FXUS63 KEAX 081910
AFDEAX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
210 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Our stretch of dry weather comes to an end late tonight into
  early tomorrow morning and this wetter pattern will continue
  into the weekend.

- Strong to severe storms will be possible with strong winds 
  and heavy rainfall as the primary risks.

- Hot and dry weather returns next week.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 210 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

Tonight into Tomorrow... The upper level pattern looks to become
more active as multiple shortwaves moves through the central 
CONUS. After one last day of quieter summer weather today the 
first round of weather looks to arrive late tonight into 
tomorrow morning. Storms are expected to initiate across the 
Upper Midwest and High Plains this evening near the cold front and
track east this evening into tonight. The primary severe 
environment is where SPC has their highest risks are well to 
our west. Upscale growth into a MCS is very possible and this 
occurrence is what could give us a severe risk. Many of the CAMs 
show some amount of upscale growth, so it does seem like the 
more likely solution. If a MCS can develop with the aid of a 
robust LLJ we could see the MCS maintain itself well into 
eastern Kansas and Missouri. The primary threat with this will 
be strong winds and heavy rainfall. As the LLJ decouples, the 
storm would start to fall apart. How far east this gets before 
falling apart will play a key role in the rest of the day on 
Thursday. If it gets deep into Missouri before falling apart 
this will keep us cloudier and cooler keeping heat risks much 
lower. The forecast has clearly trended more in this direction 
over the past day. More of the spread now between the modeling 
systems is how far south to take this cooler solution. North of 
I-70 seems most likely, but some take it even farther. For later
in the day the better environment does seem to be to the east 
and south, but storms could well initiate over western Missouri.
Recent trends have started to favor farther east and SPC has 
updated their slight risk for tomorrow farther east to account 
for this. Once again how the morning plays out will be key as if
we see an MCS a it may leave behind a MCV and that would be a 
favored area for additional CI. The more organized convection 
with the larger wind threat likely seems east where more 
destabilization will occur or farther south closer to the warm 
front. 

Friday into the Weekend... Thursday's warm front will continue
north and likely stall out over us Friday and Saturday before
finally moving out on Sunday. This will provide more lift for
additional rain chances. Looking towards the global ensembles
there is signal for rain all the way through Sunday evening when
spread starts to increase with more dry members starting to show
up. This does not look like it will be a rain all the time kind
of setup, but more of an intermittent rain. Timing when this 
will start and stop at this range is not something that can be 
done with much accuracy. Instability will be sufficient for 
thunderstorms, but the shear profile does not look as favorable 
for severe storms. However anytime you get instability with 
steep lapse rates some stronger storms are possible and with 
this SPC does have a marginal risk south of I-70 on Friday.

Next Week... There is strong agreement between the global
deterministic models that a large ridge will develop over the
central CONUS early next week. There is more variability in how
this evolves over the rest of the week. This favors a return to
hotter and dry weather for the next week.

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 1222 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

The same quiet aviation weather that we have seen overthe past
few days will continue through the evening. Late tonight into
tomorrow morning this will change as showers and storms move in
from the west. This could lead to a period of MVFR in the
heavier showers/storms. Kept with the PROB30 for now as there 
is still uncertainty on the exact timing of when this would pass
each terminal and how strong they will be. The environment 
ahead of the storms will be dependent on how strong of a LLJ 
forms.

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.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...None.
KS...None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...Carletta
AVIATION...Carletta