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FXUS63 KDLH 220824
AFDDLH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
324 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 324 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

POWERFUL SHORT WAVE TROF AND ITS ASSOCIATED VORT MAX WERE MOVING
THROUGH NW MN AT 08Z AND HEADED INTO NE MN. THIS IS DRIVING THE MCS
THAT WAS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FA AT 08Z. AS THIS FEATURE
PROGRESSES THROUGH THE REST OF NE MN THIS MORNING...IT WILL GLANCE
NW WI. HAVE TIMED POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SPEED AND MOVEMENT OF THE
TROF/VORT MAX/MCS THROUGH THE FA. THE BULK OF THE PCPN WILL EXIT THE
FA BY 18Z TODAY. HAVE A SMALL POP OVER THE ARROWHEAD THROUGH 19Z TO
ACCOUNT FOR ANY LINGERING BACKWASH FROM THE DEPARTING SYSTEM.
MEANWHILE...SFC RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA FROM MID
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EVENTUALLY...HUMIDITIES WILL DROP AND
MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE SEASONAL NORMAL RANGE.

THE SFC RIDING CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE FA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
THIS WILL KEEP MIN AND MAX TEMPS IN THE SEASONAL RANGE.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 324 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH DRY
AND COOLER WEATHER.

THE MODELS INDICATE A MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH AND
CENTRAL PLAINS LATER THIS WEEK...AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE
PACIFIC NW WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHERN ALBERTA. THE UPPER LOW AND ITS
SURFACE REFLECTION COULD SWING THROUGH THE NORTHLAND OVER THE
WEEKEND AND BRING A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 227 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

WIDELY VARIABLE CONDITIONS RANGING FROM VFR...TO LIFR WITH
-RA/-TSRA...ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 12Z. CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY WITH THE ONSET OF GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  78  57  74  45 /  20   0   0   0
INL  77  53  76  45 /  50   0   0   0
BRD  81  58  78  52 /  10   0   0   0
HYR  82  57  76  44 /  30   0   0   0
ASX  79  55  72  44 /  30   0   0   0

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GSF
LONG TERM...GRANING
AVIATION...GRANING