Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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074 FXUS63 KSGF 020449 AFDSGF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 1149 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Rain chances (30-60%) return Friday and last through the weekend. There is a marginal risk for excessive rainfall Friday into Saturday. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 120 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 Convection this afternoon and early evening: - Impacts: Severe storms with isolated 60-70 mph winds and hail up to the size of half dollars. Localized flooding. - Details: Strong to severe storms are expected south of I-44. These storms are starting to fire as of 1:20pm and will continue into early this evening before pushing south of the area. - Confidence: 80-90% confidence in warnings being required. - Meteorological Analysis: A weak front pushing south will continue to initiate convection in an area of agitated cumulus. SBCAPE values of 4,500+ J/kg will support aggressive updraft development, but very weak bulk shear of < 20 kts will prevent organization. This decreases the hail threat substantially, with generally small to marginally severe hail expected. Will advertise up to half dollar size. Main hazard will be localized damaging winds up to 60-70 mph due to 0-3km theta-e differences of 30-40 K. OPSTI values up to 14-16 also shows strong support for severe pulse storms. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 120 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 Quiet those most of this period, but rain chances return late this week into next weekend: - Impacts: Too early to tell, but will be watching for any flooding threats. Risk appears low at this time, though. - Details: Moving back into a rainy pattern late this week through next weekend. - Confidence: Medium. - Meteorological Analysis: The upper high over the central CONUS keeps the area fairly quiet will shift east late this week as upper troughing settles over the midwest. This will lead to a wetter pattern. Ensemble PWATs are generally 1.5-2", which is around 150% of normal. This may support a flooding threat, but important details related to that have a low predictability at this point. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1133 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 VFR conditions are expected through the period with the exception of some brief MVFR vis due to patchy fog at BBG around 12z. A thunderstorm complex in Kansas will likely begin to shift southeast into Oklahoma overnight, most likely staying west of the area however high clouds will stream in. Surface winds will be out of the north to northeast with some increasing gusts around 18kts Tuesday afternoon at SGF. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Titus LONG TERM...Titus AVIATION...Burchfield