FXUS63 KDVN 061617
AFDDVN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1117 AM CDT SAT SEP 6 2008

.UPDATE...
GRIDS AND ZFP UPDATED RECENTLY TO LOWER TEMPS OVER THE W CENTRAL
CWFA. MORNING STRATUS WAS STILL HOLDING ON OVER AREAS BETWEEN I80
AND HWY 34 IN THE WESTERN CWFA AS OF 16Z. STRATUS SHOULD SCATTER
OUT BY 17Z. WITH STRATUS HOLDING ON MOST OF THE MORNING AND CLOUDS
ASSOCIATED WITH S/W MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS EXPECTED TO
SPREAD OVER THE WRN CWA THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPS WILL HAVE LITTLE
TIME TO RECOVER. DROPPED MAXES BACK INTO THE UPPER 60S OVER MOST
OF SE IOWA. WILL MAINTAIN THE LOW POPS OVER THE FAR SW FOR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS AREA OF WEAKENING SHRA OVER NE HEADS EAST.

&&

.AVIATION...
MOST TAF SITES HAVE IMPROVED TO VFR CONDITIONS AS OF LATE MORNING.
KCID THOUGH WAS STILL REPORTING IFR CIGS. LATEST VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY THOUGH SHOWS THE STRATUS IN THE CID VCNTY
RAPIDLY BREAKING UP SO CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 18Z.
VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA. SOME
LIGHT SHRA MAY BRUSH KBRL LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING...BUT VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. CLOUD COVER TONIGHT
IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT ANY SIGNIFICANT FOG DEVELOPMENT...WITH ONLY
SOME PATCHY MVFR VSBYS WHERE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OCCUR. SFC WINDS
WILL BECOME S-SW LATE TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
WRN IA BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SPRINKLES OR -SHRA MAY
OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT SUNDAY WITH VFR CIGS/VSBYS EXPECTED.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&

$$

DLF


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