426  
FXUS63 KMPX 172341  
AFDMPX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
641 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WILL BEGIN  
A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND.  
 
- SLOW MOVING STORMS AND HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT WILL  
LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN TOTALS EACH OF THE NEXT FEW  
DAYS.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 223 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS BROAD TROUGHING THAT  
EXTENDS FROM INTERIOR PACNORTHWEST DOWN TO THE 4-CORNERS REGION THEN  
UP TO THE GREAT LAKES. FEATURED WITHIN THIS TROUGHING PATTERN, H700  
LOW PRESSURE ROTATES NEAR THE SD/NE BORDER. CLOSER TO HOME, A  
STATIONARY BOUNDARY CURRENTLY RESIDES FROM LAKE SUPERIOR DOWN ACROSS  
SOUTHWESTERN MN. CLOUDIER SKIES EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF MN, THUS HAVE  
DECIDED TO LOWER MAXT VALUES THIS AFTERNOON A COUPLE OF DEGREES  
USING A BLEND OF NBM AND HIRES GUIDANCE. THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED  
SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF  
CONVECTION FOR THE REST OF TODAY. LATEST RAP GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT  
INCREASED MOISTURE WILL ADVECT FROM THE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE COURSE  
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE MIXED-LAYER INSTABILITY  
RANGES BETWEEN 1000 TO 1500 J/KG AND PWATS EXCEED 1.5 INCHES, WHICH  
SHOULD MAINTAIN THE RISK OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE  
WIND FIELD CONTINUES TO APPEAR WEAK, THUS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING  
OR MEANDER ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. GIVEN THIS SLOW STORM MOTION  
SETUP, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS THAT DO OBSERVE HEAVIER PERIODS OF  
RAINFALL COULD SEE LOCALIZED PONDING/FLOODING. AS OF THE 12Z HREF  
QPF LPMM, A NARROW CORRIDOR EXTENDS NEAR GRANITE FALLS OVER TO THE  
TWIN CITIES THAT COULD SEE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO  
2.5 INCHES.  
 
AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT  
WEEK, HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA WILL SERVE  
AS A REX BLOCK TO OUR CURRENT TROUGHING PATTERN, MEANING OUR POPS  
WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY INTO MUCH OF THIS  
WEEKEND. IT IS LIKELY THAT DAILY POPS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS  
WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. PRECIP ACTIVITY LOOKS TO SIMMER DOWN  
EARLY NEXT WEEK ONCE RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS DEVELOPS. AS FOR  
TEMPERATURES, VALUES WILL RETURN TO THE 70S WITH LOWS IN THE  
MID 50S LOWER 60S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 639 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE TERMINALS  
TO OPEN THE 00Z TAF PERIOD. BEST CHANCE FOR -SHRA IN THE SHORT  
TERM WILL BE AT RWF/AXN, THOUGH RECENT RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO  
SHOW A DOWNWARD TREND IN SHOWERS. REGIONAL VIEW SHOWS THE UPPER  
LOW SLOWLY SPINNING OVER THE DAKOTAS TO THE WEST. WE DO NOT  
EXPECT MUCH EASTWARD MOVEMENT OVER THE NEXT 24-HOURS, WHICH  
KEEPS THE TERMINALS IN A REGION OF SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THAT WILL  
FEED ADDITIONAL SHOWER CHANCES. CONFIDENCE IS QUITE LOW IN EXACT  
PRECIPITATION WINDOWS AND THE LATEST GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED MUCH  
DRIER THROUGH THE NIGHT. GIVEN THE DRY SLOT OVER IOWA, OPTED TO  
LEAN THE TAFS IN A DRY DIRECTION THROUGH THE NIGHT IN MOST  
CASES. WILL MONITOR LATEST TRENDS AND AMD AS NEEDED. MVFR OR  
LOWER STRATUS LOOKS TO BE A FOCUS FOR CIG HEIGHTS LATE  
TONIGHT/NEAR DAYBREAK AND WILL MOST LIKELY IMPACT AXN/RWF/STC  
AND POSSIBLY MKT. CIGS IMPROVE TO VFR BY LATE MORNING AND WINDS  
SUSTAIN 5-10KTS TOMORROW.  
 
KMSP...REMOVED THUNDER FROM THE TAF AS THE MAIN FORCING  
MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS A BOUNDARY THAT IS NOW LOCATED  
NORTH OF THE TERMINAL. FORECAST REMAINS ONE OF LOWER CONFIDENCE  
HEADING INTO TONIGHT AS LATEST GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED DRIER WITH  
RESPECT TO SHOWER CHANCES IN THE NEAR TERM. OPTED TO RUN WITH A  
DRY 00Z TAF THROUGH 21Z THURSDAY, BUT IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT  
WE'LL NEED AMD'S FOR WHAT WILL LIKELY BE VFR -SHRA THROUGH THE  
NIGHT.  
 
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/  
FRI...MVFR. -SHRA LIKELY, CHC -TSRA. WIND SE 5-10 KTS.  
SAT...CHC MVFR/-TSRA. WIND S 5-10 KTS.  
SUN...CHC MVFR/-TSRA. WIND SW 5-10 KTS.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...DUNLEAVY  
AVIATION...STRUS  
 
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