NUCAPS Plan View Moisture

We took a look at a NUCAPS plan view image of mid-level moisture (754 mb mixing ratio) from 19Z. Image shown below. Areas of higher moisture were apparent over south-central Missouri in our SGF CWA, and over the St. Louis metro area.

Several hours later, we noted that convective activity was focused in these general areas. The few cells that developed over our CWA were over the south-central part of the state. Much more significant convection triggered over the St. Louis area. -JP