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KEY MESSAGES

- Warming into the weekend. Best chance at 80 is in SEMO on Saturday.

- Couple rounds of showers/storms possible Friday evening/overnight and again Sunday. Limited accumulations are expected with both events.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 122 PM CDT Thu May 7 2026

Sfc high pressure moves in today with broad, long wave troughing aloft. Today starts a warming trend into the weekend. The sfc high moves east of the area on Friday and brings back southerly return flow, leading to warmer temperatures and higher dew points. SEMO has the best chance at hitting 80 on Saturday at around a 60-80% chance.

A weak shortwave aloft rolls through on Friday evening. PoPs are mainly confined to southern IL and southwest IN and are around 40- 80% early evening and weakening as it moves east. Areas along and north of I-64 could see approximately a third of an inch of rain total. The next chance for rain is another long wave trof on Sunday. PoPs have decreased across model runs to around 20-40% on Sunday afternoon. Chances then taper off Sunday evening to the southeast. The better set up and forcing looks to stay to our east, so should just be a general thunder day for us.

Cooler, more seasonable temps on Monday then we start to warm up again through late week. The 8-14 day outlook has above normal temps forecast for the are. Another quick shortwave is expected Tuesday afternoon and will bring a quick shot of 20-30% PoPs Tuesday evening.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 630 PM CDT Thu May 7 2026

The TAFs are VFR. Light and variable winds tonight will become south southwest in the morning and gust 15-20kts through the afternoon.

PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.