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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 22, 2014, 2:29 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 23, 2014, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2014, 2:29 PM MST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2014, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 7:59 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665 WWUS73 KBIS 222129 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 329 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX TONIGHT THEN GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY WITH SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS LIE ALONG AND NORTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA...WHERE AN INCH OF SNOW COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MILD TEMPERATURES THE PAST TWO DAYS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE SOME SNOW COVER REMAINS IN PLACE...HAS LIKELY CRUSTED THE SNOW ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...IF WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH...THEY MAY BREAK THROUGH THE CRUST AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL BLOWING SNOW. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ001>005-009>013-230530- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 329 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-031>035-040>045-230530- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 329 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 /229 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO CREATE PATCHY AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAA
7 follow-up statements
022 WWUS73 KBIS 230342 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 942 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THEN GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY WITH SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...A BRIEF LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS LIE ALONG AND NORTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA...WHERE AN INCH OF NEW SNOW COULD OCCUR. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ001>005-009>013-231200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 942 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-031>035-040>045-231200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 942 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 /842 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CK/AC
024 WWUS73 KBIS 231007 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...A BRIEF LIGHT MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT EXPECT SNOW TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS LIE ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...WHERE AN INCH OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-231815- /O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1800Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 407 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-231815- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 407 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-031>035-040>045-231815- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 407 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /307 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JV
665 WWUS73 KBIS 231257 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 657 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER COUNTIES...WHERE AN INCH OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-232100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1800Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 657 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-232100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 657 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-031>035-040>045-232100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 657 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /557 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
054 WWUS73 KBIS 231556 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 956 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER COUNTIES...WHERE AN INCH OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-240000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1800Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 956 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-240000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 956 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-031>035-040>045-240000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.141123T1600Z-141124T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 956 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /856 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
910 WWUS73 KBIS 232139 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 339 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE SOUTH... CENTRAL AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW WILL ALSO ADD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST AND FAR WEST CENTRAL WHERE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO END MOST AREAS AT 9 PM CST. JUST THE AREA EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND SOUTH OF I94 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-232245- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA 339 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /239 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-240300- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0300Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 339 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ019>023-033>035-040>045-240300- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0300Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 339 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /239 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-240545- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 339 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WA
962 WWUS73 KBIS 240027 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 627 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF BOWMAN THROUGH GARRISON AND CARRINGTON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT... AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO END FOR MOST AREAS AT 9 PM CST. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...WHERE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ003>005-011>013-240130- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0300Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 627 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. OCCASIONAL REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. $$ NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-240600- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 627 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ019>023-033>035-040>045-240300- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0300Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 627 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /527 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AYD
190 WWUS73 KBIS 240259 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 859 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .WHILE A BREEZY OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED...WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ019>023-033>035-040>045-240400- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0300Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 859 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /759 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE A BREEZY OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED...WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NDZ025-036-037-046>048-050-051-240400- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 859 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE A BREEZY OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED...WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AYD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Nov 22, 11:34 AM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 11:34 AM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1234 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1230 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 LOW STRATUS HAS MOVED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH CENTRAL WITH SOME FOG AT ROLLA THIS AFTERNOON. BOWMAN RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN READY TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST. BEEFED OP POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. LOWED MIX TOMES NORTH CENTRAL TO AROUND 30 AT ROLLA. UPDATE ISSUED AT 955 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 NWS RADARS SHOW AN AREA OF LIGHT RETURNS ALONG A MID LEVEL TROUGH. BELIEVE MOST OF THIS IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND BUT A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR RAIN MAY BE SEEN THIS AM ACROSS CENTRAL ND SO ADDED SOME SMALL POPS CENTRAL. ALSO INCREASED CLOUD COVER TODAY. UPDATE ISSUED AT 642 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE LEE OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. WARM ADVECTION PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MAINLY IN CANADA BUT COULD SKIRT THE FAR NORTHERN BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. SHORTWAVE ENERGY CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT ANY DAYTIME PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN. CURRENTLY...HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH MVFR STRATUS OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA AND DIPPING DOWN INTO FAR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. OTHERWISE MAINLY CLEAR TO START THE MORNING. LOWERED SKY COVER ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 338 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SHORT TERM INCLUDE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. A WARM DAY TODAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...FOLLOWED BY COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH THE SYSTEM BRINGING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CURRENTLY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WAS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH MAINLY ZONAL WEST-TO-EAST FLOW OVER NORTH DAKOTA. A LEE-SIDE SURFACE LOW CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA/ALBERTA THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE. A SURFACE LEE-SIDE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM THE SURFACE LOW SOUTHWARD ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. THIS WAS KEEPING THE SURFACE WINDS OVER NORTH DAKOTA IN A LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY REGIME...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO EMERGE INTO THE FRONT RANGE OF MONTANA AND SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THIS MORNING...AND MOVE EAST INTO MANITOBA AND THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE THE SURFACE LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE EAST TO SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THIS AFTERNOON...AND REACH THE MANITOBA/NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA BORDER BY SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST...THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TODAY. HIGHS SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 40S OVER THE STATE...NEARING 50 IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY COMBINED WITH THE SURFACE CONVERGENCE/LIFTING ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EVENING...REACHING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BEFORE SUNRISE. A COMPLICATED SCENARIO OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WITH THE WARM AIR ALOFT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AHEAD OF THE COLD AIR...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TIME. OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...EXPECTING RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING CHANGING RATHER QUICKLY TO SNOW - WITH ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE EVENING COULD BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN - DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY SURFACE TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING. AS THE COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. IN THE JAMES VALLEY...THIS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 338 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 THE MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD CONTINUES TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. WE BEGIN THE PERIOD SUNDAY MORNING WITH A SURFACE LOW PROGGED NEAR RUGBY ON THE 22 NOV 00 UTC GFS. THE GEM/ECMWF ARE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH WITH THE LOW IN FAR SOUTHERN MANITOBA. BY THIS TIME A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS WITH ITS ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION EXITING EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND STRONG WINDS PUSHING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THAT IF THERE IS SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION HERE AFTER 12 UTC SUNDAY...IT COULD FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL QUICKLY END AS STRONG COLD ADVECTION DROPS TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THE MAIN HAZARD ON MONDAY WILL BE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE MID LEVEL LOW AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS COULD STILL BE AN ISSUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO MONDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE LATE SAT NIGHT-SUNDAY NIGHT PERIOD. FOR NOW WE WILL ISSUE AN SPS HIGHLIGHTING THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AFTERWARDS...TUESDAY-FRIDAY...ANOTHER CLIPPER MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY-TUESDAY EVENING WHICH WOULD BRING ANOTHER SWATH OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR ON WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS/GEM AND THE ECMWF WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE COLD SURGE AND A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST. THE GFS/GEM ARE FARTHER WEST WITH THE COLD HIGH DROPPING SOUTH AND THUS THE BUILDING RIDGE IS FLATTER...WHICH RESULTS IN A BAROCLINIC ZONE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING ACROSS MONTANA AND INTO WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD PRODUCE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST. THE ECMWF KEEPS ANY PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST. FOR NOW A MODEL BLEND BRINGS CHANCE POPS TO THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEST OF A LINE FORM ROUGHLY WILLISTON TO BISMARCK. IT STILL LOOKS RATHER COLD BUT MAINLY DRY ON THANKSGIVING DAY. BUT THE WEST COULD RISE INTO THE 20S. BEYOND THURSDAY THE ECMWF INDICATES AN ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WHILE THE GFS CONTINUES TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN A COLD NORTHWEST FLOW AND A MORE ACTIVE QUASI-ZONAL FLOW. THUS WILL CONTINUE TO USE A MODEL BLEND WHICH GIVES MAINLY 20S FOR HIGHS AND SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS FOR LOWS INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEMS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1230 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALBERTA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. BKN TO OVER MID CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. RAIN IS LIKELY SOUTHWEST. AFTER 00Z THIS EVENING EXPECT A CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION SCENARIO WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE...MAINLY KISN-KDIK. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN LATER MAINLY LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED AFTER 06Z. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AFTER 12Z MAY CREATE SOME AREAS BLOWING SNOW. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...WAA SHORT TERM...JV LONG TERM...TWH AVIATION...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 9:20 AM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1020 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-231630- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1020 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 /920 AM MST SAT NOV 22 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND A CHANCE FOR SNOW ARE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY ALONG WITH COLDER WEATHER. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH ICY ROADS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH AN INCH OR TWO ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...WITH AN INCH OR LESS TO THE SOUTH. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK...PLEASE STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS. WA
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.