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FXUS63 KDLH 170900
AFDDLH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
400 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.SHORT TERM...
A STRENGTHENING WARM FRONT WILL LIFT OVER MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
TODAY. THE FRONT WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS
A MINIMAL THREAT FOR ISOLD THUNDER ACROSS THE FAR SRN ZONES TODAY.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER ONTARIO WILL PRODUCE AN
INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TODAY AS THE
WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. HAVE INCREASED WINDS/GUSTS
TODAY/TONIGHT OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND ACROSS THE SRN ZONES. THE
GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES QUITE COOL NEAR
LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S. INLAND
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM GENERALLY INTO THE UPPER 60 TO AROUND 70.

THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THE NIGHT/SATURDAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLD THUNDER
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. BEST CHC FOR THUNDER ARRIVES SAT
AFTERNOON.


EXTENDED...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

POWERFUL JET STREAM WILL PLUNGE SOUTHEASTWARD FROM CALIFORNIA INTO
WEST TEXAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD. CYCLOGENESIS WILL TAKE
PLACE IN THE SRN PLAINS AND SFC LOW WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTH TOWARDS
NRN PLAINS MONDAY. BY THAT TIME...A MAJOR BLOCKING PATTERN IS
ADVERTISED BY MED RANGE MDLS WITH PLAINS MID LVL LOW BECOMING WEDGED
BETWEEN MID LVL VORTEXES OVER PACNW AND ERN CANADA.  A RELATIVE MID
LVL RIDGE BUILDS OVER CTRL CANADA WHICH KEEPS PLAINS LOW IN A
HOLDING PATTERN INTO MIDWEEK. FINALLY...THURSDAY MDLS SUGGEST SYSTEM
WILL BECOME ABSORBED INTO LARGE EASTERN CIRCULATION.

IN TERMS OF SENSIBLE WEATHER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHLAND. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY SHOULD SEE
POPS FAVORED OVER NWRN CWA...THEN MN ZONES. AS SFC/MID LVL LOW PUSH
INTO ERN SODAK EARLY MONDAY MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
FARTHER EAST INT WISC ZONES. THERE ARE UNCERTAINTIES INVOLVING THE
PRESENCE OF THE LARGE SFC HIGH OVER CANADA. DRY LOW LVL AIR WILL
ADVECT INTO EASTERN PART OF THE REGION CONSISTENTLY AS PRESSURE
GRADIENT STRENGTHENS SUNDAY/MONDAY. THIS MAY MAKE IT TOUGH FOR
ORGANIZED PRECIP TO PUSH FARTHER EAST INITIALLY. MDL QPF IS QUITE
HIGH FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH GFS/EC/GEM INDICATING TOTALS OF
1-3" POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHLAND. MAX TEMPS WILL FALL BELOW CLIMO
MON/TUES...POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE NEAR THE
TWIN PORTS AS A STRONG WIND OFF LAKE SUPERIOR COMBINED WITH PRECIP
MAKES FOR A VERY UNPLEASANT REMINDER OF THE MID 30S WATER TEMPS.
SOME INDICATIONS THAT DEEP LAYER DRYING MAKE OCCUR FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS LARGE SFC/MID LVL HIGH OVER CANADA BEGINS
TO PUSH SOUTHWARD. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS FEATURE IS OF LOWER
CONFIDENCE. TEMPS RETURN TO NEAR CLIO BY THUR AS MID LVL PATTERN
SHIFTS AND BECOMES MORE PROGRESSIVE.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1120 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013/

AVIATION...06Z TAFS.
A FEW SPRINKLES ARE ATTEMPTING TO WORK INTO THE INL AREA AT THE
OUTSET WITH VFR CIGS. ELSEWHERE...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS COVER THE
FA. OTHER THAT THE SPRINKLES...HAVE DELAYED THE BEGINNING OF THE
RAIN TO AFTER 21Z AT ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT BRD WHERE THE RAIN MAY
MOVE INTO THE VCNY AROUND 16Z. SOME GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY
MID MORNING.

&&

.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  53  39  63  50 /  40  60  60  40
INL  68  46  60  52 /  30  50  50  70
BRD  63  50  74  59 /  40  60  60  70
HYR  61  47  75  56 /  70  50  50  20
ASX  57  42  72  51 /  60  60  60  20

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR LSZ144-145.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GRANING
LONG TERM....CANNON