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FXUS63 KFGF 091739
AFDFGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1239 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1236 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

TEMPERATURES VARY ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE MID 30S ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE RIVER TO PATCHY AREAS WELL INTO THE 40S. ATTEMPTED TO
DO SOME FINE TUNING OF MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BASED ON CURRENT
VALUES. OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 959 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

ANY FORECAST UPDATE CHALLENGES TODAY WILL BE TEMPERATURES. CURRENT
TEMPERATURES IN LINE SO NO UPDATE NEEDED.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 630 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

MADE A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR
THIS MORNING. READINGS HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 20S AND
30S AND HIGHS REACHING THE 40S LATER TODAY STILL SEEMS PROBABLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 322 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM FOR THE SHORT TERM.

NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH
THE SFC TROUGH CURRENTLY ENTERING MANITOBA STAYING TO OUR NORTH.
TEMPS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF ND HAVE STAYED IN THE UPPER 30S
TO LOW 40S EVEN AT THIS LATE HOUR...AND WITH CONTINUED WARM AIR
ADVECTION AND GOOD MIXING TODAY...THINK WE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS
GETTING WELL ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES EVEN WITH A LOT OF CIRRUS.
850MB TEMPS WILL GET TO AROUND 10 C IN THE SOUTH TODAY...AND WITH
TEMPS ALREADY IN THE 30S IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES THINK WE WILL
HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING INTO THE 40S ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST AND THE
TREED AREAS IN THE EAST TODAY.

AN UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE FROM MANITOBA TONIGHT INTO ONTARIO
FOR TOMORROW. THE SFC TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH THE
SHORTWAVE. THE MAIN EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE IS TO SHIFT WINDS TO THE
WEST AND A MORE NEUTRAL ADVECTION PATTERN FOR A SHORT TIME. WEST
WINDS...GOOD MIXING AND CIRRUS WILL HELP KEEP LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
20S AND 30S. SOME COOLER 850MB TEMPS SEEP INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT THINK WITH WEST SFC WINDS CONTINUING WILL
KEEP TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR A WHILE LONGER.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 322 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

MONDAY NIGHT...COLDER AIR STARTS TO COME BACK DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH. A SOUTHERN BRANCH
SHORTWAVE WILL BRING SOME PRECIP TO SD AND NEB...ALTHOUGH THE
ECMWF BRINGS SOME INTO OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. WILL KEEP THE LOW POPS WE HAVE GOING FOR NOW BUT THINK
THE PRECIP IMPACT ON OUR CWA WILL BE MINIMAL. TUESDAY WILL BE BACK
DOWN INTO THE 20S AND 30S AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE
AREA. TEMPS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE FAIRLY COLD...IN THE TEENS...AS
A SFC TROUGH BEGINS TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND WINDS RETURN TO THE
SOUTH.

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE PERIOD.
HOWEVER...OVERALL A RATHER QUIET PERIOD OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
TEMPS SHOULD WARM FROM WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY AHEAD OF A STRONGER
WAVE...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES...WITH THE GFS
FASTER THAN THE ECMWF (AND COOLER FOR THURSDAY). GIVEN THE EXPECTED
TRACK OF THIS SFC LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA TOWARD NORTHERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...LIGHT SNOW CHANCES WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE NORTHEASTERN
PART OF THE AREA. TEMPS WILL COOL OFF BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR FRIDAY
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1236 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2014

EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER TO PERSIST
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOWARD MIDNIGHT DECREASING CLOUDS AND A
STRENGTHENING SHOT OF WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD KICK IN. COULD BE A
LITTLE GUSTY AROUND KDVL BUT NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL AFFECT
THE RED RIVER VALLEY TAF SITES.

&&

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

$$

UPDATE...VOELKER
SHORT TERM...JR
LONG TERM...JR/MAKOWSKI
AVIATION...GODON