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Marine Weather and Tides Lake City, MN Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 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.

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Sunrise 7:04AM

Sunset 4:44PM

Wednesday November 14, 2018 9:48 PM CST (03:48 UTC)

Moonrise 12:54PM

Moonset 10:46PM

Illumination 46%

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 142338 aaa afdmpx area forecast discussion... Updated national weather service twin cities chanhassen mn 538 pm cst Wed nov 14 2018 Short term (this evening through Thursday) issued at 241 pm cst Wed nov 14 2018 main concerns in the short term, temperature trends and timing and chance of precipitation moving into the northern CWA by late Thursday afternoon. Latest IR and visible satellite showing some high clouds streaming east southeast along the northern tier of states associated with the more zonal jet streak moving through the area. These clouds will continue to sag southeast and should thin overnight. A breezy south to southwest wind should help keep overall low temepratures on the mild side, with readings generally for the mid 20s to lower 30s. The next short wave trough embedded in the flow is now moving through southern alberta. It should advance to the east and across the dakotas by Thursday morning. A cold front associated with the trough will move into the northwest CWA early Thursday afternoon and spread east to eastern mn by 00z Friday. Clouds will thicken and lower and will bring at least a small chance of light rain along the far northern CWA later Thursday afternoon. Highs Thursday afternoon will be dependent on overall clouds cover with readings topping 50 again possible to the southwest before the front moves through. Readings in the 40s will be common elsewhere. Long term (Thursday night through Wednesday) issued at 241 pm cst Wed nov 14 2018 biggest concern in the long term is a light snow event expected to impact southwest and south central mn Friday afternoon and evening. Otherwise, the period looks to be mainly dry with a bit of a roller coaster for temperatures. Thursday and Friday evenings will both feature fropas. The first will bring back more of a continental polar airmass, while Fridays front will signal the return of air originating from the arctic. One change we have seen with the 14.12 models is the Thursday front has a bit more moisture to work with, with most models showing some light precip working in behind the front across central mn into western wi. Precip looks very light, but there are indications in the forecast soundings of there being potential for mainly supercooled clouds. However, the supercooled cloud layers look relatively shallow and occur within a cold advective regime, neither of which is overly supportive of developing drizzle, so kept a freezing rain drizzle mention out of the forecast for Thursday evening, but this will have to be monitored. Friday, the arctic front will come through during the day. A cross section behind the front Friday afternoon evening shows a rather deep sloped frontal boundary coming through between about h85 and

h5. Though there are differences in QPF amounts and placement in the models, everything shows precip impacting west central southwest into south central mn between 18z Friday and 6z Saturday. Placement for the core of the band in the 14.12 guidance was spread between the mn river on the north end (nam) to a sioux falls to ames line on the south end (canadian ecmwf). A small enough spread where we felt confident enough to boost blended pops up to the categorical level for southwest south central mn. Beside qpf, snow amounts will also be dependent on p-types. This region looks to be in the mid upper 30s at precip onset, though it should cool quickly with the start of precip, with only a brief period of rain or a rain snow mix expected before changing to all snow. Current forecast has a strip of 2-3" of snow from about canby down to st. James. This is a pretty quick hitter, so even if this over achieves, we're only talking 4" type totals. Biggest change we've seen beyond Friday is the eastern trough is expected to be a bit stronger and more sluggish to leave. There are two implications here. One, it will be a slower warmup from our coldest day on Saturday, with highs remaining cooler than normal through Tuesday. In addition, we will be in the preferred clipper zone in the northwest flow Monday into Tuesday and we are starting to see some indications of another light snow event being possible Monday afternoon night. By Wednesday and thanksgiving, the eastern ridge will move off far enough east to allow for an upper ridge to build into the plains, resulting in a couple of days similar to what we are seeing today and Thursday. Also for the end of the week, the ecmwf has started trending more toward the GFS canadian with a weaker trough coming out of the southwest, keeping our area mostly dry as our split flow regime continues. Aviation (for the 00z tafs through 00z Thursday evening) issued at 538 pm cst Wed nov 14 2018 vfr conditions tonight with lowering CIGS late Thursday afternoon. Snow showers are possible Thursday evening along with MVFR cigs visibilities. Winds south tonight, gradually veering northwest by the end of the period. Kmsp... No additional concerns. Outlook for kmsp fri... MVFR CIGS early. Chc -sn. Wind NW 5-10 kts. Sat... MVFR possible. Winds NW 5-10 kts. Sun...VFR. Winds SW 10 kts. Mpx watches warnings advisories Wi... None. Mn... None. Short term... Dwe long term... Mpg aviation... Borghoff

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Airport Reports

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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	54 min	S 6	10.00 mi	Fair	36°F	15°F	44%	1023 hPa

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Wind Forecast for Twin Cities, MN (22,6,7,8)

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