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FXUS63 KBIS 171938
AFDBIS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
238 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTO THE FAR SOUTHWEST.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
- SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY ARE OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY THE HIGHEST RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR.
- HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 50S AND 60S THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY, THEN WARMING INTO THE 70S OVER THE WEEKEND. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 104 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ND.
ALTHOUGH THE THUNDER HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED HERE, AN ISOLATED
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. OVER WESTERN AND
INTO NORTH CENTRAL ND, WE ARE SEEING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. AS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, THERE IS
LITTLE IF ANY SHEAR HERE, BUT INSTABILITY IS IN THE 500-1000
J/KG RANGE WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND WK SURFACE
VORTICITY. THE NON-SUPERCELL TORNADO PARAMETER CONTINUES TO
TICK UP. CAN NOT RULE OUT A LANDSPOUT THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAX
HEATING. THINK THIS THREAT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS HEATING WANES
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT, WE DID ADD SOME PATCHY FOG
TO WESTERN ND, NEAR THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE MID TO HIGH LEVEL
CLOUD SHIELD, OTHERWISE EXPECT INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY.
A COUPLE OF MID-UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATIONS (EASTERN MT AND CENTRAL
SD) ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS THEY LINGER
OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE CONVERGING OVER
SOUTHERN ND/NORTHERN SD LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT
FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT,
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE MID-UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION
MAKES ITS WAY SLOWLY EAST. THERE IS ANOTHER, WEAKER UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM THAT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND THAT MAY KEEP
AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST (ALTHOUGH CURRENT NBM POPS ARE PRETTY MUCH NON-
EXISTENT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT). THEN ANOTHER
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL
PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE
TIMING/PLACEMENT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEMS THIS WEEKEND
AND ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME GENERAL
AGREEMENT IN AT LEAST A BRIEF WARM AND DRY PERIOD AS WE HEAD
INTO THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK. THIS IS ALSO SUPPORTED IN
THE LATEST 6-10 DAY CPC OUTLOOK WHICH IS ALSO FAVORING A WARM
AND DRY PERIOD OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THAT
TIMEFRAME (SEPT 23-27).
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 1153 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
ND. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ND AS
WELL, ALTHOUGH BESIDES THE CURRENT ACTIVITY AROUND KBIS, WILL
NOT INCLUDE A MENTION OF THUNDER AT THIS TIME. LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS, WITH A LOW
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER. EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR-IFR VISIBILITIES
AND CEILINGS IN OCCASIONAL RAIN AND AREAS OF FOG CONTINUING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT AN EAST TO NORTHEAST SURFACE
FLOW OF 5 TO 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...TELKEN
AVIATION...TELKEN
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