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FXUS63 KMPX 201132
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 243 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014

HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO TAKE A JUMP UPWARD TODAY AS MUCH
WARMER SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL AIR FINALLY MOVES IN. OVER THE PAST FEW
DAYS H85 TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN A 12-16 DEG C RANGE FROM EAST TO
WEST RESPECTIVELY ACROSS THE FA. BY THIS AFTERNOON...H85
TEMPERATURES ARE PROGGED TO RISE INTO THE 18-24 DEG C RANGE FROM
EAST TO WEST. MIX-DOWN INDICATES HIGHS REACHING INTO THE LOWER 90S
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN WITH MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S IN THE METRO WITH
LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WI. DEW POINTS WILL ALSO BE
ON THE RISE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN MN WHERE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 70S ARE FORECAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS RESULTS IN AN
APPARENT TEMPERATURE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR AN HOUR OUR TWO IN LAC QUI
PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES. WILL NOT ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY
DUE TO THE LIMITED TIME. MONDAY WILL BE A MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION
WITH HEAT RELATED PRODUCTS NOW IN EFFECT.

ANOTHER CONCERN FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IS THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS THIS
MORNING WILL PUSH INTO NW MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE WRF
SOLUTIONS POINT TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE
FRONT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FROM NEAR KPIR TO KINL. THE MPX...ARW
AND NMM WRF/S BRUSH WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MN WITH A FEW STORMS
DURING THE EVENING WITH NO ACTIVITY SURVIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
EXCEPTION IS THE SPC WRF. IT PROGRESSES ACTIVITY EAST SOUTHEAST ALL
NIGHT LONG WITH STORMS REACH NORTHERN IA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY.
FOLLOWED THE CONSENSUS AND ALLOWED FOR STORMS TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO
CENTRAL MN DURING THE EVENING WITH AN EXTENSION DOWN ACROSS THE WEST
METRO TO NEAR KRWF. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR NW
CWA (KAXN) IN THE EARLY EVENING.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 243 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014

THE FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM IS SQUARELY ON THE HEAT MONDAY FOLLOWED
BY A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A SEVERE MCS MONDAY NIGHT. AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...THERMAL RIDGING WILL BE FOUND ALONG AN
AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE PLAINS NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. THIS WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY
REACHING THE NORTHERN MPX CWA BY AFTERNOON. 925 MB TEMPS OF +26 TO
+28C FAVOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE IS
THE OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY THAT WILL BUILD DURING THE DAY AS A SLUG OF
DEEP MOISTURE ARRIVES. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR SEVERAL
DAYS NOW THAT DEW POINTS COULD REACH THE MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 70S
BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. MET AND MAV MOS EVEN ADVERTISE 82 TO 83
DEGREE DEW POINTS IN MADISON MN. THERE IS VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE
HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 100 ACROSS MN COUNTIES AND FAR WESTERN
MN...SO WENT AHEAD AND POSTED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THOSE LOCATIONS
AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THE MSP METRO. HEAT INDICES
COULD APPROACH 110 DEGREES IN WEST CENTRAL MN IF DEW POINTS DO IN
FACT APPROACH 80 DEGREES TOWARD EVENING.

ON MONDAY EVENING...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN AS A WAVE
RIDING ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE APPROACHES. THE
7.5-8.5 C/KM LAPSE RATES WILL OVERSPREAD THE HOT AND VERY MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER AND LEAD TO AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH
MLCAPE OF 4000 TO 5000 J/KG. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE DAKOTAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY ACQUIRE A
COLD POOL AS THE ACTIVITY RACES EASTWARD AROUND 50 KT. A WELL
ORGANIZED MCS CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL PUSH ACROSS
THE MN COUNTIES MONDAY EVENING AND REACH WESTERN WI BY THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. GIVEN THE FORWARD PROPAGATION MOTION AND DCAPE
VALUES BETWEEN 600 AND 1000 J/KG...DECIDED TO INCLUDE SEVERE IN
THE GRIDS WITH A RELATIVELY HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR WIND DAMAGE. SPC SWO
DAY 2 MAKES MENTION OF A POSSIBLE MDT RISK IN LATER OUTLOOKS AND I
CANNOT DISAGREE. IF THE BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS SOMEWHAT MIXED
DURING THE EVENING...DCAPE COULD IMPROVE TO ABOVE 1000 J/KG AND
THE THREAT FOR A DERECHO WOULD INCREASE GIVEN THE EXTREME
INSTABILITY IN PLACE...DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S...AND RAPID
MCS MOTION.

COLD FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH TUESDAY MORNING. DEW POINTS WILL
BE SLOW TO DROP THROUGH THE DAY...WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME
THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS SRN MN. WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER
SHOULD HAMPER TEMPS...BUT WILL NEED TO WATCH DEW POINTS SINCE THEY
WILL GOVERN THE NEED FOR ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY.

A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL ACCOMPANY CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE MIDWEEK BEFORE STORM CHANCES INCREASE AGAIN LATE WEEK
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER WRAPPED UP SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN
CANADIAN ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO KEEP THINGS QUITE
UNSETTLED INTO NEXT WEEKEND AND MAY EVENTUALLY DROP ANOTHER CUT
OFF LOW INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST IN THE FAR EXTENDED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 632 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2014

BKN-OVC045-050 SC CONTINUES THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN MN AND
WESTERN WI. SOME THINNING OF THE CLOUDINESS WILL OCCUR AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. A COOL FRONT IN THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL PUSH INTO NW
MN AND EASTERN SD BY THIS EVENING. SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE SOLUTIONS
ARE UNITED IN A BKN LINE OF TSRA FROM NEAR KPIR TO KINL BY 21/00Z.
CONFIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH ON THE STORM DEVELOPMENT THAT A PROB30
GROUP WAS INCLUDED FOR THE KAXN SITE THIS EVENING. INDICATIONS ARE
THAT THE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING KSTC OR KRWF.
LIGHT SOUTH WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 12-15 KNOTS BY
LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN THE
18-22 KNOT RANGE AS WELL.

KMSP...VFR THROUGH THE PD. BKN-OVC050 THIS MORNING WITH SCT-BKN
THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
14G22.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/

MON...VFR. WINDS S 10-15KTS.
MON NIGHT...VFR WITH IFR/TSRA POSSIBLE. WINDS S 10KTS.
TUE...VFR WITH IFR/TSRA POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. WINDS SW 10KTS
BECOMING NW.
WED...VFR. WINDS NE 10KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MNZ041>045-
     047>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093.

     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
     MNZ060>063-068>070.

WI...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIZ014-023-024.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...RAH
LONG TERM...BORGHOFF
AVIATION...RAH