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AFDUNR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
251 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2015

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
ISSUED AT 238 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2015

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CANADIAN
PRAIRIE PROVINCES SLIPPING SOUTHWARD INTO MONTANA AND NORTH
DAKOTA. THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COUPLE OF WEEK
SHORTWAVES AFFECT THE AREA. WEAK LIFT ALONG THE LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC
ZONE TO THE WEST OF THE SFC HIGH WILL CREATE SOME LIGHT
SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS IS
EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING
AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH
DECREASING CLOUDS EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTN. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 5-10 DEGREES F OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE LOWER
20S OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ISSUED AT 238 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2015

DRIER WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND ARE IN STORE FOR THIS 
WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. AN UPPER 
WAVE WILL CROSS THE REGION TUESDAY...BUT LACK OF MOISTURE WILL KEEP 
THE WEATHER DRY. MODELS ARE NOW HINTING AT A WAVE OR TWO MOVING 
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...POSSIBLY BRINGING 
SOME PRECIPITATION. SINCE THIS IS A NEW FEATURE AND THERE ARE 
TIMING/INTENSITY DISAGREEMENTS...WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. IT 
DOES APPEAR THAT THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK 
AND FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. WESTERLY FLOW WILL AID IN ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING
ISSUED AT 238 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2015

MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING 
AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AS LIGHT SNOW BEGINS TO FALL. SOME IFR 
CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 
NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS AREA.

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM...POJORLIE
AVIATION...POJORLIE