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FXUS63 KFGF 110232
AFDFGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
932 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 931 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

INCREASED POPS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN FOR A COUPLE HOURS WHERE
MORE CONCENTRATED SHOWERS EXIST. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

MAIN CHANGES WERE ADJUSTING POPS THROUGH MID EVENING. SHOWERS AND
MAYBE EVENTUAL T CONFINED TO SOUTHERN THIRD OF FA WITH CURRENT
SHORT WAVE PASSAGE. NORTHERN AREAS SEEING MAINLY CI OR CLEARING SO
PULLED POPS AS RAIN CHANCES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL APPROACH OF CFP
LATER TONIGHT. NO OTHER CHANGES.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 304 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND SEVERITY WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST
HEADACHE FOR THE PERIOD.

A LEAD SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ND HAS BROUGHT
PLENTY OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND SOME RADAR RETURNS...BUT THERE HAS
NOT BEEN A LOT OF PRECIP ACTUALLY REACHING THE GROUND SO FAR.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME GOOD LIFT AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES
TOWARDS THE RED RIVER VALLEY...BUT CAPE VALUES SO FAR HAVE BEEN
NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE...AROUND 500 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE
BETTER FURTHER SOUTH OVER SD. HOWEVER...MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE SFC TROUGH AXIS AS
IT MOVES INTO THE CWA. THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ACTIVITY IN
OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STARTS TO CRANK
UP...BEFORE THE SHORTWAVE MOVES WELL PAST US INTO WI. BUMPED UP
POPS AND QPF...BUT LEFT OUT A MENTION OF SEVERE AT THIS POINT.

THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH IS STILL OVER WESTERN CANADA...AND THAT WILL
MOVE INTO MANITOBA TONIGHT. WITH THE STRONG JET CLOSE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER...THERE COULD BE SOME STORMS ALONG THE COLD
FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT.
AGAIN...NOT MUCH INSTABILITY AVAILABLE EVEN ELEVATED. WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP SOME POPS IN THE NORTH.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW AS THE NORTHERN BRANCH UPPER LOW HEADS EAST INTO ONTARIO.
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING OF THE FRONT...THERE COULD BE A FAIR
AMOUNT OF DESTABILIZATION IN OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES BEFORE THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. IF NAM CAPE VALUES OF 3000 J/KG VERIFY ALONG
THE GOOD CONVERGENCE ZONE WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THERE COULD
BE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE FRONT
MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE QUIET
AS THE FRONT MOVES OUT AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 304 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS
REINFORCING SHORTWAVES DIG THE UPPER LOW DEEPER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADA. THERE SHOULD BE ONE COLD FRONT MOVING IN FOR SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND ANOTHER STRONGER BOUNDARY LATE IN THE
DAY ON SUNDAY. SFC WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AHEAD OF THE FRONT
ON SATURDAY...SO THERE WILL NOT BE A HUGE AMOUNT OF CONVERGENCE
AND SFC BASED CAPE IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE. SUNDAY LOOKS EVEN MORE
STABLE. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 10 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE AS THESE
REINFORCING BOUNDARIES COME DOWN. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL
AVERAGES ON SATURDAY BUT ABOUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER ON SUNDAY.

MONDAY...DYNAMIC MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT AN UNUSUALLY
STRONG MID JULY UPPER LOW WILL DROP ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
WITH THE STRONG CYCLONIC FLOW...COLD AIR ALOFT AND TIME OF YEAR
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RED RIVER. HAVE OPTED TO
NOT INCLUDE THUNDER ATTM ALTHOUGH ITS POSSIBLE WITH THE SUB ZERO
700MB COLD POOL. WOULD DEPEND ON SOLAR AND FUTURE FORECASTS WILL
RESOLVE THAT. CURRENT GUIDANCE SUGGEST RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS ACROSS
OUR CWFA.

TUESDAY...DEEP NORTH FLOW SURFACE AND ALOFT GRADUALLY RELAXES WITH
ATTENDANT BRISK NORTH FLOW. QUITE COOL DESPITE INCREASED SOLAR AS
HIGHER HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES SLOW TO MOVE IN BEHIND DEPARTING LOW.
ANOTHER UNUSUALLY MID JULY DAY. OUTSIDE OF SOME LINGERING -RASH 00Z
- 12Z TUESDAY EXPECT VERY LOW RISK OF PRECIPITATION. PLAN TO KEEP
WITH CURRENT DRY FORECAST DURING THE DAY.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN PRECIPITATION FREE WITH EACH
DAY A LITTLE WARMER. RETURN FLOW OUT OF COOL HIGH AND SLOWLY
INCREASING THICKNESSES SUGGEST WARMING TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL
LIKELY BY END OF PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL SEE SOME VFR CIGS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD ALONG WITH SOME SHRA/ISOLD T BUT VFR
VSBY. FARTHER NORTH WILL NOT SEE ANY PCPN CHANCES UNTIL LATER
TONIGHT WHEN COLD FRONT APPROACHES. COLD FRONT SHOULD REACH DVL
IN THE EARLY AM HOURS...VALLEY MID LATE MORNING AND THROUGH THE
EAST BY EVENING.


&&

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

$$

UPDATE...VOELKER
SHORT TERM...JR
LONG TERM...JR/EWENS
AVIATION...VOELKER