446  
FXUS63 KMPX 180706  
AFDMPX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND.  
 
- SLOW MOVING STORMS AND HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT WILL  
LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN TOTALS EACH OF THE NEXT FEW  
DAYS.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN MN GROW INTO WIDESPREAD  
SHOWERS FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS EARLY THIS MORNING.  
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL SMALL SCALE DISTURBANCES  
WITHIN THE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND A DRY SLOT  
ATTEMPTING TO REACH SOUTHWESTERN MN. PWATS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP  
TODAY AND LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN POOR, ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE  
SOME MODEST, SKINNY, UNCAPPED CAPE THIS AFTERNOON. CANNOT RULE  
OUT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING  
DIURNAL PEAK, BUT THE LACK OF A TRIGGER SHOULD MEAN ANOTHER  
MOSTLY QUIET DAY.  
 
A MORE SUBSTANTIVE SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE NORTH FROM  
THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING TO MN BY FRIDAY MORNING.  
ACCOMPANYING IT IS A RECOVERY OF PWATS BACK TO 1.5-1.75 INCHES.  
A MOIST ADIABATIC PROFILE AND VERY LITTLE OR NO CAPE WILL KEEP  
THE THUNDER THREAT MODEST, BUT WIND PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE  
FOR SLOW MOVING OR TRAINING SHOWERS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL  
TOTALS. COVERAGE SHOULD BE BETTER THAN ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN SO  
FAR FROM THIS SYSTEM. BY FRIDAY, THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL  
FINALLY BEGIN MAKING PROGRESS EASTWARD AND SHOULD SLOWLY  
PROPAGATE ACROSS MN THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, REACHING WI SATURDAY.  
POPS WILL BE HIGHEST EAST OF THE SYSTEM WITHIN THE WARM CONVEYOR  
BELT. AS ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST, IT WILL ABSORB  
THE WEEK-LONG UPPER LOW BY EARLY SUNDAY OVER WI AND PROLONG THE  
CYCLONIC FLOW AND SCATTERED SHOWER THREAT POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY.  
 
THE REST OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS MOSTLY DRY WITH SEASONABLE  
TEMPERATURES, ALTHOUGH GENERAL TROUGHINESS WILL REMAIN. ANOTHER  
UPPER LOW WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID TO  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MIDWEEK. IT'S POSSIBLE WE WILL BE ON  
THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THAT SYSTEM AND POPS MAY EVENTUALLY BE  
INTRODUCED, BUT THE BETTER CHANCES FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL PRECIP  
SHOULD REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
SHOWERS TONIGHT ARE MAINLY CONFINED TO WESTERN MN, ALTHOUGH A  
FEW ARE ALSO PRESENT JUST SOUTH OF EAU. MOST OF THE AREA WILL  
REMAIN DRY TONIGHT, WITH LOWERING CIGS ACROSS WESTERN AND  
CENTRAL MN TOWARD THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IFR CONDITIONS ARE  
POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS INTO MID TO LATE MORNING, THEN  
LIFTING BACK TO MVFR OR VFR FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT THE  
BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IS THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
KMSP...EXPECTING TO STAY DRY AND VFR OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS.  
 
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/  
FRI...MVFR. -SHRA LIKELY, CHC -TSRA. WIND SE 5-10 KTS.  
SAT...CHC MVFR/-TSRA. WIND S 5-10 KTS.  
SUN...CHC MVFR/-TSRA. WIND SW 5-10 KTS.  
 
 
   
MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MN...NONE.  
WI...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...BORGHOFF  
AVIATION...BORGHOFF  
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab MN Page
The Nexlab WI Page
Main Text Page