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KEY MESSAGES
- The passage of the cold front this morning will bring cold air into the region this weekend. High temperatures are forecast to only reach the 50s with overnight lows in the low to mid 30s through the weekend.
- As a result of the cold air, a Freeze Warning has been issued for portions of the Ozark Foothills in southeast Missouri and southern and southwestern Illinois tonight. A Freeze Watch has been issued area wide Saturday night.
- Additionally, a Frost Advisory has been issued for portions southern Illinois and western Kentucky for tonight.
- Dry conditions will persist through at least mid-next week with a warm-up back into the 60s forecast to begin again Monday as high pressure settles into the area.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 103 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2026
A cold front is currently moving through bringing with it some of the coldest temperatures we have yet to see this Fall. With the cold airmass and limited cloud cover at night, highs will only reach the 50s and lows will drop down to the low to mid 30s today and through the weekend. This has prompted the issuance of a Freeze Warning for portions of the Ozark Foothills in southeast Missouri and southern and southwestern Illinois, and a Frost Advisory for southern Indiana and western Kentucky for tonight. Temperatures will drop further Saturday night, prompting the issuance of a Freeze Watch for the entire region that will end the growing season for the year.
Monday, high pressure will settle in place bringing continued dry conditions, southerly winds, and another warm-up back into the 60s across the region. These conditions should persist through at least mid-week. Models suggest another positively tilted trough may pass through Wednesday evening/Thursday morning that may bring a few sprinkles, but confidence is low at the moment.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/
Issued at 445 PM CST Thu Nov 5 2026
A cold front is entering the CWA at this writing. It will bring bases down to MVFR CIGS as winds shift to the NW, then N; some gustiness into the mid-upper teens KTS is possible early tmrw, before the gradient relaxes as the front pulls away, esp during the planning phase hours of the forecast. By then, the drier air will have captured the column in whole, scattering any lingering bases and returning Visual Flight Rules to all terminals.
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.
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