627  
FXUS63 KUNR 281651  
AFDUNR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
1051 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 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1046 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
SCATTERED TO OVERCAST MVFR CLOUDS ARE PROLIFIC ACROSS THE CWA.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, MAINLY  
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WY AND SOUTHERN SD. SKIES WILL CLEAR THIS  
EVENING, BUT SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS/PATCHY FOG WILL BE  
POSSIBLE, INCLUDING NEAR KGCC, BY 12Z THURS.  
 

 
   
UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
SD...NONE.  
WY...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION/KEY MESSAGES...JC  
AVIATION...POJORLIE  
 
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