Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1238 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SURFACE FRONT FROM JUST
NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO LITTLE FALLS...RICE LAKE...AND EAU CLAIRE
CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BAND HAS DEVELOPED ON THE NOSE OF
A 55-60 KT LLJ AND SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS THE JET WEAKENS AND
VEERS MORE EASTERLY. AS EXPECTED...THE GLOBAL MODEL DEPICTION FROM
THE LAST FEW DAYS OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MN EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WAY OVERDONE ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOME ACCAS SCATTERED ABOUT AND EVEN A SMALL THUNDERSTORM OR TWO.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE DRY UNTIL MID MORNING WHEN A MID LEVEL
IMPULSE QUICKLY LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH
FORCING WITH IT TO GENERATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH
MOST OF THE HI-RES MODEL GUIDANCE HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON. DO NOT
BELIEVE ANY OF THIS WILL BE SEVERE...JUST SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE MAIN ROUND OF STORMS WILL WAIT UNTIL A BIT LATER IN THE DAY WHEN
THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH
TIME AFTER THE MID MORNING ACTIVITY TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN AS
TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 70S ACROSS SRN MN. IT IS TOUGH TO GAUGE
HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME WITH PRECIPITATION
CONTAMINATING THE MODEL OUTPUT...BUT AS HEIGHT FALLS APPROACH AND
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INCREASES BY LATE AFTERNOON...WILL SEE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MID AFTERNOON WHEN
STORMS WILL BE MORE DISCRETE AND A POCKET OF 50-60 KT WINDS AT
700 MB QUICKLY PASSES OVERHEAD.

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
TRACK OF THE LOW HAS SHIFTED NORTH SLIGHTLY...SO RAISED TEMPS AND
DEW POINTS QUITE A BIT IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS SRN MN AND PORTIONS
OF WRN WI TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT AS PWATS RISE INTO THE 1.25-1.4 INCH RANGE...OR NEAR
RECORD TERRITORY.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

FAIRLY ACTIVE EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WITH THREE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. TREND IS TOWARD COOLER
THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WITH SOME THREAT IF RAIN/SNOW MIX AND/OR
FROST/FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

INITIALLY...THE FIRST UPPER CIRCULATION IS MOVING THROUGH THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA MONDAY. WE STILL SHOULD SEE A FAIRLY
WARM/MOIST SECTOR ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE
CONTINUED THREAT OF SHOWERS/THUNDER. THE THUNDER THREAT SHOULD
WANE QUICKLY INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER THE EAST AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT
AND COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME MORNING
HIGHS IN THE EAST...WITH READINGS FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT BY TUESDAY MORNING. COLDER AIR MOVES IN
MONDAY NIGHT...AND IF THERE IS ANY REMAINING MOISTURE WE COULD SEE
SOME WET SNOW MIX IN WITH THE RAIN OVER THE FAR NORTHERN CWA
MONDAY NIGHT. WE EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY...THE
LULL BETWEEN THE NEXT TROUGH WHICH MOVES IN LATER TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE LONGER TERM MODELS HANDLE THIS SYSTEM A BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH
THE ECMWF A BIT FASTER INITIALLY THAN THE GFS BUT SLOWS ITS
EASTERN PROGRESSION INTO THURSDAY AS IT WEAKENS IN THE MORE
CONFLUENT FLOW OVER THE NORTHEAST CONUS. INSTABILITY WITH THIS
NEXT TROUGH APPEARS RATHER LIMITED WITH THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE.
WILL HOLD ONTO AN ISOLD THUNDER MENTION IN FAR SC MN TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY.

AS THIS TROUGH EXITS...THICKNESS AND THE LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER IS
COLD ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST A RAIN/SNOW MIX AGAIN AS THE LOW EXITS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOULDNT SEE ANYTHING REALLY STICK AS GROUND
TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN MEAGER.

FINALLY...THE LAST SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
WILL HAVE TO SPREAD A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
THE ECMWF REMAINS A BIT SLOWER WITH THIS AS A SMALL SCALE BLOCK
TRIES TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN CANADA. THIS WOULD TRY AND LIMIT
THE NORTHERN EXPANSE OF THE RAIN THREAT OVER THE AREA. WILL HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS AND WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN
AREAL COVERAGE AND TIMING AS NEEDED.

THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE TREND WILL DEVELOP FROM MONDAY INTO
NEXT WEEKEND. MOSTLY CLOUDY PERIOD WITH SEVERAL CHANCES FOR RAIN
WILL MAKE FOR A TYPICAL EARLY SPRING FORECAST. THE WARMEST DAY
LOOKS TO BE ON FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1237 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL MN THROUGH
THE SOUTH METRO TO SOUTH OF KEAU. THE BOUNDARY WILL SLIP SLOWLY
SOUTH THIS EVENING ALLOWING MVFR OR LOWER CEILINGS TO SETTLE
ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL MN AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WI. THE METRO
AREA WILL BE BODERLINE THIS EVENING THEN TREND LOWER OVERNIGHT.
SHOWERS CHANCES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS
CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI WITH MORE ROBUST THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MN LATE IN
THE DAY AND PROGRESSING EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WANE OVERNIGHT AND TURN INTO A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS/LIGHT RAIN WITH LESS THAN MVFR VISIBILITIES. MVFR OR LOWER
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY ALONG WITH SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY
EASTWARD ACROSS THE TAF SITES. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL BE ENE AT 15-20 KNOTS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND SSE 15-25
KNOTS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
TONIGHT.

KMSP...A FEW SHOWERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES LOOK HIGH THIS EVENING WITH A
TEMPO GROUP INSERTED. THEREAFTER...SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH FOR A
TIME BUT THEM PICK BACK UP LATE IN THE NIGHT AND FOR EARLY
MONDAY WITH IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...MVFR/IFR WITH -SHRA ISOLATED TSRA. WIND NE 10-15KTS.
TUE...VFR. WINDS E 10-15KTS.
WED...MVFR LATE IN THE DAY. SHRA LIKELY. WIND E 15-25KTS

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...BORGHOFF
LONG TERM...DWE
AVIATION...RAH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1219 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNZ054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-251200-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
1219 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF
THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION BE NEEDED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

MNZ041>045-047>053-WIZ014>016-251200-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
1219 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNZ054-056-064-242115-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-
347 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE...
SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE AND CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY BETWEEN CANBY AND GRANITE FALLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...CANBY...DAWSON...CLARKFIELD...WATSON...BOYD...PROVIDENCE...
HAZEL RUN...ST. LEO...MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT AND ASBURY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4474 9566 4472 9593 4466 9612 4465 9630
      4504 9609 4507 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 209DEG 30KT 4481 9572

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