528  
FXUS63 KUNR 281116  
AFDUNR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
516 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
-CONTINUED COOL TODAY WITH MAINLY MORNING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED  
STORMS  
 
-WARMER AND DRY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S  
BY THIS WEEKEND, WARMEST SUNDAY  
 
-COOLER AND UNSETTLED NEXT WEEK  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1245 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
STALLED CLOSED LOW WILL FINALLY SHIFT EAST OUT OF THE REGION AS A  
NW FLOW IMPULSE TRAVERSES THE REGION THIS MORNING. UPPER RIDGE  
WILL SHIFT EAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH WARMER AND DRY WEATHER  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COMPACT BUT FAIRLY POTENT UPPER IMPULSE WILL  
TRAVERSE THE REGION THIS MORNING SUPPORTING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS  
THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF THE FA THIS MORNING, WITH THINGS DRYING  
OUT THIS AFTERNOON NORTH TO SOUTH. SOME FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE  
THIS MORNING, MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BH. THINGS  
WILL DRY OUT TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. A  
SLOW WARMING TREND WILL ENSUE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER  
OF THE WEEK, WITH SUNDAY EXPECTED TO THE WARMEST DAY IN THE PERIOD  
AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL  
MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK, SUPPORTING CHANCES FOR MORE  
SHOWERS AND STORMS STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT, AS WELL AS COOLER TEMPS  
AS UNSETTLED FLOW RETURNS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)  
ISSUED AT 513 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR/IFR/LIFR OVER THE BLACK  
HILLS, FOOTHILLS, AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS MORNING AS LOW STRATUS  
AND BR/FG DEVELOP DUE TO EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. FOG AND LOW  
STRATUS MAY PERSIST THRU 18Z BEFORE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO VFR  
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AREAS, MAINLY THIS MORNING.  
 
 
   
UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
WY...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION/KEY MESSAGES...JC  
AVIATION...JC  
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