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Marine Weather and Tides Lake City, MN Version 3.4

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Sunrise 6:18AM

Sunset 8:08PM

Monday August 20, 2018 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)

Moonrise 3:23PM

Moonset 12:08AM

Illumination 67%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Lake City, MN

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Area Discussion for - Twin Cities, MN

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Fxus63 kmpx 201154 afdmpx area forecast discussion national weather service twin cities chanhassen mn 654 am cdt Mon aug 20 2018 Updated for 12z aviation discussion Issued at 644 am cdt Mon aug 20 2018 Short term (today and tonight) issued at 420 am cdt Mon aug 20 2018 scattered showers and thunderstorms will move across the region today. The main threat is localized heavy rain. For example, radar estimates up near mille lacs showed 5 to 6 inches on both the dual- pol and mrms precip maps, but this was only over a few square miles. At this point, it appears the heaviest rain should fall along and south of i-90. There is nearly zero chance of severe storms. The clouds and rain will keep temperatures on the cooler side for today. Early morning water vapor and radar imagery showed a compact upper level low across southwest iowa, with widespread rain covering much of the state. Over the next 24 hours, the forcing associated with this wave will lift northeast and bring rain across southeast minnesota and western wisconsin. Meanwhile, another area of showers and thunderstorms from southwest mn to northeast mn should gradually weaken this morning as the forcing subsides. Hires models are in good agreement with this solution, but still develop convection along the boundary throughout the day, so did not go dry but did try to emphasize the better rainfall potential across the south. As mentioned earlier, the main threat with todays storms is localized heavy rain. Storms will be very slow-moving, so a quick 2 to 3 inches is certainly possible under a few of the stronger cells. There is not enough CAPE or shear to support a realistic threat for severe weather today which is why SPC only had general thunder chances across the upper midwest. Long term (Tuesday through Sunday) issued at 420 am cdt Mon aug 20 2018 high pressure builds into the upper midwest Tuesday, with northerly winds keeping highs in the mid-70s under clearing skies. Dry weather continues into Thursday as high pressure remains over the region with northwest flow aloft keeping temperatures a few degrees below normal. Northwest flow aloft may usher in the return of smoke and hazy skies from western canadian wildfires, but the impact of this smoke on air quality on the ground is still unknown. Models remain in good agreement with brining a shortwave into the upper midwest Thursday night into Friday. Current timing

would bring the best forcing into our area overnight into Thursday into Friday morning when instability is at its lowest so not expecting strong severe weather with this system. With the broad- scale forcing aloft from the shortwave and pw values up around 1.5 inches models are depicting the potential for a widespread soaking rain of 0.5-1 inches across minnesota and wisconsin, which would help areas continue catch up on the rainfall deficit in august so far. Heading into the weekend, 500 mb ridging begins to build over the lower mississippi valley allowing heat and humidity to build. A stationary front sets up somewhere over minnesota wisconsin Saturday afternoon through Monday providing a focus for the next chance of showers and thunderstorms. Confidence is low in the location of this front so have kept low precipitation chances for now. South of this boundary temperatures will warm well-above normal as the ridging aloft builds, with highs likely reaching the upper 80s and even a few 90s into early next week. Aviation (for the 12z tafs through 12z Tuesday morning) issued at 644 am cdt Mon aug 20 2018 today will be cloudy with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm to the south and east. The lowest clouds will be at kaxn, krwf, and kmkt. Winds will be northeast today, but then should become northwesterly later tonight as drier air slowly moves across the region. Kmsp... msp should have a few showers nearby this morning, but expect a better chance of showers and even some thunderstorms later this afternoon. These storms could have lower visbys with heavy rain, but winds should be light. Could see MVFR clouds develop later tonight. Outlook for kmsp wed...VFR. Wind W at 5 kts. Thu...VFR with -tsra possible overnight. Wind SW 10-15 kts. Fri... MVFR possible early. ThenVFR. Wind SE at 10g20 kts. Mpx watches warnings advisories Wi... None. Mn... None. Short term... Jrb long term... Eta aviation... Jrb

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Red Wing - Red Wing Regional Airport, WI	16 mi	66 min	ENE 4	10.00 mi	Fair	70°F	64°F	83%	1012.9 hPa

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Wind Forecast for Twin Cities, MN (11,2,3,4)

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