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FXUS63 KBIS 260925
AFDBIS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
425 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- MEDIUM CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS WILL RETURN LATER TODAY.
- MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TODAY THEN A WARMING TREND BACK
TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND.
- WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EAST TODAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 415 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING BRINGING
FORTH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINDY CONDITIONS. A SHORTWAVE
CONTINUES TO PASS OVER THE REGION AS ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT.
THIS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING TAPERING OFF FOR BE A BIT BEFORE ANOTHER
WAVE MOVES THROUGH WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND RAIN IN THE SOUTH. PRESSURE
RISES WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE STATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO SIT IN THE 20S NORTH TO THE LOWER 40S SOUTHWEST.
OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE COLD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
TEENS.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REBOUND FRIDAY CLOSER TO NEAR
NORMAL WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30S NORTHEAST TO MID
40S SOUTHWEST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON LEADING TO CLEARING SKIES. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RETURN THIS WEEKEND. HIGH
TEMPERATURE ARE FORECAST TO WARM INTO THE 40S NORTH TO UPPER 60S
SOUTHWEST SATURDAY AND MID 40S NORTH TO MID 60S SUNDAY. NO
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST THIS WEEKEND. THE PATTERN WILL LIKELY
BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS TROUGHING
RETURNS TO WESTERN CONUS. RIGHT NOW THE ENSEMBLES FAVOR A SPLIT
FLOW PATTERN WITH THE UPPER STREAM FAVORED TO MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS FOR PRECIPITATION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 124 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
A SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS BRINGING IN RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE STATE WITH SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF FZRA FOR KJMS, WILL UPDATE THE
TAFS IF THE FREEZING RAIN MOVES INTO THE KJMS AREA IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED OUT OF THE NORTH WITH WIND GUSTS
EXPECTED AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOW SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH OUT THE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. LOW
CLOUDS WILL BRING IFR TO MVFR ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...JOHNSON
AVIATION...JOHNSON
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