Area Forecast Discussion Saturday, August 13, 2011

FXUS63 KOAX 130900
AFDOAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
400 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND MOVING EAST. ALSO...A
DISTURBANCE IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA...BUT OTHER THAN A FEW
MID CLOUDS...THIS WILL PASS WITH NO NOTICEABLE EFFECT. DUE TO
NORTHERLY WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES
COOLER THAN SATURDAY...BUT WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LIGHT NORTH
WINDS. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST SUNDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN
AND ALLOW MOISTURE TO RETURN TO THE AREA.

AS DISTURBANCES MOVE ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER
RIDGE...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE LOW LEVEL JET
AND MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA. THE FIRST COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY
NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING...WITH POSSIBLY A BREAK MONDAY AFTERNOON...
BEFORE THE SECOND COMPLEX DEVELOPS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. HAVE CONTINUED PREVIOUS FORECAST OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL NEED TO MONITOR IN COMING FORECAST FOR
TIMING AND PLACEMENT ISSUES.
&&

.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK

06Z ISSUANCE.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE IS A
REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND DAYBREAK WITH DEWPOINTS
STILL HOLDING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. HOWEVER...OPTING TO
LEAVE OUT OF THE TAF FOR THE TIME BEING. DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO
THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY KEEP ANY FOG CONFINED TO
AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80.
&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

$$

DISCUSSION...NIPPER
AVIATION...KAS

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