Expires:No;;466863 FXUS63 KFGF 210845 AFDFGF AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 345 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 PRECIP CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. WV LOOP HAS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUING TO ROTATE OVER SD...AND THE CENTER OF THE LOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO DROP VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE SFC LOW WILL ALSO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH AND THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CWA WILL BEGIN TO RELAX BY AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 15Z AND THINK THAT WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW CRITERIA BY LATE MORNING. PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH CWA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW FROM EAST TO WEST. COVERAGE IS A BIT MORE SCATTERED BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL AGAIN GET WET AT SOME POINT TODAY. CONTINUED THE TREND OF HIGH POPS MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES TODAY WITH DIMINISHING PROBABILITIES IN THE NORTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE FURTHER OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM CANADA. CONTINUED TO HAVE DECREASING POPS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...WITH ONLY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE HANGING ON IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE EVEN SOME CLEARING IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...SO KEPT HIGHER TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN THAT AREA WITH LOWER READINGS FURTHER SOUTH WHERE CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL HANG AROUND LONGER. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF INTO THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE PLAINS. CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW LOWS TO DROP TO AROUND 40 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME GOOD RECOVERY ON THURSDAY AS TEMPS WARM BACK UP INTO THE 60S TO AROUND 70. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL PICK BACK UP THURSDAY NIGHT AND KEEP TEMPS A FEW DEGREES HIGHER AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE GETS GOING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY-MONDAY...THE SFC RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EASTWARD ON FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO MORE ZONAL OR SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WITH PERSISTENT LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE WEST AND A SERIES OF IMPULSES EJECTING EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN TIMING THESE IMPULSES IS LOW AT THIS RANGE. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 709 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 THE RAIN COVERAGE MAY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERIODS OF RAINFALL. CIGS WILL REMAIN LOW...LIKELY FLUCTUATING BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR. WINDS STRONGEST AT KDVL...WITH KGFK AND KTVF ALSO GUSTY. KBJI AND KFAR ARE CLOSEST TO THE SURFACE LOW AND SHOULD HAVE THE LOWEST WIND SPEEDS...ALTHOUGH INCREASING BY MORNING. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE RED RIVER BASIN AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT AT WALHALLA AND NECHE ALONG THE PEMBINA RIVER. WALHALLA APPEARS TO HAVE LEVELED OFF SOMEWHAT IN MODERATE FLOOD STAGE...BUT WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. NECHE CONTINUES TO RISE QUITE RAPIDLY TOWARDS MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOREST RIVER AT MINTO AND THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON...WHERE STAGES MAY REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. OVER THE LAST 18 HOURS...ONE INCH TO ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAIN FELL OVER BUFFALO RIVER BASIN AND THE RED RIVER BASIN IN THE VICINITY OF WAHPETON. THIS HAS RESULTED IN NEW FORECASTS PUSHING THE CREST INTO MINOR FLOOD STAGE. WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCHES FOR THESE THREE POINTS. AREAL FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WALSH...PEMBINA...AND PARTS OF CAVALIER COUNTIES...WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE OCCURRED. INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND MAY LEAD TO SOME OVERLAND FLOOD CONCERNS WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS TODAY ACROSS OTHER AREAS OF THE REGION. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF PEMBINA COUNTY AS HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CAUSED FLOODWATERS TO APPROACH THE TOP OF THE SPILLWAY AT THE RENWICK DAM. RIVER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE TONGUE RIVER AT AKRA. SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NDZ006-007-014-015-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR NDZ006-007-014- 015-024-026-028-038-054. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NDZ008. MN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024- 027>032-040. && $$ SHORT TERM...JR LONG TERM...MAKOWSKI AVIATION...TG HYDROLOGY...MAKOWSKI