FXUS63 KOAX 260808
AFDOAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
308 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THROUGH
THURSDAY AS UPPER SYSTEM SETTLES OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
FOR A WHILE BEFORE LIFTING EAST ON THURSDAY.
CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD
PROVIDE GENERALLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN OR
DRIZZLE WHICH SHOULD LIMIT DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE. MORE
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE UPPER
SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND NEXT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY.
SLIGHT TIMING ISSUE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH THE COLD FRONT ON
FRIDAY. 00Z EURO HOLDS FRONT A BIT FURTHER WEST THAN THE 12Z RUN
INDICATED. OTHERWISE...LOOKS GENERALLY DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE EXTENDED WITH NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
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.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK
06Z TAFS
AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF TO THE EAST THIS
MORNING...SOME -RA/DZ WILL CONTINUE AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE PRECIP...IFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE MORNING. CEILINGS WILL TEND TO
LIFT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE TO MIXING AND SOME DRIER AIR MOVING
IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH SOME MVFR TO EVEN VFR LIKELY BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THOUGH SOME CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
END OF THE PERIOD AT ALL TAF SITES.
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.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
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FOBERT/BOUSTEAD