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FXUS63 KUNR 132056
AFDUNR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
255 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER 
SOUTHWEST ONTARIO. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS 
NORTHWEST SD...BUT ARE BEGINNING TO SLOWLY DECREASE. WILL LET WIND 
ADVISORY GO AT 21Z. OTHERWISE...SKIES ARE MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY 
CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHWEST 
SD...WITH A SHOWER OR TWO STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE HILLS THIS 
AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIURNAL IN NATURE AND DISSIPATE 
QUICKLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPS CURRENTLY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 
70S AT MOST LOCATIONS. 

WARM AND DRY WX ON TAP FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS UPPER LOW EXITS 
THE REGION AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS. TEMPS WILL FINALLY SOAR 
ABOVE AVERAGE ON SATURDAY AND REMAIN WARM ON SUNDAY. HIGHS ON 
SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS...WITH 70S IN 
THE HILLS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS LATE 
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING ISOLATED SHOWER AND 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...MAINLY FROM THE BLACK HILLS AREA NORTHWARD. 
SUNDAY WILL BE A BIT COOLER...BUT SEASONABLY WARM WITH HIGHS MOSTLY 
IN THE 70S. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON 
OVER THE BLACK HILLS AS WELL.   

EXTENDED...FLAT UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF NEXT 
WEEK...WITH SERIES OF SHORTWAVES CROSSING THE AREA. LINGERING LOW 
LEVEL MOISTURE DUE TO RECENT RAINS...COMBINED WITH LACK OF WARM MID 
LEVEL TEMPERATURES...WILL RESULT IN DAILY CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE 
AVERAGE. 

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.AVIATION...FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS 
EVENING...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. 

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.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.

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