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FXUS63 KBIS 252051
AFDBIS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
251 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015

CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING THROUGH THE
PRAIRIE PROVINCES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS
PLACES LOW TO THE EAST OF HUDSON BAY WITH RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST
BRINGING FAST NORTH/NORTHWEST FLOW TO OUR AREA. SOME SNOW LINGERS
OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...THOUGH THIS CONTINUES TO DIMINISH
WITH SKIES SLOWLY CLEARING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AS
SURFACE HIGH SLIDES SOUTH.

FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...FRIGID SURFACE HIGH
CONTINUES ITS SLOW SLIDE TOWARDS THE REGION. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING CLEARING SKIES ALONG WITH LIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WIND. FRIGID
AIRMASS WITH THE HIGH WILL BRING TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW
ZERO OVER MOST LOCATIONS WHICH...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE
WIND...WILL BRING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.

ON THURSDAY...SURFACE HIGH CONTINUES TO WORK OVER THE AREA
BRINGING CLEAR SKIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015

THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IN THE LONG TERM IS THE ARCTIC HIGH AFFECTING THE
FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL BUT THE FAR
SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH ON THE SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE
HUDSON BAY LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THIS WILL KEEP RELATIVELY COOL AIR OVER THE STATE...ALBEIT WITHOUT
THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL THREAT.

BY MONDAY A LONGWAVE TROUGH THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE WEST COAST WILL
ALLOW WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO REACH NORTH DAKOTA...AND BY
TUESDAY THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW TO
REACH MAINLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM A STORM SYSTEM
THAT DEVELOPS AND MOVES IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.
MODERATING TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME SHOULD BRING HIGHS IN THE
20S AND 30S MONDAY.

THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT ANOTHER ARCTIC AIRMASS TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
OUT OF THE CANADIAN FRONT RANGE AND INTO NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1218 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015

SKIES WILL SLOWLY CLEAR AND SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING VFR CONDITIONS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
THEN PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.


&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-
031>037-040>048-050-051.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...JJS
LONG TERM...JV
AVIATION...JJS