Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Aberdeen, SD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
219 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN SD THIS
AFTERNOON WITH CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING AHEAD OF DISTURBANCE.
SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 18Z SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN WESTERN ND AND
SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWA WITH LOW IN SE MT. DEW POINTS ARE IN
THE LOW 70S IN EASTERN SD AND IN THE LOW 60S IN CENTRAL SD. THIS
DISCONTINUITY MAY PROVE TO BE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION AS
UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHES INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL
SURFACE-BASED CAPES LOOK TO BE 2000 TO 3500 J/KG WEST TO EAST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...HINTING THAT STORMS WILL LIKELY
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. 18Z
LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS 1600 J/KG WEST AND 3000 J/KG EAST WITH MINIMAL
INHIBITION IN THE EAST. HENCE...STORMS MAY NOT WAIT FOR UPPER WAVE
TO MOVE IN AS IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE EAST IS RIPE ALREADY. IT
CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE STORM MOTION WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...AND WILL
KEEP FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST. STORMS WILL MOVE OFF
TO THE EAST TOWARDS MORNING WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SETTING UP OVER
THE REGION. ANOTHER WARM DAY IS ON TAP FOR SUNDAY AS HIGHS WILL
LIKELY REACH THE MID 90S WEST TO MID 80S EAST. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND
DEPARTING WAVE SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION AT BAY FOR SUNDAY ALTHOUGH THE
MESOETA SOUNDINGS TRY TO PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE. MCS DEVELOPMENT
IS QUITE LIKELY IN ND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST
FROM CANADA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AS THE FRONT
PUSHES INTO SD...ALTHOUGH EXTENT OF CAP IS STILL IN QUESTION. COOLER
TEMPS WILL THEN BE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE REGION.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SURFACE HIGH...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO WEST DOMINATING AREA. WEAK TEMP
ADVECTION PATTERN. SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL SATURDAY...WHEN SURFACE
LOW STARTS SLIDING IN FROM NORTHWEST WITH SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH
TOP OF RIDGE. GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF SYSTEM...SO
ADDED THUNDER FOR SATURDAY.

&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLOOD WATCH 21Z SAT-10Z SUN FOR PARTS OF NERN SODAK.
MN...FLOOD WATCH 21Z SAT-10Z SUN FOR BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES.
&&

KNUTSVIG/MARSHALL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
524 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK OS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS BIG STONE AND
TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-111023-
BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-POTTER-STANLEY-
SULLY-WALWORTH-
525 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. ALONG
WITH THE SEVERE THREAT...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY AGAIN APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 1 PM CDT.

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-037-111023-
BIG STONE-BROWN-CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-
HAND-MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-ROBERTS-SPINK-TRAVERSE-
525 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL COMBINE
WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...PRODUCING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...ALONG WITH PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ITS
POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE CRITERIA AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 4 PM CDT.