Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Lincoln, IL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
245 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SPEED...LOCATION AND INTENSITY
OF SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN THE PLAINS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
GFS AND ETA BOTH HAVE BEEN CONSISTANT FROM PREVIOUS RUN.
HOWEVER...GFS HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTANT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS AND REMAINS IN LINE WITH UKMET AND ECMWF. DONT SEE ANY REAL
DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO MODELS UNTIL MONDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM
COMING UP OUT OF THE PLAINS. ETA IS LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN
THE GFS WITH THE NEXT FRONT. HOWEVER...GFS WILL STAY AS MODEL OF
CHOICE IN THE LONG TERM.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
SFC SYSTEM IN THE NRN PLAINS WILL LIFT NE TONIGHT WITH A TRAILING
COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVING ACRS THE MIDWEST. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 60S ACRS THE AREA PRODUCING VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH LIS
AROUND -6 AND CAPES FROM 1400 TO 2000 J/KG. HOWEVER...BEST
CONVERGENCE IS LOCATED BACK WITH THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS. THIS FRONT
WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD REACH WRN IL BY
06Z. STORMS HAVE ALREADY DVLPD AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SPC ALREADY
HAS A TORNADO BOX OUT FOR CNTRL IA THROUGH 02Z. STORMS SHOULD CONT
TO FIRE AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO MO AND MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.
GREATEST THREAT WILL BE WINDS AS STORM MOTION WILL BE AROUND
40-50KTS. STORMS SHOULD PUSH THROUGH VERY QUICKLY BEGINNING LATE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE EAST.

BELIEVE GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO
NO WIND ADVISORY EXPECTED.

AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
TOMORROW...SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.
HOWEVER...GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT TOMORROW PRODUCING WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH POSSIBLE GUST TO 40 KNOTS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN ACRS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH DECREASING WINDS AS BRIEF
HIGH PRSS MOVES ACRSS CNTRL IL SUNDAY AND SUN NIGHT.

THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUN
NIGHT WITH A WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH. GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL
DEVELOP NORTH OF THIS FRONT AND BEGIN TO BRING PCPN TO SRN IL BY
SUNDA NIGHT. THIS PCPN WILL ADVECT NORTHWARD BY MON MORNING. PCPN
TYPE SHOULD START AS SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT AS
ENERGY LIFTS NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACRS THE SRN PART OF THE STATE. THEREFORE HAVE KEPT CHC OF
THUNDER IN SERN PART OF CWA FOR MONDAY.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH TOMORROW BUT WILL FALL BACK TO MORE
SEASONABLE LEVELS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD
FOR HIGHS BUT TOO COOL FOR LOWS.

LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
FOR FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE LONG TERM AREA WILL REMAIN IN SOUTHWEST
FLOW PATTERN WITH RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND TROF TO THE WEST. PIECES OF
ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT TO
OUR SOUTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUES NIGHT. PCPN SHOULD PRIMARILY
BE IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AS THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHWARD ENOUGH
TO KEEP THUNDER SOUTH OF THE CWA.

THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BY WED AND BRING A
PERIOD OF DRY WX FOR THUR AND FRI. A TWO STREAM FLOW SETS UP FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THEREFORE...TEMPS WILL REMAIN VERY SEASONABLE
AS THE COLD AIR STAYS NORTH WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM.

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.IL...NONE.

&&

AUTEN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-301100-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-
MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...DECATUR...GALESBURG...
HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA...
SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE
1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON IN AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE
FRONT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE REGION
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH IT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 6 PM
AND MIDNIGHT.

ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-301100-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON AND SHELBYVILLE
1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON IN AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE
FRONT PUSHES INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE REGION
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH IT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM
AND 2 AM.

BARNES