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FXUS63 KFSD 130341  
AFDFSD  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1041 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- WILDFIRE SMOKE REMAINS IN PLACE TONIGHT. REDUCTIONS IN  
VISIBILITY AND AIR QUALITY CONTINUE BEFORE IT EXITS THE AREA  
BY TOMORROW MORNING. THOSE SENSITIVE TO SMOKE AND LOWER AIR  
QUALITY SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.  
 
- HEAT AND HUMIDITY BUILD BACK IN FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.  
COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT  
WEEK.  
 
- A LOW (~20% CHANCE) THUNDERSTORM RISK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON,  
THEN A HIGHER THREAT FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT - WITH SOME  
THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE DURING  
THAT PERIOD.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2025  
 
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  
HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO THE 70S WHILE WINDS REMAIN  
MARGINALLY BREEZY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. WHILE A PLEASANT REST OF THE  
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED, SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN CANADA CONTINUES TO  
PUSH INTO THE AREA. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 9 TO 6 MILES HAVE BEEN  
REPORTED AND WILL SWEEP THROUGH LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90  
AND GENERALLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON,  
EVENING, AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOULD SEE THE SMOKE FINALLY EXIT THE  
AREA COME TOMORROW MORNING. LOWS WILL FALL TO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
SUNDAY WILL BE A HOT DAY AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES WARM TO THE UPPER  
TEENS TO LOW 20S ALOFT. MIXING THESE TEMPERATURES TO THE SURFACE  
WILL RESULT IN HIGHS SPANNING INTO THE 80S AND 90S, WARMEST WEST OF  
THE JAMES RIVER. A SURFACE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY WILL BE  
SLIDING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH CONTINUES  
TO SHOW INCREASING CHANCES OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON. WHILE LAPSE RATES WILL NOT BE THAT IMPRESSIVE, TALL  
SKINNY CAPE PROFILES WILL BE PRESENT WITH A MAGNITUDE OF ABOUT 1,500  
J/KG. SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT ABOUT 30 KNOTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR.  
FORCING WILL BE VERY WEAK GIVEN LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE PREVAILING ON  
THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. HOWEVER, LATEST  
GUIDANCE IS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN A SECOND, WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
PASSING THROUGH BEHIND THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WAVE. THUS,  
CONVECTION LOOKS TO INITIATE IN AN UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. QUESTIONS  
REMAIN REGARDING THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF STORMS BUT LOOKS LIKE THE  
LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE SHOULD HOLD STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THAT  
SAID, SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE. ANY CHANCE FOR  
RAIN WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS, LEAVING  
DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOWS WILL FALL TO THE 60S  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
ZONAL FLOW LOOKS TO TAKE OVER FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WEAK  
SHORTWAVE TROUGHS LOOK TO PASS THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW,  
BRINGING MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR RAIN WITH THEM. THE FIRST WAVE LOOKS  
TO COME ON MONDAY BUT THE SURFACE FRONTS PLACED WELL NORTH AND WEST  
OF THE FORECAST AREA, DRY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE DAY.  
CONTINUED WARM AIR ADVECTION (WAA) ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH 850  
MB TEMPERATURES UP TO THE LOW TO MID 20S. THIS WILL YIELD HIGHS UP  
TO THE UPPER 80S AND 90S, WARMEST AGAIN WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER.  
SOME LOCATIONS WEST OF THE JAMES COULD SEE HIGHS NEAR 100F. HEAT  
INDICES WILL ALSO RISE INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE ARE, MAKING FOR A HOT  
AND HUMID DAY.  
 
THE MAIN CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL COME ON TUESDAY AS THE PREVIOUSLY  
MENTIONED AIRMASS SLIDES SOUTHWARD, PUSHING A COLD FRONT INTO THE  
FORECAST AREA. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO SPARK CONVECTION ALONG IT AS  
AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE. SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL IS A BIT  
QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME AS MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS LITTLE TO  
NO VERTICAL SHEAR. HOWEVER, MACHINE LEARNING GUIDANCE DOES SHOW  
ABOUT A 15% CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE OTHER ASPECT TO  
THE STORMS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. PRECIPITABLE WATER  
(PWAT) VALUES LOOK TO RISE TO THE 90TH PERCENTILE OF CLIMATOLOGY PER  
THE NAEFS ENSEMBLE. MEAN FLOW WILL ALSO BE PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY  
AS WELL, PROMOTING THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING STORM DEVELOP. LATEST  
MACHINE LEARNING PROBABILITIES ALSO SUPPORT THIS HEAVY RAIN  
POTENTIAL AS IT SHOWS A 5 TO 15% CHANCE FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAIN  
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT DIVES SOUTH OF  
THE FORECAST AREA. THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH INSTABILITY LOOKS TO BE LOW IN THE POST FRONTAL  
ENVIRONMENT SO STORMS MAY BE A BIT HARDER TO COME BY. TEMPERATURES  
FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE A BIT COOLER, FALLING TO THE 80S  
TO UP TO ABOUT 90F ON TUESDAY AND THEN THE 70S AND 80S ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
THE END OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO HAVE CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES AS WEAK  
SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ALOFT. HOWEVER, MEDIUM  
RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS INCREASING VARIANCE REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF  
THESE WAVES. THUS, HAVE LEFT MODEL BLENDED POPS IN PLACE. ASIDE FROM  
RAIN CHANCES, TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN NEAR TO BELOW AVERAGE IN  
THE 70S AND 80S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE WARMING BACK TO THE 80S  
ON SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1037 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2025  
 
WILDFIRE SMOKE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST  
OVERNIGHT, WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 3 MILES IN THE THICKEST  
SMOKE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THROUGH SUNDAY  
MORNING.  
 
LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE WINDS TONIGHT SHIFT MORE WESTERLY TO  
NORTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 TO 20  
KNOTS. WINDS AGAIN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP  
MID/LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SLIDE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING  
HOURS. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE JAMES  
RIVER AND I-29 SOMETIME NEAR 22Z, MOVING EAST THROUGH THE END OF  
THE TAF PERIOD. GIVEN THE LOW (LESS THAN 30%) CHANCES AND  
UNCERTAINTY IN MODELS, WILL CONTINUE TO OMIT FROM KFSD AND KSUX  
WITH LOW CONFIDENCE.  
 
 
   
FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
NE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...MEYERS  
AVIATION...SG  
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