Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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859 FXUS63 KBIS 110548 AFDBIS Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Bismarck ND 1248 AM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Near average temperatures expected today and Tuesday. Highs on Wednesday will reach a crescendo with most locations reaching the 80s. 90 degree readings are possible in the southern James River Valley of North Dakota. - A 20 to 40 percent chance of showers returns Wednesday evening. Higher precipitation chances are then forecast Friday night through the weekend. && .UPDATE... Issued at 1248 AM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 Deep surface low is analyzed in southeast Saskatchewan, with a frontal boundary oriented north-south and extending from the Turtle Mountains area through the James River Valley. Showers have ended across the area, with some lingering low-level clouds across the north central and east seen on nighttime satellite imagery. Going forecast looks good for the night. UPDATE Issued at 947 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 Showers continue to push east along an eastward moving frontal boundary, with clouds clearing west into central in the front`s wake. Expect all precipitation over western and central ND to be to the east by midnight, with temperatures dropping into the lower to mid 50s overnight. UPDATE Issued at 631 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 Band of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms continues to push east, with another area of convection moving into western ND early this evening. The overall severe threat has ended, with instability quickly dissipating the past couple of hours. Main update was to modify POPs based on latest radar imagery and trends. UPDATE Issued at 449 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 Allowed the Severe Thunderstorm Watch to expire. Storms are moving into a much less favorable environment as they move east, with instability expected to greatly diminish elsewhere southwest with time now through early this evening. ALl products have been updates. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 229 PM CDT Mon Jun 10 2024 The bottom line up front is that a Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Bowman and Adams County until 9 pm MDT. As such, the main forecast challenge for today is the potential for severe weather this afternoon and early evening especially for far southwestern ND. Presently, an embedded surface low circulation is located in eastern Montana into northeastern Wyoming within an area of elongated low pressure from Alberta, through eastern Montana, and into western South Dakota. Aloft, a shortwave sliding through the Dakotas is resulting in continued WAA across the forecast area this afternoon, which should be the primary forcing mechanism for continued showers and thunderstorms. The aforementioned surface low pressure circulation will drift east northeast through North Dakota today. Associated warm frontal boundary on a north to south axis, along with trailing cold frontal boundary, will slide across South Dakota. As a result, the front northern extent will quickly become occluded. Factors that favor severe weather in the southwest are that the RAP suggests a narrow swath of 1500 J/kg of MUCAPE in the southwest, along with adequate shear of 30 to 35 kts of 0 to 6 km bulk shear. In addition, DCAPE values are generally not impressive, but a narrow ribbon in excess of 900 J/kg is possible as well in the far southwest. Besides the southwest, the RAP also suggests up to 1000 J/kg of MUCAPE in the west central and northwest. However, with excess cloud cover present and having been so all day, along with morning and early afternoon showers and thunderstorms working the atmosphere, sufficient instability may be hard to find in the west central and northwest. Therefore the severe weather threat seems very low in all but the far southwest. Any severe weather threat should end by late evening. At that point, showers, along with a few thunderstorms, will end from west to east. Skies will also clear out and Tuesday will feature a mostly sunny and dry day with highs in the 70s to low 80s. Other than a 20 to 40 percent chance of showers in the far south Wednesday evening through Wednesday night, mostly dry conditions are expected through the remainder of the workweek. More widespread precipitation chances then return to the area Friday night, through the weekend, and into next week. Models are not in full agreement as to how this will play out, but the potential exists for southwesterly flow aloft as strong upper low pressure slides through southern Canada, potentially with troughing into the southwestern CONUS. Overall, expect temperatures to gradually increase before reaching a crescendo on Wednesday with highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s (possibly with a few 90 degree readings). Temperatures will then become seasonable again for the latter half of the week. Lows in the 50s will prevail through the period, though occasional drops into the 40s or remnants in the low 60s are possible various nights. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1248 AM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 VFR conditions expected at all terminals in the wake of an exiting system. Northwest winds will become breezy across the north and east on Tuesday, with gusts up to 25 knots possible at KMOT and KJMS. Winds will diminish in the evening, with mostly clear skies. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ UPDATE...Jones DISCUSSION...Telken AVIATION...Jones