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FXUS63 KFGF 191633
AFDFGF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1033 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- HEAVIEST RAINFALL END THIS MORNING.
- CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS COLDER AIR
MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
BRING WINTER IMPACTS LATE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
- UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS IN THE SEVERITY AND LOCATION OF WINTER
IMPACTS, WITH THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY TIED TO THE STRENGTH AND
TRACK OF THE SYSTEM.
- HIGHEST CHANCES TO RECEIVE WINTER STORM IMPACTS ARE STILL OVER
THE DEVILS LAKE REGION WHERE PROBABILITIES OF 6 INCHES OF MORE
IS 70 PERCENT. THUS WARNING ISSUED THERE AS CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
FASTEST THERE. FARTHER EAST CONFIDENCE IN CHANGEOVER TIMING
AND IMPACTS ARE LESS UNCERTAIN
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 1033 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2024
FORECAST RUNNING ON TRACK THIS MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ELBOW LAKE UP TOWARD THE FARGO-
MOORHEAD AREA (1.25 TO 1.75 INCHES). FURTHER NORTH, AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN MORE IN THE 0.25 TO 0.75 INCH RANGE. THE RADAR IS SHOWING A
BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION NOW, BASICALLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR, WITH THE MAIN BAND EXTENDING FROM
DETROIT LAKES THROUGH GRAND FORKS UP TOWARD LANGDON. THE ONLY
AREAS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE CONSISTENTLY BELOW 32F ARE FROM
LAKOTA TO LANGDON AND ACROSS WESTERN BENSON COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA.
WEBCAMS INDICATE STEADY SNOW FROM LAKOTA TO LANGDON, WITH
LANGDON SEEING SOME ACCUMULATION ALREADY (LOOKS LIKE A SLUSHY 1
TO MAYBE 3 INCHES). THIS BAND SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE
NORTH (INTO CANADA) BY THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH SHOULD GIVE THE
LANGDON AREA A BREAK. WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY RISING A FEW
MORE DEGREES, THERE SHOULD ALSO BE SOME MELTING AND COMPACTION
OF THE SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. MOVING INTO TONIGHT, WENT
AHEAD AND EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO INCLUDE ALL OF
THE FA EXCEPT THE FAR EAST (BAUDETTE TO BEMIDJI TO WADENA). THIS
AREA SHOULD SEE THE LEAST WIND AND SNOW. OTHER THAN ACROSS THE
DEVILS LAKE REGION, DON'T THINK THE WINTER IMPACTS WILL ARRIVE
UNTIL AFTER 6 PM TONIGHT (AND POTENTIALLY LATER).
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 722 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2024
SYSTEM IS TREKKING NORTH AT A GOOD CLIP. LOOKING AT WIND
DIRECTION THE LOW LOOKS TO BE OVER WADENA AS LONG PRAIRIE HAS
WENT FROM EAST TO WEST, WADENA IS CALM AND STAPLES AWOS IS LIGHT
EAST. 500 MB VORT IS JUST EAST OF THE SFC LOW AND MOVING NORTH
AS WELL. THERE HAS BEEN A MORE PERSISTENT HEAVIER RAIN BAND
OVERNIGHT OVER FARGO WHERE RAINFALL IS NEARING 1.50 INCHES IN
SOME SPOTS. THIS HEAVIER RAIN HAS ALSO EXTENDED NORTHWEST TO
WEST OF GRAND FORKS. OVERALL WILL SEE DECREASING CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION SPREAD NORTH AS SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH AND A DRY
PERIOD INTO SE ND/WC MN MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTN. THEN WILL NEED TO
WATCH COLDER AIR TO THE WEST MOVE IN WITH WNW WINDS. THAT WILL
END UP CHANGING PRECIP TO SNOW IN DVL AREA FIRST, EXPECTED LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTN. THAT THINKING FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING
LOOKS TO BE GOOD STILL.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 342 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2024
..SYNOPSIS
500 MB SHORT WAVE MOVING QUICKLY NORTH INTO CENTRAL MN AT 09Z.
THIS WAS NEAR EL PASO 24 HOURS AGO. RAIN ON THE NORTH AND WEST
SIDE OF THIS ADVANCING SHORT WAVE IS MOVING THRU THE FORECAST
AREA. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES NORTH QUICKLY WITH DRIER AIR
MOVING INTO SE ND AND WC MN MIDDAY AND AFTN LIKELY ENDING THE
RAIN. A SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM GIVING SNOW TO MUCH OF
SASKATCHEWAN AT 09Z WILL MERGE WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVING SHORT
WAVE AND BY THIS AFTN A LARGER UPPER LOW CIRCULATION WILL BE
PRESENT OVER NORTHERN ND AND SOUTHERN MANITOBA. TONIGHT THIS
CIRCULATION WILL BE NEAR THE MN/ND/MB BORDER AND TRACK SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY INTO CENTRAL MN BY DAYS END.
.,TODAY-WEDNESDAY
STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT THE
NEXT 24-36 HOURS. AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST
MANITOBA MIDDAY DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO SE ND/WC MN AND SHOULD
END THE RAIN. AS THIS SYSTEM MERGES WITH SYSTEM IN SASKATCHEWAN
TO FORM LARGER UPPER LOW, THE LOCATION OF THIS UPPER LOW WILL BE
CRITICAL IN THE DEGREE OF MOISTURE WRAPPING BACK SOUTH AND EAST
AROUND IT TONIGHT. ALSO THE DEGREE OF COOLING FROM THE WEST
THIS AFTN AND NIGHT WILL DETERMINE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW AND
EXPECT 1-2 DEGREES WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. EXPECTATION IS
FOR RAIN TO SNOW INTO DEVILS LAKE AREA, LANGDON ESPECIALLY LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTN...AND THEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD INTO THE RRV
AND WESTERN MN THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. I COULD SEE AREAS EAST AND
WEST OF THE IMMEDIATE VALLEY COOLING FASTER THAN THE IMMEDIATE
LOCATIONS ALONG THE RED RIVER AS SOIL TEMPS AND OUR BARE FIELD
WITH DIRT KEEP TEMPS A TAD WARMER FOR A BIT LONGER THAN
EAST/WEST OF THE IMMEDIATE VALLEY. ALSO POSITION OF UPPER LOW
NEAR THE ND/MN/MB BORDER TONIGHT WILL KEEP THE WARMEST AIR RIGHT
NEAR IT KEEPING MORE RAIN CHANCE VS SNOW IN HALLOCK/ROSEAU THIS
EVENING BEFORE COLDER AIR MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT.
WEDNESDAY WILL SEE UPPER LOW MOVE SOUTHEAST. GLOBAL AND SHORT
TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN ENHANCED AREA OF PRECIPITATION
NEAR THE EAST EDGE OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND MODELS DO
INDICATE TRANSITORY BANDS OF 700 MB FRONTOGENESIS TO THE WEST OF
THE SOUTHEAST MOVING UPPER LOW.
BASED ON WPC QPF AND SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS
(BLEND OF NBM AND WPC) FORECAST SNOWFALL OF 5-8 DEVILS LAKE,
LANGDON AREAS WARRANTS A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME AS
CHANGE OVER MAY OCCUR BEFORE NOON. SNOWBAND PROBABILITY TRACKER
PROTOTYPE PAGE FROM WPC INDICATES POTENTIAL BANDED SNOW THIS
AFTN/EVE IN THE AREA FROM LANGDON AND THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS INTO
SW MANITOBA WITH THIS LASTING INTO TONIGHT. HENCE HIGHER
SNOWFALL TOTALS THAT AREA.
FARTHER EAST AND SOUTH....UNCERTAINTY IN CHANGE OVER TIMING AND
AMOUNTS REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH SO THAT NO HEADLINES WERE ISSUED
THIS SHIFT. LIKELY ADVISORY BUT SOME CHANCE OF A FEW 6 INCH
SNOWFALL IN PARTS OF WESTERN MN IF SOME SHORT TERM MODELS ARE
RIGHT. PLUS IMPACTS ARE PAST 6 PM TODAY...AND COLLAB WITH
MPX/ABR INDICATE SIMILAR THINKING TO HOLD OFF WINTER HEADLINES
FOR RRV AND WESTERN MN TIL LATER.
WIND GUSTS DO LOOK A TAD LOWER THAN SHOWN YESTERDAY....AS FOCUS
OF 50-55 MPH WINDS ARE JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE FCST AREA
MORE FROM WESTERN ND INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SD. WIND
ADVISORY LEVELS MAY BE REACHED IN SE ND ESP WEDNESDAY BUT WITH
POSSIBLE WINTRY IMPACTS WOULD PREFER TO WAIT TO SEE WHICH ONE IS
MORE DOMINATE BEFORE ISSUING.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 554 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2024
IFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST IN MOST AREAS DUE TO LOW CLOUDS AND
TONIGHT DUE TO LOW CLOUDS/VSBY. WINDS NORTH TURNING NORTHWEST
AND WEST THRU THE DAY AS THE LOW GOES NORTH AND WIND INCREASES.
FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ND...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ008-016-027-029-030-038-039-049-052-053.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ006-007-
014-015.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ024-026-028-054.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-
040.
UPDATE...GODON/RIDDLE
DISCUSSION...RIDDLE
AVIATION...RIDDLE
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