445 FXUS63 KSGF 120628 AFDSGFArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 128 AM CDT Sun Oct 12 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Above average high temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s and mostly dry weather forecasted through next week.
- 15-30% chance for light showers across western Missouri and extreme southeast Kansas tonight into Monday.
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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 1158 PM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
No changes to the forecast in the short term.
Today:
Dry weather will persist with an upper ridge overhead. A tighter pressure gradient overhead will lead to breezier winds with gusts up to 20-25 mph along/west of I-49 and 10-20 mph elsewhere. MinRH values west of I-49 will be around 35-45%, but will not advertise any fire weather threat given recent rainfall and early fall fuels that are not primed for burning, along with very marginal RH/wind combo.
Look for highs today in the 80s.
Tonight and Monday:
An upper trough and surface cold front encroach on the northwestern CWA tonight and Monday. A dry airmass will reduce PoPs/QPF, with 20-30% PoPs in areas NW of a line from Neosho to Springfield to Lake of the Ozarks. QPF is less than 0.10". For what it`s worth, NBM probabilities of QPF >= 0.25" is less than 15%. Instability is forecast to be minimal, resulting in NBM Thunder Probabilities of less than 15%.
Look for highs ranging from the mid 70s NW to the mid 80s SE on Monday.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Issued at 1158 PM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
The upper ridge builds back into the area for much of this forecast period, resulting in the mainly focus being late week into the weekend when a system could bring convection and potentially severe storms to the area.
Look for mainly dry weather during this stretch with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
Model systems are in overall good agreement in bringing a more active pattern starting Friday or Saturday, but solutions differ on the strength and timing of mid level energy. This can be seen in cluster analysis, which is pretty evenly split between the 4 clusters (20-30% of total ensemble membership in each cluster). Ensemble severe weather tools (CSU, CIPS, GEFS AI, and ENS AI, for example) are showing some severe weather potential, but confidence in this potential is low given the dependency on exact details that will likely not become clear for a few more days at least.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/... Issued at 1158 PM CDT Sat Oct 11 2025
Breezy conditions are expected today at KJLN and KSGF. Otherwise, VFR conditions will persist.
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.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...None.
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SHORT TERM...Titus LONG TERM...Titus AVIATION...Titus
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