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967 FXUS63 KMPX 010442 AFDMPX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1142 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THE INITIAL UPPER SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND EASTERN CONUS LOW...IS MOVING SOUTH OVER IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. APPEARS SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE COL PATTERN AHEAD OF THE NEXT TROUGH AXIS DROPPING INTO NORTHERN MN. THIS MOISTURE ALONG WITH SMOKE FROM CANADIAN FOREST FIRES WAS BROUGHT IN WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED WAVE...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL THIS NEXT TROUGH ARRIVES OVERNIGHT. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER FEATURE AND IT WILL REMAIN MAINLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL OFF AS WELL...WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS AND LIGHT WINDS. A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AROUND AGAIN FOR MONDAY AS THE WEAK CANADIAN COLD FRONT DROPS OVER THE AREA. WONT COOL OFF AT ALL IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT/TROUGH AND LARGE CANADIAN HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEAST. WILL STILL SEE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 DURING THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST...THE AREA WILL LIE BETWEEN A WEAKENING WESTERN CONUS RIDGE...AND A RETROGRADING WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO A TRANQUIL PERIOD OF WEATHER FOR THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY...WHICH WILL INCLUDE LIGHT WINDS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND THEN MODERATE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING CANADIAN COLD FRONT. AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE CONCERNED...WILL MOST LIKELY NOT SEE MEASURABLE ACTIVITY UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT ARRIVES AND HAS MORE MOISTURE WITH WHICH TO WORK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1033 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 VFR CONDS THROUGHOUT THIS TAF SET. MAINLY CLR OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY MIDLVL CU WITH UPPER LVL CI FOR MUCH OF TMRW...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE SOME SMOKE THAT DEEP NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING DOWN FROM CENTRAL CANADA. N TO NE WINDS WILL PREVAIL THRU TMRW...WITH LGT WINDS OVERNIGHT INCRG TO NEAR 10 KT DURG THE DAY TMRW. KMSP...VFR THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. FEW MIDLVL CU WITH FEW-SCT HIGH CI WILL BE THE PREVAILING THEME. MAINLY N WINDS THRU TNGT THEN NE WINDS TMRW. LGT SPEEDS OVERNIGHT INCRS TO ARND 10 KT TMRW. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ TUE...VFR. WINDS NNE 5-10 KT. WED...VFR. WINDS NE 5 KT. THU...VFR. WINDS SE 5 KT. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM...DWE LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...JPC