FXUS63 KOAX 020740
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
240 AM CDT TUE NOV 2 2010
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN THROUGH THE FORECAST.
THE MID LEVEL PATTERN HAS A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AROUND
110W AND A TROF OVER THE SRN PLAINS. CONVECTION DEVELOPED OVR KS
AND MO THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THE TROF...WITH ONLY A FEW
CLOUDS MAKING IT INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. AT 07Z...SFC HIGH PRES
REMAINED OVER THE GRTLKS...WESTWARD INTO IA AND NEB. THE SFC RIDGE
WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY AS A SFC TROF AND COLD FRONT WORK INTO THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THE MID LEVELS...A
SHORTWAVE TROF FROM CANADA WILL SWING THROUGH MINNESOTA AND IOWA
WITH REINFORCING SHORTWAVE TROF ENERGY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
TROF. THIS DEEPENING THE TROF WILL SPREAD COLD AIR INTO MUCH OF
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE U.S. DRIVING THE COLD FRONT SOUTH TO THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD BY FRIDAY MORNING.
FOR THE LOCAL AREA...THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUDS WITH THE FRONT
TONIGHT...BUT IT SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY. STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL
MIX DOWN WEDNESDAY AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD BE IN
THE 60S...HOWEVER WEDNESDAY...UNDER CAA 50S AND 60S ARE FORECAST.
FURTHER COOLER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED BRISK WINDS IN
THE NORTH FLOW. AN AREA OF CLOUDS AND LIGHT PRECIPITATION SHOULD
INCREASE OVER THE GRTLKS INTO IOWA THURSDAY. DEPENDING ON THE
WESTWARD EXTENT OF THE TROF...SOME OF THESE CLOUDS COULD MAKE IT
INTO THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA AND WOULD HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN
TO THE 40S FOR HIGHS.
SFC HIGH PRES BUILDING IN OVER THE PLAINS WILL DROP LOW
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE 20S. THE MID LEVEL RIDGE OVER
THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRI-
SAT WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE STILL SOME TIMING ISSUES FOR
SUNDAY ALTHOUGH IT STILL LOOKS LIKE HIGHS SHOULD BE MILD...IN THE
60S. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A FROPA SUNDAY...LOW PRES ORGANIZING OVER
WYOMING MONDAY BRINGS THE WINDS BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH QUICKLY
WITH HIGHS STILL 10 DEG ABOVE NORMAL FOR MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK
06Z TAFS
VFR CONDS EXPECTED TO CONT THRU THE NEXT 24 HRS. LIGHT WINDS EARLY
THIS MRNG WL GIVE WAY TO SERLY THRU THE DAY TODAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT
FNT MVG INTO THE TERMINALS TONIGHT NR 06Z AT OFK AND AFTER FOR
OMA/LNK. SKIES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE CLR TODAY WITH SOME
MID/HIGH LVL CLDS TONIGHT WITH THE FNT.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
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ZAPOTOCNY/BOUSTEAD