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FXUS63 KFSD 121818
AFDFSD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
118 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND SPRINKLES MOVE IN AROUND DAYBREAK AND
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY MID-DAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHT WITH A SLOW TEMPERATURE RECOVERY TOWARDS 70 DEGREES IN
THE AFTERNOON.
- SCATTERED RAIN AND NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE BY DAYBREAK
MONDAY. A BRIEF, LOCALIZED, AND CONDITIONAL RISK FOR SEVERE
STORMS DEVELOPS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN NW IOWA AND NE NEBRASKA.
- NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 106 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
THIS AFTERNOON: A PERFECT EARLY FALL SATURDAY ACROSS THE REGION AS
ANY LINGERING SPRINKLES TO SHOWERS HAVE MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA.
QUIET CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH WINDS
EVENTUALLY TURNING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 00Z.
TONIGHT: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY THIS EVENING TOWARDS THE
40S BEFORE UPPER AND THEN MID-LVL CLOUDS INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE SETTLING OF A MID-LVL TROUGH INTO THE DAKOTAS WILL INCREASE MID-
LVL DPVA BUT ALSO LAYERED FRONTOGENESIS FOCUSED AT THE 850 MB LEVEL
NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND 700:600 MB FRONTOGENESIS
NEAR OR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14. CAMS AND SOME LOWER RESOLUTION
GUIDANCE STRUGGLING ON THE PLACEMENT OF THIS LIFT, LEADING TO A
HIGHER THAN TYPICAL SPREAD IN POPS BY TIME LIFT IS MAXIMIZED NEAR OR
AFTER DAYBREAK. HIGH CLOUD BASES WILL KEEP QPF LIGHT.
SUNDAY: MORNING LIGHT SPRINKLES/RAIN WILL PERSIST AT TIMES THROUGH
THE MORNING FOCUSED IN OR OR TWO NARROWING BANDS. AS THE VORTICITY
PASSES EAST LATE IN THE MORNING, WE SHOULD SEE THIS ACTIVITY
DISSIPATE, BUT LEAVE A LINGERING MID-LVL CLOUD FIELD IN THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER SLOWLY IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT MAY STRUGGLE
TO REACH THE 70 DEGREE MARK.
SUNDAY NIGHT-MONDAY: SHORTWAVE RIDGING MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING AND EARLY IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL KEEP
SKIES CLEAR ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER QUICK TEMPERATURE FALL. AFTER
MIDNIGHT HOURS, MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT TROUGHING
ARRIVING INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WILL INDUCE A 40 KNOT LLJ
THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA. CONVERGENCE ON THIS LLJ
WILL SPARK SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT MAY ARRIVE INTO THE MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITIES BY 12Z. THIS NON-SEVERE CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING WITH MOST OF THE FOCUS
BEFORE 18Z. GIVEN THE ORIENTATION OF THE LLJ LINGERING AND
PERSISTENT SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE IN THE AFTERNOON. MY BIG CONCERN ON
MONDAY MAY BE WITH TEMPERATURES GIVEN ONGOING CLOUD DEBRIS INTO
THE AFTERNOON. LATEST NBM 25/75TH PERCENTILE SPREAD SUGGESTS
7-12 DEGREE TEMPERATURE VARIANCE, WITH THE 10/90TH SPREAD AS
HIGH AS 17 DEGREES. WHILE WE CERTAINLY COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S, CLOUDS COULD ALSO HOLD US CONSIDERABLY
LOWER.
SEVERE WEATHER RISKS MONDAY AFTERNOON REMAIN FOCUSED IN ONLY THE
VERY FAR PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHERE THERE MAY BE POTENTIAL FOR A WARM
FRONT TO LIFT NORTHWARD. GREATEST POTENTIAL REMAINS FOCUSED ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA FROM 3PM TO 7PM. IT'S ALSO
VERY POSSIBLE THAT CONTINUED CONVECTIVE DEBRIS REALLY PREVENTS ANY
MEANING WARMING TO ARRIVE AND LIMITS THE RISK FURTHER SOUTH.
TUESDAY-SATURDAY: WE'LL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH MID-LVL FLOW REMAINING
WESTERLY, THIS WILL PRESENT FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY LARGE SCALE
SURGE OF WARM AIR NORTHWARD. BOTH LIMITING HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S (NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS), BUT ALSO KEEPING
SEVERE WEATHER RISKS MINIMAL. MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES HINT AT TWO
TIMEFRAMES OF FOCUS FOR RAINFALL FOCUSED AROUND WEDNESDAY (LIGHTER
AMOUNTS), AND THEN LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHERE STRONGER SYNOPTIC
LIFT ENTERS THE PLAINS AND FORCES MORE ABUNDANT LOW-LVL MOISTURE
NORTHWARD. ENSEMBLES HAVE BEEN TRENDING THE PROBABILITIES FOR >0.25"
HIGHER EACH MODEL RUN AND THIS TREND MAY CONTINUE BASED ON THE 12Z
DATA.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1218 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WINDS
REMAIN NORTHWESTERLY. WE'LL SEE CONTINUED UPPER CLOUD
DEVELOPMENT AND THEN MID-LVL CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK
TWO AREAS OF VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP, ONE NEAR
HIGHWAY 14 AND A SECOND NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER AND HIGHWAY 20.
VFR CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED WITH A LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WIND.
RAIN RISKS SLOWLY DIMINISH BY 18Z, THOUGH A BROKEN MID-LVL CLOUD
DECK WILL PERSIST.
FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...DUX
AVIATION...DUX
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