627  
FXUS63 KMPX 281911  
AFDMPX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
211 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
- STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING, WITH THE  
GREATEST RISK BEING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75MPH. THE MOST  
FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM WEST-CENTRAL  
TO SOUTH-CENTRAL MN.  
 
- HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE UNTIL STORMS  
MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE  
EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK.  
 
- OUR PATTERN FINALLY SHIFTS TOWARDS QUIETER WEATHER THIS WEEK,  
AFTER A FINAL CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ON TUESDAY.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 211 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2025  
 
THE CONVECTION THAT WE WERE KEEPING AN EYE ON OVER NORTH DAKOTA HAS  
DECAYED INTO LITTLE MORE THAN SHOWERS AS OF 1830Z, WITH OUR FOCUS  
REDIRECTED TOWARDS AGITATED CUMULUS SHOWING UP ON SATELLITE IMAGERY  
OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS CLUSTER OF DEVELOPING CLOUDS  
IS THE ONSET OF THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY  
BECOME A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OUR COVERAGE AREA  
LATER THIS EVENING, AS IT COLLIDES WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING  
SOUTHEAST FROM DECAYING STORMS IN MONTANA THAT SHOULD RESULT IN  
CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO A LARGER DEGREE. THE MOST RECENT CAM  
GUIDANCE SHOWS THIS INTERACTION BUBBLING OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA  
BETWEEN 21-23Z, MOVING EASTWARDS INTO MINNESOTA BY 00Z AS IT ENTERS  
THE BETTER CONVECTIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH BETTER INSTABILITY AND  
SLIGHTLY BETTER SHEAR. THE SURFACE WARM FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED  
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MN IS EXPECTED TO STALL AND REMAIN IN PLACE  
UNTIL THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING, AND WILL  
SERVE AS THE MAIN GRADIENT ALONG WHICH STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO  
PROPAGATE AS STORMS TEND TO TRY AND FOLLOW GRADIENTS OF INSTABILITY.  
MULTIPLE CAMS CONTINUE TO SHOW CONVECTION TAKING ON A LINEAR SHAPE  
AND BOWING OUT, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS  
OF 70-75MPH, WITH THE LOCATION OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS STILL THE MAIN  
QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO FAVOR A TRAJECTORY  
THAT FOLLOWS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE THE INSTABILITY  
GRADIENT IS SHARPEST, HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF  
CAMS THAT CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LINE OF STORMS OVER THE TWIN CITIES  
BY 8-10PM. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A HEALTHY 2500-3500 J/KG SB AND  
MLCAPE ALONGSIDE EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 55+KTS, ALONGSIDE DCAPE OF 1000-  
1500 J/KG WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN EVERY OTHER EVENT WE  
HAVE SEEN THIS SUMMER SO FAR. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES REMAIN POOR DUE  
TO LOWER-MID LEVEL CAPPING FROM 850-700MB, ESPECIALLY FROM THE 18Z  
ABR SPECIAL BALLOON SOUNDING WHICH SHOWED MUCIN OF OVER -350,  
SHOWING AN EXTREMELY STRONG CAP IN PLACE. THE DERECHO COMPOSITE,  
WHICH RELIES ON VARIABLES SUCH AS MUCAPE, MUCIN, 0-6KM SHEAR, AND  
THE 0-6KM MEAN WIND SHOWS A RELATIVELY HIGH VALUE OF 2-4 ACROSS  
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, AND WE STILL  
HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS HIGHLY CONDUCIVE FOR THUNDERSTORM  
DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD FAVOR A LINEAR MODE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS  
BEING THE MAIN CONCERN, WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION BEING THE MAIN  
QUESTION ALTHOUGH THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE SOLVED AS THE  
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONTINUES PUSHING THROUGH SODAK.  
 
THERE IS STILL NOT A SINGLE CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION, NOR WILL THERE  
LIKELY BE ONE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME STILL  
APPEARS TO BE A LINE OF STORMS MOVING INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA  
AROUND 00-01Z, PROGRESSING QUICKLY TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND  
REACHING A LINE FROM MANKATO TO THE TWIN CITIES BETWEEN 02-03Z  
BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BY 03-04Z. THE WORD DERECHO HAS BEEN  
USED IN THE LEAD-UP TO THIS EVENT, AND IT STILL SEEMS APPLICABLE  
GIVEN THE POTENTIAL OF THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS, HOWEVER THE ENTIRE  
LINE IS NOT EXPECTED TO SEE DERECHO LEVEL WINDS. IN A LINEAR SETUP,  
IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE BOWING SEGMENT WHICH PRODUCES THE STRONGEST  
WINDS WHILE THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE LINE BECOMES COLD-POOL DOMINANT  
WITH WEAKER (BUT STILL POSSIBLY SEVERE LEVEL 60MPH+) WINDS. THE  
POSITION OF THE BOW IS NOT GOING TO BE KNOWN UNTIL IT ACTUALLY  
BEGINS TO APPEAR GIVEN OUR LACK OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM, SO  
WE ARE STILL IN A HOLDING PATTERN TO TRACK WHERE THE STRONGEST GUSTS  
WILL BE. JUST GIVEN THE POSITION OF THE WARM FRONT, IT WOULD BE  
EXPECTED THAT THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE WOULD FOLLOW THE  
MINNESOTA RIVER INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MN AND NORTHERN IA, HOWEVER THERE  
IS STILL A LESS LIKELY BUT STILL POSSIBLE OUTCOME THAT IT TRENDS  
CLOSER TO THE TWIN CITIES. THE ENTIRE EVENT WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2-3  
HOUR WINDOW FOR OUR LOCAL OFFICE GIVEN THE EXPECTED PROGRESSION OF  
THE LINE AS IT QUICKLY MOVES OUT OF THE AREA, WITH THE SURFACE LOW  
AND COLD FRONT EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. ONE THING THAT HAS YET  
TO BE MENTIONED BUT IS RELEVANT GIVEN THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ON  
SUNDAY IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THE LINE MOVES  
THROUGH, WITH RATES IN EXCESS OF 2+ INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.  
THANKFULLY THE LINE LOOKS TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH SUCH THAT THE MAIN  
RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN AREAS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THAT  
SAW THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL YESTERDAY AS OPPOSED TO A MORE  
WIDESPREAD THREAT.  
 
THIS DISCUSSION IS LONG ENOUGH ALREADY, SO LETS WRAP UP THE NEXT 6  
DAYS IN SHORT ORDER. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND WEAK  
STORMS WILL BE PRESENT ON TUESDAY AS WE TRANSITION TOWARDS A RIDGE  
BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE  
STORMS IS PRETTY LOW BUT NON-ZERO OVER SOUTHERN MN, GENERALLY UNDER  
A 5% RISK FOR WINDS/HAIL. AS THE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA  
WEDNESDAY AND PERSISTS THROUGH FRIDAY, WE EXPECT SOME OF THE BEST  
WEATHER DAYS WE HAVE SEEN THIS SUMMER WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND  
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WITH THE ONLY CLOUD COVER BEING FAIR WEATHER  
AFTERNOON CUMULUS. THIS STRETCH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND  
BEFORE THE RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDE EASTWARDS, WITH  
SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS RETURNING BY SUNDAY.
 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 106 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2025  
 
VFR AT ALL TAF SITES TO START, WITH STILL THE THREAT OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING WHICH MAY WELL IMPACT AT LEAST  
ALL 5 MN TAF SITES. STILL DIFFICULT GETTING A HIGH-CONFIDENCE  
READING ON THE TIMING FROM THE CAMS, AS THE TIMING LOOKS TO  
CONTINUALLY BE PUSHED BACK. AT THIS POINT, SINCE THE OCCURRENCE  
OF TSRA IS LIKELY AT ALL TAFS, HAVE TRANSITIONED THE WORDING  
FROM PROB30 TO TEMPO AT ALL SITES. HAVE ALSO PUSHED BACK BY  
1-2HRS THE BEST WINDOW, BUT BASED ON LATEST GUIDANCE COMING IN,  
THE TIMING COULD STILL BE DELAYED ANOTHER 1-2 HOURS FROM WHAT  
IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED. DON'T WANT TO BOUNCE AROUND TOO MUCH ON  
THE TIMING SO WILL ADJUST AS NEEDED BUT THE GROWING CONSENSUS IS  
THAT THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY IMPACT ALL SITES AFTER 00Z THIS  
EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS WILL FOLLOW THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
THRU THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONCE THE RAIN ENDS, A PERIOD OF MVFR  
CEILINGS LOOKS LIKELY BY SUNRISE THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH  
CLEARING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY RUN UNDER  
10KTS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION, WITH DIRECTIONS RATHER VARIABLE  
UNTIL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WHEN A MORE NORTHERLY COMPONENT WILL  
PREVAIL.  
 
KMSP...HAVE TRANSITIONED THE PROB30 WORDING TO TEMPO WORDING FOR  
THE CONVECTION EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND ALSO PUSHED IT BACK BY  
AN HOUR TO 02Z-06Z. HOWEVER, LATEST CAMS INDICATE THAT TIMING  
COULD BE EVEN LATER, SO WILL SEE HOW THIS SCENARIO EVOLVES  
BEFORE MAKING MORE TIMING CHANGES. OTHERWISE, THE IDEA IS THE  
SAME THAT TSRA MAY CONTAIN STRONG/GUSTY WINDS THEN AS CONDITIONS  
SETTLE BACK DOWN OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING, RAIN WILL  
DIMINISH AND BE FOLLOWED BY A SMALL PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS  
BEFORE SKIES CLEAR OUT DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.  
 
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/  
WED...VFR. WIND NE 5-10 KTS.  
THU...VFR. WIND E 5-10KTS.  
FRI...VFR. WIND SE 5-10 KTS.  
 

 
   
MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-  
BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-HENNEPIN-LAC QUI  
PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RICE-SCOTT-  
SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE.  
WI...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...TDH  
AVIATION...JPC  
 
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