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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

February 23, 20074 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this snow advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 3:39 PM CST for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2007, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 4:00 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Feb 23, 3:10 AM CST, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:10 AM CST, 12 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
310 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING SOME OF THE 25 TO 30 DEW POINT AIR
OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA WAS FINALLY WORKING INTO THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA. KDIK REPORTED LOW CEILING ON 08Z
OBSERVATION. ALL OTHER STATIONS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WERE STILL
REPORTING PRIMARILY MID LEVEL DECKS. WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF
DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST TODAY...PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG...BUT HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE START TIME
UNTIL NOW AROUND 12Z. MSAS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SHOWING BEST
3 HOUR PRESSURE FALLS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. AS SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS OUT OF MONTANA INTO SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBR
TODAY...GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. A
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR TODAY IN OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES.
MAIN SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO KICK OUT
ACROSS NEBR...KANSAS AND THE MIDWEST DURING THE WEEKEND...KEEPING
BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY SNOW WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR FORECAST
AREA. THOUGH SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA DURING
THE WEEKEND...MOST AREAS WILL BE LOOKING AT AROUND AN INCH TOTAL
EXCEPT FOR JAMESTOWN AND AREAS SOUTHEAST...WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO POPS...QPF AND SNOW AMOUNTS FOR
THE WEEKEND FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
ON MONDAY A LINGERING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE STATE MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THE
UPPER FLOW OVER THE MIDWEST MONDAY HAS BROKEN DOWN INTO WEAK
EDDIES. THE MAJOR ENERGY WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
U.S. IN A BAND OF STRONG WESTERLIES. I LEFT SOME 20 PCT POPS IN MY
FAR EASTERN ZONES TO COVER THE POTENTIAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION. I ALSO
LOWERED TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY A TAD BASED ON THE FAR
SOUTHERLY POSITION OF THE POLAR JET.

THE NEXT THREAT OF SNOW ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER MAJOR UPPER
TROUGH ARRIVES ON THE SCENE.

UPPER RIDGING ON FRIDAY WILL KEEP IT DRY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR NDZ023-025-036-037-046>048-050-051.
&&

JM/RSL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 5:53 AM CST, 9 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 4:31 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBISDickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 3 more13 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in North Dakota, 2007Every snow advisory in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.