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FXUS63 KUNR 172052
AFDRAP

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
152 PM MST FRI MAR 17 2000

SFC AND UPPER TROF CONT TO PUSH ACRS FA THIS AFT...W SFC FNT MVG
INTO ERN COUNTIES.  MANY OF CLDS ACRS FA SHLD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET
W PC SKIES TONIGHT.  SAT WILL BE NICE...THO ABIT COOLER THAN NORMAL
AS THERMAL TROF MVS ACRS FA.  SHLD SEE PLENTY OF CU IN AFT.

AS UPPER TROF MVS E OF FA ON SAT AFT MUCH WARMER AIR WL PUSH INTO FA
LATE SAT NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY...THO THIS WL BE SHORT LIVED AS NXT
S/W IN PAC NW WL BRING COLDER AIR IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AS
WELL AS SOME PCPN.

IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT WAVE WL BRING CHC OF PCPN SUN NIGHT AND MON.
UPPER AIR TEMPS SUPPORT SNOW IN NE WY/BLACK HILLS AND NW SD.  LIKELY
RAIN CHGING TO SNOW ELSWHERE. DRY AND WARMER WX WILL RETURN TUE AND
ESP THRU REST OF THE WEEK.

.UNR...NONE.

LJC