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FXUS63 KBIS 111123
AFDBIS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
623 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 609 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA NEAR
RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET KEEP TRYING TO PUSH EAST...BUT
STRUGGLE TO HOLD TOGETHER ONCE THEY APPROACH THE STATE LINE.
EXPECT A FEW WILL START TO HOLD TOGETHER SO WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS
AND PUSH THE POPS EAST A LITTLE. PATCHY FOG CONTINUES OVER THE
AREA...BUT EXPECT THIS TO IMPROVE NOT LONG AFTER SUNRISE. UPDATES
HAVE BEEN SENT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE THE
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW THROUGH TONIGHT.

CURRENTLY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND
EAST ACROSS THE STATE...NOW POSITIONED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH EARLIER PRODUCED A FEW
STRONGER STORMS NORTH CENTRAL...CONTINUES TO GENERATE WEAK
CONVECTION AS IT MOVES SOUTH. PAST HOUR HAVE SEEN WEAK ECHOS
DEVELOP ACROSS SHERIDAN AND NORTHERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES. WILL
MAINTAIN A MENTION OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR THESE AREAS AND
ACROSS MY SOUTHEAST THROUGH 12Z FOR THIS FEATURE. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS
NORTHERN MONTANA UNDER THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER LEVEL
JET STREAK MOVING SLOWLY EAST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY ENTER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...MAINLY AFTER
12Z.

WILL ALSO MAINTAIN PATCHY FOG WORDING THROUGH 15Z BASED ON LATEST
OBSERVATIONS.

FOR TODAY...FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER JET STREAK REALLY
DOES NOT MATERIALIZE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN
DIVERGENCE ALOFT INCREASES. MAY SEE SOME ELEVATED
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON WEST...BUT DOES APPEAR
MOST SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL NOT GET GOING UNTIL AFTER
00Z. WHEN IT DOES...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BE CONFINED TO THE
SOUTHERN ONE HALF...IF NOT SOUTHERN ONE THIRD...WITH SUBSIDENCE
ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER MY NORTH. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN OFF TO OUR SOUTH WITH MODELS
INDICATING A STABLE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. THE FAR SOUTH
WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR A STRAY STRONGER STORM OR
TWO...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)

ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

ON SATURDAY...DEEPENING UPPER LOW SLIDES DOWN THE WESTERN SHORES OF
HUDSON BAY WHILE A FEW WAVES CONTINUE TO SWING THROUGH CYCLONIC FLOW
ALOFT THRU THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS IN
THE FORECAST PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW CONTINUES ITS
SOUTHERLY SLIDE TOWARDS NORTHERN MINNESOTA/LAKE SUPERIOR. MODELS
CONTINUE TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM. COOLER AIRMASS SWINGING AROUND THE LOW WILL PUSH INTO THE
AREA...WITH THE MAIN PUSH COMING LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL
BRING WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS TO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH
MOST LOCATIONS SEEING HIGHS AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ON
MONDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE TREND WITH THIS AS TEMPS MAY NEED TO
BE LOWERED EVEN FURTHER. A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS
VARIETY OF WAVES WRAP THROUGH CYCLONIC FLOW...PARTICULARLY FROM THE
TURTLE MOUNTAINS TO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...UPPER LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST
WHILE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS KEEPS NORTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR
AREA KEEPING CONDITIONS MAINLY DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH
MID-WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 609 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

LCL IFR VIS IN FG OVER WRN/CNTRL ND WILL IMPROVE BY MID-MORNING.
ISOLD SHRA/-TSRA WILL CONTINUE OVER WRN ND THIS MORN...POSSIBLY
INTO THE AFTERNOON. ISOLD/SCT SHRA/-TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SRN
ND TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

UPDATE...JJS
SHORT TERM...NH
LONG TERM...JJS
AVIATION...JJS