Hail in South Dakota, June 5, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
337 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

.SHORT TERM...FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIP HANDLE AROUND VORT MAX
BULLSEYES AND TEMPS THROUGH DAY 3.

STICKING WITH THE GFS RIGHT NOW ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL FOLKS WOULD
PREFER A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ETA. THAT SAID...MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH
THE SHORT TERM SEEMED TO MATCH UP FAIRLY WELL WITH GFS 850HPA TEMPS
EXCEPT ON SUNDAY...WHERE WAA PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST TEMPS TO APPROACH
LOW TO MID 70S OUT IN KPIR VICINITY PROVIDED DECENT INSOLATION
BEFALLS THAT DAY. WOULD THINK THAT TO BE THE CASE WITH S/W RIDGING
PROGGED TO INVADE CWA THAT DAY. UNTIL THEN...CONTINUED PATTERN OF
CLOUDY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SHOULD PERSIST WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS PER
MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MOVEMENT OF TWO DISTINCT UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOWS
THROUGH THE CWA...COMPLETE WITH UPPER LEVEL COLD POOLS LESS THAN -20C.
TAPERED OFF PRECIP SUNDAY MORNING OVER FAR SE CWA AS SECOND OF TWO
CLOSED CIRCULATIONS EVENTUALLY DEPARTS NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY
DAY 3. REMAINDER OF UNMENTIONED GRIDS WERE LEFT AS IS OR TOUCHED UP
A BIT WITH GFS INFLUENCE. ACTUALLY HAD SOME RETURNS ON RADAR THIS
AFTERNOON TO CONTEND WITH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA TO NICKEL HAIL
SHOWING UP ACROSS REGION THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THIS CWA. EXPECT
MORE OF THE SAME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS
ACROSS THE REGION OF COLD AIR FUNNELS. FYI.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MDLS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH LONG-TERM PATTERN WITH INITIAL S/WV
PUSHING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. CAN/NOGAPS
LOOK A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH BRINGING THE SYSTEM THROUGH
EARLIER MONDAY...BUT AM LIKING THE LATER GFS AS SYSTEMS TEND TO SLOW
DOWN IN THE EXT. HOWEVER ALL MDLS AGREE IN KEEPING BEST DYNAMICS AND
MOISTURE TO THE NORTH OF THE ABR CWA. 12Z AVN IS SHOWING SOME DECENT
LL LIFT ACROSS CENTRAL SD AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT MOISTURE
SEEMS SOMEWHAT SCARCE. HAVE LEFT THAT TIME DRY FOR NOW...BUT WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR SYSTEM AS THIS TIME NEARS. ANOTHER VORT LOBE
ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW IN CENTRAL CAN LOOKS TO SLIDE INTO THE NRN
PLAINS LATE TUE INTO WED. COULD SEE SOME SHRA POP UP IN SOUTHERLY
FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BUT A BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL COME
WED AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH. THEN REMAINDER OF
EXT LOOKS DRY. LOOKS LIKE COULD BE HEADING TOWARDS A PATTERN SWITCH
AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL INTO NEXT WEEK INSTEAD OF THE LARGE
WRN CONUS RIDGE. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...HAVE LEFT SIMILAR
TO PREVIOUS FCST AS THOSE VALUES CONTINUE TO LOOK ON TRACK.

.ABR...NONE.

DORN/ALBRECHT

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1138 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE HAIL SMALLER THAN NICKELS...LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

HARDING

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
156 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0135 PM    3 S DUMONT                MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/03   TRAVERSE

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