Hail in Missouri, April 19, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
614 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...
BLOCKY AMPLIFIED UA REGIME TO PERIST FOR THE NEXT 3 OR 4 DAYS THEN
THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN AMPLIFIED OVER NOAM BUT BECOME A LITTLE
MORE PROGRESSIVE. THE DEEPLY STACK BAROTROPIC LOW OVER ERN SD WILL
MEANDER ENE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND INTO THE UPR GRTLKS BY THE
END OF THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF WK SHRTWV TROFS WL ROTATE ABOUT
THE SLOW MOVING LOW EVERY 24H FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS SENDING A SERIES
OF WIND SHIFTS ACRS THE REGION BUT THERMAL ADVECTIONS ARE
GENERALLY WK. NEXT POTENTIAL WX MAKER IS THE UPR LOW NEAR YUMA AZ.
THIS SYSTEM IS FCST TO MOVE EWD AND GENERALLY BCM ABSORBED INTO
THE LARGER SCALE CIRCULATION AROUND THE AFOREMENTIONED MIGRATING
UPR LOW TO OUR NORTH. IN THE PROCESS THIS SRN UPR LOW/WAVE IS FCST
TO INDUCE A SFC WAVE ON THE OLD FRONTAL BNDRY ACRS THE LOWER MS
VLY ON THURSDAY NGT WITH THE SFC LOW MOVG NEWD INTO THE OH VLY BY
LATE FRIDAY. THE GFS IS MOST AGRESSIVE WITH THE SFC DEVELOPMENT
AND NORTHWARD SPREAD OF PCPN. WE HAVE TRENDED IN THIS DIRECTION
WITH THIS FCST PCKG WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRVS FCST. IN
GENERAL WE SHUD SEE CLOUDS SPREADING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SW
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THICKENING THURSDAY NGT. SOME PCPN MAY
WORK INTO THE ERN OZARKS BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY BUT THINK THE MAIN
THRUST OF DEFORMATION ZONE PCPN WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON.

SHUD SEE A MODERATION OF TEMPS THEN OVER THE WEEKEND AS HEIGHTS
ALOFT RISE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTING NRN UPR LOW/TROF. BY
THE FIRST PART OF THE NEXT WEEK ANOTHER TROF MOVG SSEWD OUT OF
CNTRL CANADA AND AN UPR LOW MOVING OUT OF THE SWRN U.S. BEGIN TO
COME INTO PLAY. THE MODELS HAVE SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THESE FEATURES
AND DETAILS ON HOW THE UA PATTERN WILL EVOLVE. THERE SEEMS TO BE
GROWING CONSENSUS HOWEVER THAT A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG
SEWD THRU THE REGION IN THE LATE MONDAY THRU TUESDAY TIME FRAME.
THIS SYSTEM MAY ACTUALLY GIVE US A DECENT CHANCE OF SOME MUCH
NEEDED RAFL.

GLASS

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
EAST THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM
MINNESOTA THROUGH ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
SLOWLY EASTWARD AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES OVER AREA. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT WITH A RETURN OF WESTERLY
WINDS OVER FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

WFO LSX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-201215-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-
CLINTON IL-COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-
IRON-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-
MADISON IL-MARION-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-
MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-
SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-
ST. LOUIS CITY-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL-
350 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY
ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

RP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
814 PM CDT WED APR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     TORNADO          1 NE GERALD             38.41N 91.32W
04/18/2006                   FRANKLIN           MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN...DAMAGE RATED F0.

1245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MAPLEWOOD               38.61N 90.32W
04/19/2006                   ST. LOUIS          MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN MAPLEWOOD

&&
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED TUESDAY EVENING
4/18/06 AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING 4/1906.

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