Area Forecast Discussion
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919 FXUS63 KABR 201738 AAC AFDABR Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 1238 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - There is a 50 to 90 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms today through Saturday. Some storms may be strong to severe across parts of south central South Dakota this afternoon and evening, then across much of the area Friday afternoon and evening. - A more quiet stretch of weather is anticipated by the second half of the weekend into early next week. Dry conditions look to take hold Sunday through Monday with much warmer temperatures and muggy conditions setting in. && .UPDATE...
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Issued at 1234 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Issued a Flood Watch for portions of the area mainly south of Hwy 212. Portions of the watch area have a slight to moderate risk for excessive rainfall through Friday. 1 to 3 inches of rain has already fallen in the last 18 hours in Hand and Buffalo county. More rain, locally heavy at times in thunderstorms, is expected through Friday night. UPDATE Issued at 1030 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Made a few tweaks to hourly pops to slow down northerly advance of precip. Otherwise, the forecast remains on track this morning.
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&& .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON/... Issued at 406 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Through the near term period, the region will be situated between upper level high pressure over the southeastern part of the country, and a trough west of the Rockies. Shortwave energy will be ejected from the trough over the Northern Plains, though none of it looks to be particularly strong. At the surface, high pressure is currently northeast of the CWA, and a low pressure system is approaching from the southwest. In the region between these two system, rain is occurring and is extending from southwest to northeast over the CWA, with most of the rain east of the Missouri River. This area of rain will continue to track northeast through the remainder of the overnight hours, then will become reinforced over the CWA as a warm front associated with the low to the southwest sets up across the southern part of the state today, then from southwest to northeast over the CWA tonight and Friday. Will see 500 to 1000 J/kg of instability and 40 to 50 knots of shear develop across mainly the southern part of the state later this afternoon and evening, so may see a few stronger thunderstorms over the far southwestern CWA. This is noted by a Marginal Risk. By late Friday afternoon, 1500-2000 J/kg of shear and 40 to 45 knots of shear develop across parts of the southern CWA, so will again see a chance for strong to severe storms. This is highlighted be a Slight Risk across the southern half of the CWA, and a Marginal Risk across the north for the Friday afternoon/evening time frame. Large hail and strong wind gusts will be the main threats. Rainfall amounts will likely be the highest across the southeastern CWA, where some areas may see amounts in excess of two inches today through the day Friday. Amounts will become less to the north and west, but much of the CWA has a good chance at seeing at least one half inch of rainfall. High temperatures today will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Low temperatures tonight will be in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Highs on Friday will be in the 70s. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 406 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 The active pattern will persist into the beginning of this forecast period. The upper flow pattern is expected to remain southwesterly as an upper trough across the Western CONUS shifts out into the Central Rockies...while an upper ridge remains across the Deep South. By late Friday into Saturday, the upper shortwave trough is progged to lift northeast into the Central Plains and Upper Midwest. This will be followed by a secondary upper trough sliding southeast across southern Canada into the Western Great Lakes Lakes during the course of the weekend. Models then indicate an upper ridge will develop across the Northern High Plains and shift across our region by late in the weekend into early next week. By the end of the period, we`re left with more or less quasi-zonal upper flow if not northwesterly flow as the upper ridge tries to re-assert itself across the western CONUS. Friday night into Saturday morning will remain unsettled as sfc low pressure tracks northeast across a frontal boundary that will be draped across portions of southern/southeastern SD into southern MN early on but lift north-northeast into east central SD and central MN by daybreak Saturday morning. Periods of showers and thunderstorms look likely(60-90 percent) across the forecast area with decreasing chances going forward in time overnight through Saturday morning. Strong to severe storms will be possible across portions of our forecast area late Friday into Saturday morning. NAM12 MUCAPE values are rather impressive south of our CWA across southeast SD into southern MN, but even our southern and eastern zones are showing 1000-2500 J/kg of MUCAPE Friday night into early Saturday. 0-6km bulk shear in these areas could be on the order of about 30-50kts. The collection of ensembles indicate joint probabilities of SFC CAPE greater than 500, SFC CIN greater than -25 and sfc-500mb bulk shear greater than 30kts highlight a 30-60 percent chance from our far southern zones(I-90 corridor) northeast into east central SD/west central MN. SPC currently highlights our southern zones from central/south central SD into parts of east central SD with a slight risk for severe weather. Heavy rainfall could be a concern for our eastern zones(east of the James Valley) through Saturday morning. NBM probabilities of 1 inch or more of rainfall in a 24 hr period ending Saturday morning remain highest across east central SD into the northeast corner of SD and into west central MN. Here...chances currently sit at about a 50-70 percent chance of seeing that amount of rain. The pattern returns more tranquil for the most part the remainder of the period. With that aforementioned upper ridge building in early next week, temperatures are expected to warm significantly above normal. In fact, daytime readings on Monday are anticipated to reach the mid 80s to mid 90s across the CWA. Humid conditions will remain in place, so it will be a fairly muggy start to the week. The region may see another disturbance work across the Dakotas Monday night into Tuesday which could give us a chance for showers and storms along with slightly cooler temperatures. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/...
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Issued at 1234 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG A chaotic mix of cigs is around the region today as rain and embedded thunderstorms spread north and east. Vsby may be reduced in heavier rain through Friday.
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&& .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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SD...Flood Watch through Saturday morning for SDZ018>020-022-023-036- 037-048-051. MN...None.
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&& $$ UPDATE...Wise SHORT TERM...Parkin LONG TERM...Vipond AVIATION...Wise