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FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
245 PM CST WED FEB 18 1998

FIRST PERIOD CONCERN...DURATION OF PCPN OVER WESTERN PORTION OF CWA
AND WHETHER OR NOT TO LEAVE CHC FOR PCPN IN NW MN ZONES.
LOOK AT CURRENT RELECTIVITY IMAGES FROM RADAR SHOWING PCPN CONTINUES
ALONG LOW LEVEL TROF AXIS FROM E SD/SW MN INTO CENTRAL ND.  HAD A
SAT SHOWS SPLIT FLOW PATTERN RIGHT OVER VALLEY.  SOME INHANCEMENT IS
SHOWING UP OVER NW MN AS COOLING CLOUD TOPS.  ETA AND NGM DO NOT
PICK UP ON THIS SMALL SCALE FEATURE.  NOTHING ON RADAR IN THE ENHANCED
AREA YET AND RADAR SHOWS SOME DISSIPATION IN PCPN OVER E ND.
12Z ETA GRIDDED DATA INDICATED...
PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO KEEP CLOUDS IN THE REGION.  THERE WASNT MUCH IN
THE WAY OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE.  HOWEVER...BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A NEED
TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT PCPN IN FORECAST FOR NW MN.

DVL AREA...CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WITH AREAS OF FOG.
LOW 25 TO 30.  WIND E 10 MPH BECOMG LIGHT FROM THE N.
GFK...CLOUDY WITH CHC OF LGHT SNOW WITH AREAS OF FOG.  LOW 25 TO 30.
NE WIND 10 MPH BECOMG LIGHT FROM N.
FAR AND REST OF ND AREA...CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WITH AREAS
OF FOG.  LOWS 25 TO 30.  NE WND 10 MPH BECMG LIGHT N.

MN ZONES..........
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SN. LOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S
NE WIND 10 MPH BECOMG LIGHT FROM N.

WP