONVERGE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK MON. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE NEARING
THE WESTERN CWFA ARND DAYBREAK...AND STEADILY SLIDE EAST THRU THE
MORNING. ASSOCIATED WILL BE A SHARP THERMAL TROUGH THAT WILL CAUSE
TEMPS TO STEADILY FALL THROUGHOUT THE MORNING/AFTN. SO THE DAY MAY
START MILD...BUT BY MIDDAY THAT WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE THE CASE WITH
TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE UPR 20S/LOW 30S. PRECIP WILL BE QUICKLY
TRANSITIONING OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW.
AS THE SNOW BEGINS MIDDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN
RELATIVELY CONSISTENT THAT AT ONSET RATIOS WILL HOVER ARND 8:1 TO
9:1...THEN AS THE COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN THOSE RATIOS SHUD STEADILY
CLIMB TO 14:1-17:1 BY LATE MON AFTN/EARLY EVE. COMPOUNDING THE SETUP
WILL BE STEADILY INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT THAT WILL CREATE GUSTY
WINDS NEARING 30-35MPH. THERE IS A NARROW WINDOW WHERE SNOWFALL
RATES COULD NEAR 1-2"/HR FOR A COUPLE HOURS...MAINLY BETWEEN 2-4PM
CST AND MAINLY WEST OF A LASALLE TO CRYSTAL LAKE LINE. HAVE BUMPED
SNOW TOTALS UP TO 2-4" AND COULD SEE IN PORTIONS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY
3-5" CLOSER TO THE WISC STATELINE IN NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE...BUT EXPECTING MUCH LESS
WITH PERHAPS AN INCH IN CHICAGO AND LESSER TOTALS FURTHER SOUTH.
500MB TROUGH AXIS PIVOTS OVERHEAD MON EVE...AND WILL SLOWLY BRING AN
END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY PEEL
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE MON NGT...HOWEVER ENOUGH OMEGA/MOISTURE TO
KEEP MENTION OF LGT SNOW SHOWERS MON NGT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS MON DIP FALL TO THE LOW 20S TO MID 20S IN THE
SOUTHEAST.
BEACHLER
&&
.LONG TERM...
244 PM CST
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
LARGE MID-LVL TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE TUE/WED WITH A WEAK SFC RIDGE
LIFTING NORTH AND BRINGING A GRADUAL EROSION TO THE CLOUDS TUE
NGT/WED. UNFORTUNATELY THIS MAY BE SHORT LIVED AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS
A QUICK SHORTWAVE WILL DROP SOUTH FROM CENTRAL CANADA INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY WED...AND APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA MIDDAY
WED. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
TEMPS TUE WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S...HOWEVER WITH SOME THINNING IN THE
CLOUDS FOR WED TEMPS COULD REBOUND INTO THE LOW/MID 30S. BUT IT WILL
HINGE UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT MID-LVL WAVE AND CLOUD COVER.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
ENSEMBLES IN THE LONGER TERM CONTINUES TO POINT TOWARDS A TROUGH
CARVED OUT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/TENN VALLEY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF
THE WEEK...AND THEN BEGINS TO FLATTEN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS DRY AIR AND A SFC RIDGE
OVERHEAD FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S
FOR THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED.
BEACHLER
www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=IL&prodtype=discussion
FXUS63 KLOT 232216
AFDLOT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
416 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
.SHORT TERM...
244 PM CST
UNSEASONABLY WARM/MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES TO ADVECT NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTN...AND LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE ON RAINFALL TOTALS AND IF THIS
WILL POSE ANY HYDRO CONCERNS.
STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALLOWED SFC TEMPS TO
WARM INTO THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH DEW POINTS
APPROACHING THE UPPER 40S/ARND 50. THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL
THIS AFTN HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST AND STRETCHES FROM CENTRAL
WISC SOUTHWEST THROUGH FAR EASTERN IOWA. HAVE NUDGED TEMPS OVERNIGHT
UP A TAD...AND EXPECT TEMPS TO REMAIN NEARLY CONSISTENT UNTIL CLOSER
TO DAYBREAK MON WHEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO APPROACH THE
NORTHWEST CWFA. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THE LOW DROPPING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE SECONDARY ONE LIFTING
NORTH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WILL CONVERGE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK MON. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE NEARING
THE WESTERN CWFA ARND DAYBREAK...AND STEADILY SLIDE EAST THRU THE
MORNING. ASSOCIATED WILL BE A SHARP THERMAL TROUGH THAT WILL CAUSE
TEMPS TO STEADILY FALL THROUGHOUT THE MORNING/AFTN. SO THE DAY MAY
START MILD...BUT BY MIDDAY THAT WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE THE CASE WITH
TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE UPR 20S/LOW 30S. PRECIP WILL BE QUICKLY
TRANSITIONING OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW.
AS THE SNOW BEGINS MIDDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN
RELATIVELY CONSISTENT THAT AT ONSET RATIOS WILL HOVER ARND 8:1 TO
9:1...THEN AS THE COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN THOSE RATIOS SHUD STEADILY
CLIMB TO 14:1-17:1 BY LATE MON AFTN/EARLY EVE. COMPOUNDING THE SETUP
WILL BE STEADILY INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT THAT WILL CREATE GUSTY
WINDS NEARING 30-35MPH. THERE IS A NARROW WINDOW WHERE SNOWFALL
RATES COULD NEAR 1-2"/HR FOR A COUPLE HOURS...MAINLY BETWEEN 2-4PM
CST AND MAINLY WEST OF A LASALLE TO CRYSTAL LAKE LINE. HAVE BUMPED
SNOW TOTALS UP TO 2-4" AND COULD SEE IN PORTIONS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY
3-5" CLOSER TO THE WISC STATELINE IN NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE...BUT EXPECTING MUCH LESS
WITH PERHAPS AN INCH IN CHICAGO AND LESSER TOTALS FURTHER SOUTH.
500MB TROUGH AXIS PIVOTS OVERHEAD MON EVE...AND WILL SLOWLY BRING AN
END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY PEEL
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE MON NGT...HOWEVER ENOUGH OMEGA/MOISTURE TO
KEEP MENTION OF LGT SNOW SHOWERS MON NGT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS MON DIP FALL TO THE LOW 20S TO MID 20S IN THE
SOUTHEAST.
BEACHLER
&&
.LONG TERM...
244 PM CST
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
LARGE MID-LVL TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE TUE/WED WITH A WEAK SFC RIDGE
LIFTING NORTH AND BRINGING A GRADUAL EROSION TO THE CLOUDS TUE
NGT/WED. UNFORTUNATELY THIS MAY BE SHORT LIVED AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS
A QUICK SHORTWAVE WILL DROP SOUTH FROM CENTRAL CANADA INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY WED...AND APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA MIDDAY
WED. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
TEMPS TUE WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S...HOWEVER WITH SOME THINNING IN THE
CLOUDS FOR WED TEMPS COULD REBOUND INTO THE LOW/MID 30S. BUT IT WILL
HINGE UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT MID-LVL WAVE AND CLOUD COVER.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
ENSEMBLES IN THE LONGER TERM CONTINUES TO POINT TOWARDS A TROUGH
CARVED OUT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/TENN VALLEY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF
THE WEEK...AND THEN BEGINS TO FLATTEN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS DRY AIR AND A SFC RIDGE
OVERHEAD FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S
FOR THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED.
BEACHLER
www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=IL&prodtype=discussion
