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FXUS63 KFGF 150431
AFDFGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1131 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 948 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

MOTHER NATURE IS COOPERATING SO FAR AS THINGS ARE GOING AS
PLANNED. THERE HAS BEEN NO THUNDER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN FA WHERE INSTABILITY IS THE STRONGEST...DUE TO CAPPING
ISSUES. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPANDING IN
COVERAGE ACROSS THE NE FA ASSOCIATED WITH 850MB WARM AIR ADVECTION
AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY. SMALL HAIL AND SUB-SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE THREAT. NO
ADDITIONAL UPDATES ARE NEEDED.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS MAINLY NEAR TERM THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
AND SEVERE POTENTIAL. MODELS OK WITH MAIN FEATURES BUT DIFFER ON
CONVECTIVE QPF AND WILL USE BLEND.

SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO CENTRAL DAKOTAS WITH WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY INDICATING SECONDARY WAVE INTO WESTERN DAKOTAS. SOME
MODEST CAPE/INSTABILITY...SHEAR AND 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT ALONG AND
AHEAD OF FRONT. THINNING CLOUDS HAVE ALLOWED FOR MORE SOLAR
HOWEVER TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO HOLD SHORT OF CONVECTIVE THRESHOLDS.
CONS FOR DEEP SEVERE POTENTIAL IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE
INHIBITION WITH WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. MODELS HAVE BEEN OVER
FORECASTING DEW POINT TEMPERATURES BY 5 TO 10 DEGREES. THIS
POSSIBLY A RESULT FROM OUR DELAY IN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WITH SLOW
EMERGENCE OF CROPS. LASTLY LEAD WAVE LIFTING THROUGH NORTHERN FA
AND SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE MAY LIMIT CONVECTIVE INITIATION
POTENTIAL. WITH UNCERTAINTIES REMAINING DID BACK OFF ON LIKELY
POPS FOR A GOOD SHARE OF THE EVENING. BOUNDARY TO PROPAGATE EAST
OVERNIGHT AND ANY CONVECTION WHICH DOES DEVELOP SHOULD EXIT FA SOON
AFTER MIDNIGHT. DEW POINTS UPSTREAM BEHIND BOUNDARY SIMILAR TO CURRENT
VALUES SO OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD RANGE THROUGH THE 50S.

COLUMN DRIES NICELY BEHIND BOUNDARY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE.
SOLAR AND SURFACE WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
RECOVER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES.

QUIET SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SEASONAL MINIMUMS TO CONTINUE.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

RESPECTABLE COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH FA ON SUNDAY. MODEST
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF BOUNDARY COULD LEAD TO SOME AFTERNOON
CONVECTION AND MAINTAINED POPS ACROSS ROUGHLY NORTH HALF OF FA.
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE FELT MOST ACROSS NORTHERN FA IN
STRONGER COLD ADVECTION DURING THE DAY. FAR SOUTH MAY STILL SEE
TEMPERATURES NEAR AVERAGE.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL KEEP FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK
DRY...HOWEVER THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST FOR THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEK AND BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR TSTMS THU AND
FRI. STRONGEST SOUTHERLY FLOW AND THERMAL RIDGE SHOULD BE WEST OF
REGION...AND NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED.
WARMEST DAYS SHOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...RIGHT AROUND THE
80 MARK FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1131 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

VFR CIGS ARE CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST...AND SHOULD CLEAR KBJI BY
SUNRISE. SHOWERS EAST OF THE VALLEY WILL ALSO EXIT THE REGION.
BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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

$$

UPDATE...TG
SHORT TERM...VOELKER
LONG TERM...SPEICHER/VOELKER
AVIATION...TG