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FXUS63 KABR 150838
AFDABR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
338 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL BE THE MAIN
FORECAST CHALLENGE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CWA THIS
MORNING. RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET ALONG WITH A
WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THESE LIGHT
SHOWERS THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE
LOWER LEVEL ARE RATHER DRY SO WOULD NOT EXPECT A GREAT DEAL OF
MOISTURE REACHING THE GROUND. THIS AFTERNOON AND A BETTER PORTION
OF TONIGHT WILL BE DRY UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM APPEARS TO
SLIT IN TWO WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION TRACKING ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA
AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION MOVING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90.

THURSDAY NIGHT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EASTERN CWA.
ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY WILL COMBINE WITH A 35 TO 40 KNOT
LLJ TO RESULT IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO
NOT APPEAR LIKELY...EITHER DOES LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ASIDE FROM LINGERING CONVECTION DURING THE MORNING HOURS...A
BETTER PORTION OF FRIDAY LOOKS DRY. MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM THROUGH THE DAY WITH H7 REACHING THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS.
THESE WARM TEMPS SHOULD CAP CONVECTION UNTIL AFTER 0Z SATURDAY OR
JUST BEYOND THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL EXIT THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH. SHORTWAVE ENERGY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH WILL THEN AFFECT THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT
WITH THE SURFACE PATTERN THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...THEN BEGIN TO
DIVERGE SOME AS THE ECMWF BRINGS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WHILE
THE GFS KEEPS THE LOW IN THE VICINITY LONGER. THERE IS SOME DECENT
INSTABILITY THAT SHOWS UP ACROSS THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT...AND EVEN
BETTER INSTABILITY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT THERE COULD BE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA BOTH EVENINGS. CANNOT REALLY DISCERN ANY
TIME PERIOD WHEN IT WILL BE COMPLETELY DRY...SO WILL STICK CLOSE
TO ALLBLEND POPS...WHICH ARE GENERALLY IN THE SCHC TO HIGH CHC
CATEGORY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

SATURDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 70S. WILL THEN SEE A COOLING TREND
THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WITH
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S ON SUNDAY...THEN MAINLY IN THE 60S MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS

EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ANY CLOUDS AOA 10K
FEET. VSBY SHOULD BE UNRESTRICTED.

&&

.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

$$
SHORT TERM...SD
LONG TERM...PARKIN
AVIATION...PARKIN

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