Kiron, Iowa Weather Forecast Discussion

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FXUS63 KDMX 131854
AFDDMX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
154 PM CDT Sat Sep 13 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Main change is an introduction in rain/storm chances Sunday
  afternoon and evening, mainly central and east (35% and less).
  Rainfall amounts will be light.
- Warm with highs around 90 degrees until Wednesday.
- Next best chance of storms Wednesday.
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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 148 PM CDT Sat Sep 13 2025
12z upper air observations had 22C temperatures at 850mb at both TOP
and ICT. Models indicate the warmest batch of air is over Nebraska
at this time. 850mb temperatures over 20C are a high confidence
nudger toward highs in the 90s, especially in a dry (therefore
mixable) airmass such as the one seen today over the state.
Highs in the low to mid 90s will be commonplace today. The
longwave trough encapsulating the western CONUS has split maxima
of height falls today: one in the inner mountain west and the
other in the desert southwest. The desert feature is what will
be responsible for our showers and storms late tomorrow, but
before it gets here, it will continue to ignite convection in
the Southern and Central Great Plains, stunting the approach of
warmer temperatures than seen today. This is why the rest of the
forecast has lower highs compared to today, but still above
average nonetheless.
This feature will deepen and tilt negatively over the next 48 hours,
developing a closed low and stacking by the end of the day Sunday.
Its warm conveyor belt will pull the moisture axis into the Northern
Great Plains, but without the bulk of the instability axis. MUCAPE
values greater than 1500 J/kg will be found in portions of central
and eastern Iowa. Hi res guidance has trended towards showers and
storms taking advantage of this energy once convective temperature
is reached, owed to the transport of moisture found over the
Ozarks/Mid South this morning. Precipitation would be high-based as
the saturated parcels would launch around 700mb, per sounding
profiles. The threat for strong to severe storms is low (

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