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Marine Weather and Tides
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10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name. |
| Sunrise 7:17AM | Sunset 5:03PM | Friday November 16, 2018 9:35 AM CST (15:35 UTC) | Moonrise 2:12PM | Moonset 12:08AM | Illumination 61% |  |
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Vermillion, SD
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Area Discussion for - Sioux Falls, SD
(on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition| Fxus63 kfsd 161142 afdfsd area forecast discussion national weather service sioux falls sd 542 am cst Fri nov 16 2018 Short term (today and tonight) issued at 358 am cst Fri nov 16 2018 the main changes to the previous forecast are to increase snowfall amounts over the northeastern portions of our CWA for this evening - with the ECMWF nam models shifting the higher qpf farther to the west, and the issuance of a winter weather advisory for parts of southwestern mn where the highest snowfall amounts are expected. For today, the overall scenario remains the same, with increasing lift in the afternoon as an upper level jet MAX streams just to our north and east and an upper level shortwave drops southward through northern south dakota. There will be strong midlevel warm air advection across the area for much of the day, with 850 mb sub zero c wet bulb temperatures being confined to locales north of interstate 90 into the afternoon. With the aforementioned forcing, rain and snow is expected to develop through east central sd and southwestern mn by afternoon. To the south of this area, it is expected to remain dry through the majority of the day. Warmest temperatures will be found through the missouri river corridor where highs will be close to 50. To the north and east, it will be much cooler with afternoon temperatures remaining in the mid 30s to lower 40s over most of the area. By this evening, the main upper level shortwave shifts into our area as a surface low over northeastern nebraska tracks southeastward into southern iowa overnight, drawing colder air southward across our area. At the same time, 800 mb frontogenesis increases from east central sd through southwestern mn during the evening - this collocated with optimum 500 mb div q, and it is this area that will see the heaviest snowfall during the evening early night time hours. To the south of this area, deep layer moisture is lacking, so precipitation amounts drop off quickly to the southwest. In fact, with dry midlevels across our south, it appears that there will be lack of saturation within the dendritic layer and if precipitation occurs at all, it could just be a brief period of freezing drizzle before ending quickly with no ice accumulation expected. With strong cold air advection and an increasing surface pressure gradient, winds will begin to pick up overnight. Luckily, it looks like the stronger winds will lag behind the precipitation, but cannot rule out some |
patchy blowing snow over southwestern mn later at night. With the cold air advection, temperatures will drop into the teens for most of the area by Saturday morning. In terms of snowfall overnight, snowfall totals will be in the range of 2 to 4 inches from far east central sd into southwestern mn, with amounts dropping off rapidly back to the south and west. Elected to issue a winter weather advisory for lincoln lyon and cottonwood counties where greater than 3 inches is expected. There will be a possibility that the advisory may have to be expanded farther westward if models continue to trend westward with the higher qpf. Long term (Saturday through Thursday) issued at 358 am cst Fri nov 16 2018 made little change to the extended forecast with the near term weather concerns. After the current event, the weather looks benign into the end of next week. In the wake of today's system, Saturday will be the coldest day of the next several with highs only in the 20s. There will be some warming for Sunday through Tuesday, though temperatures will remain just below normal with highs in the 30s lower 40s and lows in the teens and 20s. More significant warming looks evident for the middle of next week as an upper level ridge drifts eastward into the central conus. With that, could see highs back into the 40s and 50s for Wednesday and Thursday. Aviation (for the 12z tafs through 12z Saturday morning) issued at 539 am cst Fri nov 16 2018 MVFR-ifr ceilings expected to improve briefly in the late morning early afternoon, but deteriorating conditions expected thereafter as band of snow spreads southeast across portions of the region. At this time, heaviest snow expected to remain east of khon kfsd, so visibility likely to remain in MVFR range, but brief periods of ifr visibility are possible this evening. Fsd watches warnings advisories Sd... None. Mn... Winter weather advisory from 4 pm this afternoon to 4 am cst Saturday for mnz071-072-081. Ia... None. Ne... None. Short term... Jm long term... Jm aviation... Jh |
Weather Reporting Stations
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EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Yankton, Chan Gurney Municipal Airport, SD | 20 mi | 40 min | NE 4 | 8.00 mi | Mostly Cloudy | 32°F | 30°F | 92% | 1020.1 hPa |
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