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FXUS63 KMPX 250752
AFDMPX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
252 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN/
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ARRIVING LATE SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.
- COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR TUESDAY ONWARD WITH SOME NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 250 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED BAND OF RAIN IS CUTTING ACROSS
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
IT APPEARS THAT THIS PRECIP IS STILL FIGHTING THE LOW LEVEL DRY
AIR AS IS MOVES INTO MINNESOTA BASED ON SURFACE OBS. AS THE
LAYER MOISTENS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, EXPECTING SHOWER
ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE UP INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
HAVE BOOSTED POPS AND QPF QUITE A BIT FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
THERE LOOKS TO BE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN FOR TODAY WITH A SHORT
BREAK THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE ADDITIONAL RAIN ARRIVES. QPF TOTALS
DURING THE DAY TODAY ARE GENERALLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A
QUARTER INCH, CONCENTRATED OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. RAIN CHANCES
RAMP UP AGAIN TONIGHT AND SHIFT INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE
AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BREAK IN THE RAIN
CHANCES SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE A LOW MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
AMPLE WARM AIR AND MOISTURE ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL
WORK TO INCREASE RAINFALL CHANCES AREA WIDE. QPF AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
1.5" THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY STILL SEEM REASONABLE, WITH A MARGINAL
RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HIGHLIGHTING EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WISCONSIN. COOLER AIR WILL WORK IN BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. TEMPERATURE WISE, IT'S THE OVERNIGHT/MORNING LOWS THAT
WILL POSE A THREAT TO ANY SUSCEPTIBLE VEGETATION AS TEMPS FALL TO
NEAR FREEZING FOR SOME. WE'LL WARM BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1240 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
HIGH CLOUDS HAVE MOVED IN ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. HAVE INTRODUCED -SHRA MENTIONS IN
THIS TAF SET FOR KAXN, KRWF, AND KSTC WITH RAIN ALREADY MOVING
INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY SO OPTED TO GO WITH MORE PROB30 THAN PREVAILING
MENTIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10KTS WITH
DIRECTION VARYING FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
KMSP...OPTED TO KEEP -SHRA WEST OF KMSP AGAIN FOR THIS TAF
PERIOD, BUT WILL REASSESS WITH THE 09Z AMD.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SUN...VFR, BCMG MVFR/-SHRA. WIND E 5-10KTS.
MON...MVFR/RA LIKELY, CHC TSRA/IFR. WIND E 10-15G25KTS.
TUE...MVFR/-SHRA EARLY, THEN VFR. WIND NW 15-20G30KTS.
MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
DISCUSSION...DYE
AVIATION...DYE
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