Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Bismarck, ND

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM JUST EAST OF
MINOT TO JUST EAST OF HETTINGER.  THE FRONT SHOULD PASS BISMARCK
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  DEWPOINTS EAST OF THE FRONT ARE IN THE
60S AND MODELS INDICATE THE CAPE SHOULD BE ABOVE 2000. THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD GENERATE ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS
CAN BE SEEN ROTATING IN CENTRAL ALBERTA ALIGNED WITH THE CORE OF
COLD AIR AND UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE
PLAINS.  THE CLOUDS AND COOLER AIR SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE STATE LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY RIDGING AND A RETURN OF WARMER AIR.
FOR NOW HAVE INCLUDED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTH CENTRAL
TONIGHT...BUT WILL LET NEXT FORECASTER DECIDE WHETHER TO ADD SHOWERS
TO CENTRAL ND ON MONDAYS FORECAST.

.BIS...NONE
TSW