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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
245 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPR LOW DIGGING THRU THE NRN PLAINS
EARLY THIS MRNG. ASSOCD CDFNT HAS PUSHED THRU THE ENTIRE CWFA WITH
BAND OF POST FRONTAL PCPN EXITING OUR SRN ZONES. BREEZY/WINDY CONDS
FOUND THRUT THE WRN SD PLAINS.

TODAY...CLOUDS SHOULD RAPIDLY DECREASE EARLY THIS MRNG WITH
BREEZY/WINDY CONDS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTN HOURS BEFORE
DIMINISHING. TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.

TONIGHT THRU FRIDAY NIGHT...UPR LVL RIDGE WILL QUICKLY BUILD BACK
INTO THE NRN ROCKIES AND NRN HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT AND THANKSGIVING
DAY. THE RESULT WILL BE WARMING TEMPS ALONG WITH DRY WX ACRS OUR
CWFA. HIGHS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 SHOULD OCCUR BOTH WED AND THU.
WEAK CDFNT WILL THEN PUSH INTO OUR AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AS NEXT TROUGH
MOVES THRU THE NRN ROCKIES.

EXTENDED...PACIFIC TROF PUSHES INTO THE AREA FOR SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE AREA. TROF AXIS WILL
PUSH TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH DRY WEATHER
RETURNING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
WITH THE APPROACHING TROF...DROPPING TO NEAR AVERAGE BY SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...CIGS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
MOST AREAS BECOMING VFR BY SUNRISE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE PLAINS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT...BEFORE DIMINISHING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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

$$
JOHNSON/SCHILD







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