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FXUS63 KMPX 300010  
AFDMPX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
710 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
- AIR QUALITY CONCERNS GROWING AS WILDFIRE SMOKE DRIFTS SOUTH  
TOWARDS THE AREA.  
 
- WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 ON MONDAY.  
 
- ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNS WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EARLY  
NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 218 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
SHOWER CHANCES TODAY...AFTERNOON KMPX RADAR IMAGERY CAPTURES  
ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS  
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MN. SATELLITE IMAGERY CAPTURES BLOSSOMING CU,  
REFLECTED BY EFFICIENT MIXING PER RAP FORECAST SOUNDINGS. WITH A  
FEW HUNDRED JOULES OF MUCAPE, STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES, AND THE  
LINGERING INFLUENCE FROM THE DEPARTING UPPER-LOW IN PLACE, WE'LL  
MAINTAIN 30-40% POPS FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF OUR  
COVERAGE AREA. CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER WITH THIS  
ACTIVITY. WORKING AGAINST HIGHER COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES  
IS DRY LOWEST 5-8K FEET OF THE COLUMN. FOR THIS REASON, MANY  
AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S FOR  
AFTERNOON HIGHS. SHOWERS DIMINISH THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE LOSS  
OF DAYTIME HEATING. WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER DIURNAL CU FIELD ACROSS  
EASTERN MN/WESTERN WI TOMORROW, THOUGH THE BEST CHANCE FOR  
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A STORM WILL BE EAST OF THE MN/WI BORDER.  
 
WILDFIRE SMOKE...A PLUME OF CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE CAN BE SEEN  
MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER ON GOES-EAST'S GEO-  
COLOR IMAGERY. HI-RES GUIDANCE HAS STARTED TO DISPLAY A BETTER  
HANDLE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SMOKE PLUME OVER THE COMING DAYS--  
HOWEVER, THIS DOES MEAN POTENTIAL AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FOR PORTIONS  
OF THE FORECAST AREA. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MPCA REGARDING AIR  
QUALITY HEADLINES AHEAD OF THE "POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LONG  
DURATION.." IMPACTS TO THE AIR QUALITY. FOR NOW, THE MAIN FORECAST  
CHALLENGE PER MPCA IS EVALUATING THE DEGREE BY WHICH THE HIGHER  
CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE SINKS TO THE SURFACE (THUS HOW POOR THE AIR  
QUALITY WILL BE). FOR THIS REASON MPCA IS OPTING TO FINE TUNE THE  
DETAILS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF AIR  
QUALITY PRODUCTS. OUTSIDE OF THE GROWING AIR QUALITY CONCERNS,  
THE DRY WEEKEND WEATHER SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR VIVID RED/BURNT  
ORANGE SMOKY SUNRISE/SUNSETS.  
 
HEATING UP...THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL  
BE THE EXPANSION OF A RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE  
COUNTRY. HEIGHT RISES AND THE APPROACH OF WARM MID-LEVEL AIRMASS  
WILL PRODUCE A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT ALL STARTS  
TOMORROW, WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. EACH DAY  
WILL RUN A LITTLE WARMER, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S SATURDAY, THE  
MID TO UPPER 80S SUNDAY, AND NEAR 90 ON MONDAY (LOWER 90S ACROSS  
WESTERN MN). THIS WILL GENERALLY BE A "DRIER" HEAT WITH DEW POINTS  
IN THE UPPER 40S/LOWER 50S THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER, MOISTURE BEGINS  
TO INCREASE MONDAY & TUESDAY, WHICH FROM A SENSIBLE WEATHER  
PERSPECTIVE SHOULD MAKE IT FEEL MORE HUMID. ORDINARILY THIS WOULD BE  
A NICE SETUP FOR WEEKEND PLANS TO OPEN JUNE, HOWEVER WE WILL HAVE TO  
CONTEND WITH THE AIR QUALITY/SMOKE CONCERNS DISCUSSED ABOVE.  
 
STORM CHANCES RETURN...THE WEEKEND WILL RUN MOSTLY DRY, THOUGH WILL  
CARRY ISOLATED POPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A COMPACT SHORTWAVE DIGS  
SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING RIDGE AXIS. GREATER CHANCES FOR  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTRODUCED TO OPEN THE WORK WEEK, AS  
THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN BECOME MORE UNSETTLED AND THE RIDGE BEGINS  
TO BREAK DOWN. SPC HAS INTRODUCED A DAY 5 (MONDAY) 15% RISK AREA  
EXTENDING FROM THE DAKOTAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MN. USING THE ECMWF  
LIGHTNING DENSITY PARAMETER AS A FIRST GUESS, IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY'S  
SCENARIO FOR DEEP, ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL GENERALLY SETUP WEST  
ACROSS THE DAKOTAS, WITH PERHAPS STRONGER CONVECTION EXTENDING  
EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MN. A COLD FRONT WILL SPAN FROM WEST TO EAST  
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, WHICH LOOKS TO  
PROVIDE RENEWED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS  
FEATURE WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS MN/WESTERN  
WI, SAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DETAILS REGARDING TIMING,  
MOISTURE RETURN, AND INSTABILITY REMAIN IN FLUX AND WILL NEED  
TO BE BETTER DEFINED BEFORE CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN A SEVERE  
WEATHER THREAT. NONETHELESS, THE ML PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO  
ADVERTISE LOWER PROBABILITIES TUESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES  
FOLLOW (70S) FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 703 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
MAIN CONCERN IS THE SMALL CHANCE (10 TO 20%) FOR A SHOWER OR A  
STRAY THUNDERSTORM FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS THIS EVENING,  
BUT THESE WILL DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET AND COMPLETELY GO AWAY  
OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS  
THROUGHOUT. GUST COULD INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KTS LATE MORNING ON  
FRIDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING.  
 
KMSP...SHOWERS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING, WITH VFR CONDITIONS  
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY.  
 
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/  
SAT...VFR. WIND NW 5-15KTS.  
SUN...VFR. WIND W 5-10KTS.  
MON...VFR. WIND SW 5-10G20KTS.|  
 
 
   
MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MN...NONE.  
WI...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...STRUS  
AVIATION...JRB  
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