906  
FXUS63 KFSD 051905  
AFDFSD  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
205 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING,  
MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. THE RISK FOR SEVERE  
WEATHER IS LOW; HOWEVER, WEAK FUNNELS OR A LANDSPOUT MAY BE  
POSSIBLE WITH DEVELOPING SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
- ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY (WEST OF JAMES  
RIVER VALLEY) AND MONDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY. SOME STRONGER STORMS  
ARE POSSIBLE, BUT DETAILS ARE UNCERTAIN.  
 
- SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S ARE EXPECTED  
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK, WARMING SOME BY THE MIDDLE  
OF THE WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 203 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
REST OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WEAKER  
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY  
EVENING HOURS. POOR MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND UNSUBSTANTIAL DCAPE  
KEEP THE SEVERE THREAT VERY LOW BUT LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE A CONCERN  
FOR THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE OTHER THING WE'VE BEEN  
MONITORING IS A GOOD OVERLAP OF SURFACE VORTICITY AND 0-3 KM MLCAPE,  
ALONG WITH NST PARAMETER VALUES OF 1-4 ALLOWING FOR SOME  
POTENTIAL OF A WEAK FUNNEL CLOUD OR LANDSPOUT UNTIL CLOSER TO  
THE SUNSET HOURS. THIS ATMOPHERIC POTENTIAL HAS BEEN CONFIRMED  
WITH RECENT REPORTS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  
 
TONIGHT: PRECIP ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY EXIT SOUTH OF THE HWY 20  
CORRIDOR BY SUNSET WITH DECREASING CLOUD COVER, LIGHT WINDS,  
AND BENIGN WEATHER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.  
 
SUNDAY: EXPECTATION IS STILL THAT A DECAYING MCS MAY TRY TO APPROACH  
OUR WESTERN COVERAGE AREA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY ALTHOUGH LIKELY WILL  
ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY MAKING IT MUCH PAST THE MO RIVER WITH A  
LACK OF INSTABILITY. THIS MAY HOWEVER KEEP SOME SHOWER CHANCES  
IN THE FORECAST NEAR/WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER ALONG WITH  
ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. WITH A NORTHERLY WIND USHERING IN LOWER  
DEWPOINTS, CONDITIONS WILL BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH TEMPERATURES  
IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S.  
 
MONDAY AND TUESDAY: FAIRLY ROBUST WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE ZONAL FLOW  
ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER LATER MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL  
LIKELY BE OUR NEXT FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WITH SHEAR AND  
INSTABILITY PROFILES SUPPORTIVE OF AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR  
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, PERHAPS FAVORING THE MO RIVER VALLEY  
WHERE THE SHARPER THETA-E GRADIENT CURRENTLY LOOKS TO RESIDE. SPC  
CURRENTLY DELINEATES MOST OF OUR COVERAGE AREA IN A LEVEL 1 OUT OF 5  
RISK.  
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: MODELS AGREE THAT RIDGING DEVELOPS ACROSS  
THE ROCKIES AND SLIDES EAST BY MID WEEK. AGREEMENT THEN FADES  
ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THIS RIDGING WILL QUICKLY BE INTERRUPTED BY SOME  
SORT OF WAVE LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. STILL TIME TO REFINE THE DETAILS  
SO JUST LOWER END CHANCE LEVEL (30-40%) STORM CHANCES RIGHT NOW BUT  
THIS WILL ALSO BE A PERIOD TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER  
PER ML AND AI PROBABILITIES. WITHIN THE RIDGING, TEMPERATURES LIKELY  
WARM BACK INTO THE MID 80S TO 90S, BEFORE RETREATING BEHIND THE  
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WAVE.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1153 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
IN THE VERY NEAR TERM, MVFR CEILINGS CONTINUE TO LINGER IN MANY  
AREAS ALTHOUGH SHOULD START TO SEE THESE EITHER SCATTER OUT OR  
LIFT INTO THE LOW END VFR RANGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  
 
WE WILL ALSO WATCH FOR ANY SHOWER/WEAKER THUNDERSTORM  
DEVELOPMENT NEAR/EAST OF I-29 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A  
BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN AMBIGUOUS ON -TSRA  
COVERAGE AND THUS IMPACT AT KFSD AND KSUX IS STILL UNCERTAIN BUT  
DID TRY TO TIME IN SOME MORE LIKELY PERIODS SHOULD IT OCCUR. ANY  
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG BUT MAY HAVE SOME GUSTIER  
AND MORE ERRATIC WINDS WITH THEM.  
 
OTHERWISE, CLOUD COVERAGE DECREASES BY THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT  
WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS.  
 
 
   
FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
IA...NONE.  
NE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...KALIN  
AVIATION...KALIN  
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