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Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
1120 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Seasonably cold temperatures will continue through the weekend, with
  a reinforcing shot of cold air expected late Wednesday into 
  Thursday. 

- There will be a chance (20-40%) for light snow over northeast
  Missouri and west central Illinois on Wednesday afternoon.


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.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Tonight)
Issued at 326 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

The last snow band of snow has moved east of the area early this 
morning leaving just low clouds in the low level cyclonic flow over 
the area.   These low clouds will clear out of the area as the 
surface high centered over western Missouri moves east across the 
CWA by this afternoon.  Temperatures will be chilly once again today 
with the snowpack, the cold start, and the morning clouds with 
high temperatures ranging from the mid 20s over south central 
Illinois to the mid 30s over central and southeast Missouri. Lows 
tonight will drop back into the teens and lower 20s before clouds 
begin to stream in over the northeast half of the CWA ahead of the
next shortwave trough.

Britt

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.LONG TERM...  (Wednesday through Monday)
Issued at 326 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

There is good agreement between the NAM/GFS that a shortwave trough 
will move through the Midwest and Great Lakes Wednesday night 
pushing an attendant cold front southeast through the CWA with a 
reinforcing shot of cold air.  Both models are showing some light 
QPF behind the front on Wednesday afternoon over northeast Missouri 
and west central Illinois, but this area will lie under the right 
entrance region of the upper jet and modest mid-level 
frontogenesis. The 00Z HREF PoPs are higher than the NAM, so went 
with a 20-40% chance for light snow tomorrow afternoon in this 
region. These values may very well be too low given that the LPMM 
is suggesting that there could be up to another 1" of snow 
somewhere in this area tomorrow afternoon.

Then the LREF is showing a low amplitude northwesterly flow late 
week which pushes the southern stream system south of the area on 
Friday. There is a deeper trough that will move through the 
Midwest over the weekend with each the determistic models showing 
different timing bringing precipitation through the area. The LREF
24 PoPs are higher at STL (50%) than the NBM (20%) which reflects
the timing differences, so we will have to watch for the 
possibility for a wintry mix over the weekend. The LREF is also 
showing another trough moving through the Midwest by early next 
week.

Temperatures are expected to stay below normal into early next week 
given the current snowpack and the NBM generally showing highs 
staying in the 20s and 30s.  Lows on Wednesday and Thursday nights 
over northeast Missouri into west central Illinois will likely drop 
into the single digits where there good radiational cooling over 
the fresh snow cover.

Britt

&&

.AVIATION...  (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Wednesday Afternoon)
Issued at 1114 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

IFR/MVFR stratus continues to impact many local terminals as we
approach the start of the period, although there has been gradual
improvement at central MO terminals (SUS/JEF). These terminals
should clear out very shortly, followed by UIN and St. Louis area
terminals (STL/SUS/CPS) later in the afternoon. VFR conditions 
are expected the remainder of the night and into tomorrow morning.

Near the end of the period a cold front will approach the area,
and may reach UIN near or just prior to 18Z tomorrow, and the
remaining terminals between roughly 20-00Z. Most of the impacts
from this will be felt just beyond this forecast period, but low
clouds and some light snow will be possible. 

BRC

&&

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

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WFO LSX