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FXUS63 KFSD 211717
AFDFSD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1217 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 408 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS THE AREA WITH BEST LIFT AND
MOISTURE TRANSPORT LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA. FURTHER TO THE EAST...INSTABILITY SHOWERS MAY
DEVELOP...BUT WITH LIMITED HEATING AND INSTABILITY...AM NOT REALLY
EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF THUNDER/SEVERE WEATHER.  WITH A FAIR
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN 10 TO 15 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL TODAY.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 408 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WOBBLE SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...WITH ITS CENTER TRACKING ACROSS OUR EASTERN FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA ON WEDNESDAY. UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AS THE TROWAL CONTINUES TO SHIFT
EAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. BEST POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS WILL BE
ACROSS OUR NORTHERN FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WHILE MUCH OF NORTHWEST
IOWA WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE DRY SECTOR THROUGH THE BULK OF THE
NIGHT AND WILL SEE MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS. WITH THE LOW FILLING AND
MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE CWA IN THE MORNING THEN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST
TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING LESS THAN A
QUARTER INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. PERSISTENT CLOUDY SKIES AND
MOIST CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER COOL DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH
HIGHS ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SINKS SOUTHWARD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH
SHOULD FINALLY ALLOW THE CLOUDS TO BEGIN SCOURING OUT
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER LOWS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL IN THE LOW TO MID
40S. WHILE LATE WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO RESUME THE WET
PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ON A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.
SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL DIRECT SEVERAL SHORTWAVES
THROUGH THE REGION AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EACH PERIOD. TIMING THESE WAVES REMAINS
PROBLEMATIC...HOWEVER ALL MODELS DO POINT TO A VERY ACTIVE PATTERN
DURING THIS TIME WITH SEVERAL WAVES OF PRECIPITATION.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS EARLY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD MVFR WITH A FEW AREAS OF IFR
CIGS PREVAILED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WHILE MORE
OPEN CELL LOW VFR CIGS PREVAILED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MN AND NORTHWEST
IA. LOW PRESSURE /MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST/ CONTINUED TO BRING
PERSISTENT LIGHT RAIN TO THE HON TAF SITE AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS
TO FSD. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HON/FSD SITES
THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG WITH CONTINUED SHOWERS...THEN EXPECT
IFR CIGS TONIGHT AS MOISTURE SETTLES. SUX WILL SEE SOME
MVFR CIGS ADVECT SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH
SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS...THEN MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY BEGINS TO EXIT THE
REGION.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM.../
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...