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FXUS63 KBIS 291745
AFDBIS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1245 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY.
- A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ON
THURSDAY AND BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ON HALLOWEEN.
- LIGHT PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIPPER IS POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 1235 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO STEADILY WARM ACROSS THE REGION. NO
UPDATES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 946 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
CLEAR SKIES AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE HAVE HELPED DROP
TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S ACROSS THE
STATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON BACK INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWERS 50S. NO UPDATES ARE
NEEDED AT THIS TIME AS THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 623 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 356 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
FOR THE DAY TODAY, EXPECT GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES OTHER THAN SOME INCOMING HIGH CLOUDS. BREEZY
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WEST AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM
SLIDES WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND TIGHTENS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT. A LITTLE LIGHT PRECIPITATION, MOSTLY IN THE
FORM OF RAIN, THOUGH POSSIBLY WITH SOME SNOW MIXED IN, MAY OCCUR
THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CLIPPER. THURSDAY WILL SEE DRY AND BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA. HOWEVER, ANOTHER AROUND OF LIGHT RAIN, POSSIBLY WITH SOME
SNOW MIXED IN, MAY OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE
AFOREMENTIONED CLIPPER DIVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH MINNESOTA. MOSTLY
DRY WEATHER IS THEN FAVORED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THAT SAID, SHORTWAVE ENERGY MAY PRODUCE A ROUND OF LIGHT
PRECIPITATION AT SOME POINT DURING THE WEEKEND.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER
40S TO LOW 50S. BELOW AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S
TO LOW 40S ARE THEN ON TAP FOR HALLOWEEN BEFORE A WARMING TREND
THIS WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO DROP
MOSTLY INTO THE LOW 30S. BY FRIDAY NIGHT, LOWS SHOULD DROP INTO
THE 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE, IF NOT EVEN COLDER IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 1235 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TOMORROW. BREEZY WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS DROPPING OFF BY
SUNSET. WINDS WILL VEER OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AS A FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS
THE REGION TOMORROW. A SYSTEM COULD BRING A LOW CHANCES OF A
RAIN SNOW MIX ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SITE WITH THE
GREATEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS KMOT. THERE COULD ALSO BE
TEMPORARY VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND LOWERED CEILINGS FROM
PRECIPITATION.
BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
UPDATE...JOHNSON/TELKEN
DISCUSSION...TELKEN
AVIATION...JOHNSON
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