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FXUS63 KFSD 150836
AFDFSD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE
HOTTEST DAY APPEARS TO BE SATURDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG THE
MISSOURI RIVER INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IA COULD REACH 100
DEGREE HEAT INDICES BOTH DAYS, WITH THE HIGHER PROBABILITY
BEING ON SATURDAY.
- AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BRINGS LOW TO MODERATE CHANCES
(20-50 PERCENT) FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT, BUT CONFIDENCE IN
ANY DETAILS IS LOW. CURRENTLY IT APPEARS THE BETTER CHANCE FOR
HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AND MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2025
CURRENT RADAR INDICATES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING
EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL SD VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS IS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PRESENTLY ORIENTED THROUGH
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SD AND NE. LATEST HI-RES GUIDANCE WOULD HAVE
THIS WAVE TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE DAY. CAMS ARE
DIFFERING ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ACTIVITY TO OUR WEST, THOUGH THE
MOST RECENT HRRR/RAP WOULD SUGGEST SOME OF THIS MAKING IT INTO OUR
WESTERN CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING, BEFORE WEAKENING AS IT PUSHES
FARTHER TO THE EAST THROUGH MID MORNING. SOUNDINGS INDICATE A FAIRLY
STRONG CAP WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR TODAY, AND
THIS SHOULD KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ON THE LOW SIDE THROUGH AT
LEAST THIS EVENING.
WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ORIENTED OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS, IT WILL BE
ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. THIS
COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT
INDICES WELL INTO THE 90S TO NEAR 100 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL RESIDE ALONG THE MID AND
LOWER MO RIVER CORRIDOR. IT APPEARS THAT HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL
BE RIGHT AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR ONLY A BRIEF TIME OVER THIS AREA, SO
ELECTED NOT TO ISSUE A HEADLINE AT THIS TIME.
CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT WILL BE INITIATED BY TWO FEATURES -
A SHORTWAVE LIFTING THROUGH WESTERN INTO NORTHERN SD AND A LOW LEVEL
JET ORIENTED FROM NE INTO MN BY LATER TONIGHT. CURRENT MODELS WOULD
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN SD EARLY
THIS EVENING - THEN PUSHING EASTWARD INTO TONIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY
ON HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL GET INTO OUR CWA WITH MODELS SHOWING THIS
ACTIVITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE THE GREATER FORCING IS. EVEN
SO, WE MAY SEE THIS SCRAPE THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF OUR CWA
OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER AREA TO WATCH WILL BE OVER EAST CENTRAL SD INTO
SOUTHWESTERN MN - WITH POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING ON
THE NOSE OF THE LLJ. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IN
PLACE TONIGHT, SHEAR LOOKS TO BE ON THE WEAKER SIDE, BUT CANNOT RULE
OUT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION, HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE A
THREAT WITH A WEAK MID LEVEL FLOW AND PWAT VALUES RUNNING AROUND 1.5
TO OVER 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA.
UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY, AND THIS
WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S,
WITH HIGHEST READINGS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. WITH DEW POINTS HANGING
IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S, HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN RISE INTO THE 90S
TO JUST OVER 100. MAY SEE A LARGER AREA REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA
IN THE AFTERNOON AND FUTURE HEAT HEADLINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MODELS
WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT WILL BE MAINLY DRY THROUGH THE DAY.
RINSE AND REPEAT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TRACKS OVER
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHILE A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS NORTHWARD INTO
OUR AREA. AT THIS TIME, THE HIGHER PROBABILITIES (40-60%) FOR
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO RESIDE WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WITH A BOUNDARY ORIENTED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SD
NORTHEASTWARD INTO MN. IF STORMS DEVELOP, THERE AGAIN WOULD BE A
RISK OF LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN OUT A BIT BY SUNDAY AND
MONDAY, WITH ONLY MINOR RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES AND DEW
POINTS. WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUING TO MEANDER OVER OUR
AREA, THE RISK OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REMAIN AS SHORTWAVES TRACK
THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW - WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING FOCUSED
ON SUNDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHIFTS
INTO THE WESTERN CONUS, WITH OUR AREA BEING IN A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW.
WITH THAT, TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY - ALTHOUGH REMAINING ON
THE HIGH SIDE OF SEASONAL AVERAGES. OVERALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES
LOOK LOWER THROUGH THIS PERIOD, ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW WITH
MODEL DIFFERENCES.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1010 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2025
VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. EVENTUALLY CIRRUS
AHEAD OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NEBRASKA WILL ARRIVE, WITH A SECONDARY MID-LVL CLOUD DECK MOVING
IN TOWARDS DAYBREAK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, THOUGH HIGH
CLOUD BASES ARE EXPECTED. BY THE AFTERNOON, SOUNDINGS CONTINUE
TO SHOW A SCATTERED LOW CU FIELD DEVELOPING AND CONTINUING INTO
EARLY EVENING.
WINDS THROUGHOUT THE TAF WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY, OCCASIONALLY
GUSTING OVER 20 KNOTS ON FRIDAY.
FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...JM
AVIATION...DUX
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