Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
450 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MUCH OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM WESTERN SD LAST
EVENING WEAKENED THROUGH THE NIGHT...AS BOW ECHO DEVELOPED AND
LIFTED NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST MN...AND SECOND CLUSTER OF TSRA
MOVED SLOWLY EAST THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. STARTED TO FILL BACK IN
BETWEEN THE TWO DIVERGING TSRA CLUSTERS AFTER 06Z...WITH ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPING ALONG MID LEVEL FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE LEADING EDGE OF
UPPER TROUGH WHICH WAS HANGING BACK OVER EASTERN MT. CENTER OF THE
UPPER LOW STILL LOOKS TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA NEAR THE CANADIAN
BORDER THROUGH TODAY...BUT TAIL OF VORTICITY HANGING SOUTH OF THE
LOW INTO FAR WESTERN SD AT 09Z WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS OUR FORECAST
AREA THROUGH THE DAY...AND SHOULD HELP HOLD MUCH OF THE CURRENT
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TOGETHER AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL FRONT
AS IT DRIFTS EAST THIS MORNING. HAVE BOOSTED POPS INTO CATEGORICAL
RANGE OVER GENERALLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA...STILL TAPERING
OFF THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MID LEVEL BOUNDARY PUSHES OUT OF THE CWA
BETWEEN 21Z-00Z. TEMPS DIDNT REALLY HAVE MUCH CHANCE TO COOL OFF IN
SOUTHEAST AREAS THIS MORNING WITH SOUTH WINDS STAYING UP...BUT WITH
RAIN MOVING IN...DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO RISE TOO MUCH.
WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER...AS THEY COULD SEE A
GOOD JUMP DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER SUNRISE BEFORE THE
CLOUDS AND RAIN INCREASE...OTHERWISE EXPECT MOST AREAS TO TOP OUT IN
THE UPPER 70S TO RIGHT AROUND 80 TODAY. COULD SEE SOME MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER IF THEY ARE ABLE TO HEAT OUT
A LITTLE THIS MORNING BEFORE THE TSRA MOVE IN...OTHERWISE SEVERE
CHANCES IN OUR CWA LOOK PRETTY MINIMAL TODAY.

MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE WAVE TONIGHT...AND EVEN THOUGH
WINDS WILL STAY UP A BIT THIS EVENING...SURFACE RIDGE APPROACHES
WESTERN CWA BY MORNING...AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S SEEM
PRETTY REASONABLE. NICE DAY ON TAP FOR TUESDAY WITH QUITE A BIT OF
SUNSHINE EXPECTED AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AS SURFACE RIDGE SLIDES
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHTER WINDS IN THE RIDGE AXIS MAY NOT ALLOW
FOR MIXING AS DEEP...AND BOTH NAM/GFS SHOW A LITTLE COOLER 850MB
TEMPS FILTERING INTO THE CWA WITH A TRAILING WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE.
HAVE COOLED TUESDAY HIGHS A COUPLE DEGREES FROM TODAYS READINGS...
THOUGH STILL AT OR ABOVE MOST GUIDANCE VALUES...ESPECIALLY MET
VALUES WHICH SEEM A LITTLE TOO COOL FOR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE DURING
THESE LONGEST DAYS OF THE YEAR.

SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW BEGIN TO BRING SOME MOISTURE...AND MORESO
WARMER TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY...AND GOING
LOW POPS WITH THE INCREASING WARM ADVECTION LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY STILL LOOK GOOD. SHOULD WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY
MIDWEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE TAKING HOLD OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS...THOUGH
BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING SIMILAR TIMING ON A RIDGE RIDING WAVE
SCOOTING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
TIMING AND LOCATION OF THESE WAVES CAN BE UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT...
SO HAVE KEPT POPS ON THE LOW SIDE OF CHANCE RANGE FOR NOW...THOUGH
CURRENT MODELS LOOK TO FAVOR NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA FOR BETTER
PRECIP CHANCES THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY VFR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...HOWEVER DO EXPECT SOME MVFR WITH
PASSAGE OF AN INITIAL COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCES FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL END NEAR
HON EARLY THIS MORNING AS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA. NEAR FSD...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE FROM AROUND
SUN RISE INTO LATE MORNING. TOWARDS SUX...THE FRONT WILL BE SLOWER
TO ARRIVE. EXPECTING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
SUX FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
MN...NONE.
NE...NONE.
SD...NONE.

&&

 JH/SL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
601 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-191200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
601 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...LINGERING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA INTO THIS
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO PENNY
SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BUT AT THIS TIME MOST STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE FAVORED
LOCATION OR TIMING OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

 JH