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FXUS63 KFSD 032104
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS 
305 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2002

QUSTN THIS EVE IS HOW FAR TEMPS WILL FALL BFR THEY START TO WRM AGN. 
NW WDS ARE STILL STG AND GUSTY OVR CWA BUT THESE SHLD DROP OFF ARND 
SS OR SHORLY AFT. WNDS AHD PACIFIC FNT WILL SHFTG TO SW IN W AND  
START THE WRM UP ERLY THIS EVE THERE BUT WITH INVERSION OVR E AND 
WNDS SLOWER TO SHIFT AND THE TEMPS SHLD DROP TO BELOW ZERO THIS EVE 
BFR RECOVERING. WAA SRPDG IN TNGT WITH INCRG CLDS AND LOOKS TO BE 
ENGH MSTR FOR SNOW LGT SNW WITH LTL ACMTN. THIS SHLD LNGR IN WRN 
AREAS MON MRNG AND IN THE E MOST OF THE DAY. NW WNDS PICKG UP MON 
BHND FNT WILL MIX OUT AIR AND WRM TEMPS. MON NGT BCMG PTCLDY AND 
TEMPS WILL LWR WITH LGT SNW CVR N AND HEAVIER SNW CVR S BUT WNDS 
SHFTG TO SW  WILL KEEP THEM FM FALLG TO FAR. TUE THRU WED TEMPS BACK 
TO NEAR OR A LTL ABV EXCPT IN HEAVIER SNW CVRD AREA OF NW IA. IN 
EXTENDED...SPREADG A CHC OF LGT SNW W TO E OVR CWA WED NGT AND KEEP 
CHC OF SNW FOR THU AS WAVE MOVES OVR CWA. DRY THU NGT BUT DVLPG LO 
TO SW SPRD WRMR AIR N INTO CWA ON FRI WITH A CHC OF SHWRS LATE IN 
DAY...MAY BECMG MIXED WITH SNW IN WRN AREA. SAT AS LO MOVES E 
WILL HAVE CHC OF SNW OVR CWA WITH COLDR TEMPS. BY SUN LOOK TO BE 
ANOTHER WRM UPWITH LO MOVG OFF TO NE.  

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