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FXUS63 KFGF 060959
AFDFGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
359 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015

UPPER AIR PATTERN WAS MORE ZONAL AND QUITE PROGRESSIVE. WATER VAPOR
LOOP INDICATED A SHORT WAVE OVER THE AREA. RADAR SHOWING WEAK
RETURNS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MN. PRECIP WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 KNOTS AND PRECIP WAS NOT REACHING THE GROUND.
WARM AIR ADVECTION WAS OCCURRING THIS MORNING.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC EXPECTED TO CUT OFF WITH
JET STREAM TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND ACROSS CENTRAL
CANADA BY 84 HOURS. IN THE MEANTIME, JET STREAK/SHORT WAVE OVER
WESTERN CANADA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND PRODUCE
WARM ADVECTION PRECIP FRI AFTERNOON/NIGHT.

ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH SAT NIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
LIGHT PRECIP IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO MOVE
INTO THE AREA WITH JET STREAM ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015

FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...EXPECT DRY WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES
ABOVE NORMAL. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A WARM DAY ON
MONDAY...WITH HIGHS INTO THE LOW/MID 40S WITH FAVORABLE WESTERLY
BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW AND 925MB TEMPS AROUND +6C TO +9C. THE GFS TRIES
TO BRING A COOL FRONT THROUGH TUE/WED...WHEREAS THE ECMWF HAS SOME
COOLING BUT NOT MUCH. THERE IS A SIGNAL FOR EVEN WARMER WEATHER IN
THE ECMWF TOWARDS NEXT THU/FRI. WILL KEEP IT FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE
LATER IN THE EXTENDED...BUT WITH MINIMAL SNOW ON THE GROUND AND
MARCH SUNSHINE...WARM WEATHER IS ON THE WAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND OVER THE RRV INTO NW MN AHEAD OF SFC
TROUGH WILL SHIFT A BIT MORE SOUTHWEST TO WEST LATER TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. BAND OF MID CLUOUDS FROM BAUDETTE TO FARGO WILL
MOVE EAST AS WELL. OVER THE DVL BASIN BEHIND THE TROUGH WINDS WILL
REMAIN WESTERLY OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WIND DIRECTION MAY SHIFT
A BIT MORE SOUTH AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WHICH
WILL MOVE THRU FRIDAY EVENING. BRIEFLY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND IT. INCREASE IN HIGH AND MID CLOUDS FRIDAY MIDDAY-
AFTN...SOME STRATOCU PSBL ESP NE ND/NW MN AFTER 00Z SAT. -SN PSBL
BUT MORE SO IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS AREA FRI EVE.

 &&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.


&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

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SHORT TERM...HOPPES
LONG TERM...DK
AVIATION...RIDDLE