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KEY MESSAGES
- A cold front's passage will bring an end to lingering shower/storm chances and cool temperatures closer to seasonal for the first half of the new week.
- Another warmup to above normal temperatures can be expected over the back half of the coming week, with rain chances returning by week's end.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 1235 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026
A cold front has entered the northwest periphery of the CWA, and is poised to make passage this afternoon. It will draw down on the chance of rain, as cooler and drier air begins its spread into/across the region. This cooler air will see us return closer to seasonal norms for the beginning half of the new week as high pressure becomes the predominant synoptic feature of sensible wx influence.
Looking at the thermal and isodrosothermal parameters early in the week, we see 30s dew points doorstep us by 00Z this evening, with 30s ensconsed region-wide by 12Z tmrw, where they stay til Monday night. That's when we see some 20s dew points sneak in, and with lows in the 30s in our north and west, may offer the best chance of frost there Monday night. Some combo of wind/cloud may preclude its wider spread potential til then, and could do so Monday night as well...something to track with time.
The high shifts east over the back half of the week, allowing for return flow southerlies to develop. This will lead to warmer temperatures going above seasonal again, and eventually by week's end, sees the chance of rain reenter the forecast.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
Issued at 1235 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026
A cold front's soon passage will bring an end to shower/storm chances, but restricted bases may linger a few more hours before more siginficant clearing works in later tonight. Winds gusty south to southwest ahead of the front will shift to the west and northwest with fropa, then lose gustiness/diminish overnight as a return to Visual Flight Rules takes hold of the forecast going forward.
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.
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