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Marine Weather and Tides St. Louis Park, MN Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:44AM

Sunset 5:02PM

Sunday January 17, 2021 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)

Moonrise 10:37AM

Moonset 10:02PM

Illumination 16%

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 St. Louis Park, MN

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Area Discussion for - Twin Cities, MN

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FXUS63 KMPX 170457 AFDMPX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1057 PM CST Sat Jan 16 2021

SHORT TERM. (This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 305 PM CST Sat Jan 16 2021

Occasional light snow or flurries have started earlier this afternoon and radar depicts a narrow band of light snow from Mora to St. Cloud and Hutchinson moving eastward. A short wave passing through will keep chances for light snow through most of the evening, but it shouldn't be consequential. Otherwise, cloud cover will linger through the night, which is nothing new this winter. The clouds will keep temps nearly steady in the upper teens and 20s.

Sunday will be rather similar to today. Another short wave passing through will be responsible for some light snow or flurries by afternoon and evening. Forecast soundings depict an atmosphere with deep enough moisture to bring mostly snow. While unlikely, it is not out of the realm of possibility the DGZ may be drier and allow for patchy freezing drizzle as well. The more likely scenario would be the lack of precip entirely due to the weak lift.

LONG TERM. (Monday through Saturday) Issued at 305 PM CST Sat Jan 16 2021

Northwesterly flow looks likely to dominate much of this period. A few short waves are expected to move along this flow and could provide chances for some light snow. There is little agreement on these waves between the different deterministic systems and within most ensemble systems. The first of these possible short waves arrives late Monday into Tuesday as a clipper type low and cold front move through the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains. The GFS and some GEFS members are the main drivers of precipitation chances here, but with little agreement in other systems this looks unlikely. What is more likely are the temperature shifts this week. Expect the early part of the week to continue with near normal temperatures falling slightly with the cold front passing Monday night into Tuesday. Warm air advection then sets up as we head into the midweek returning us to above normal and near freezing high temperatures. This warmer air will be short lived as we return to more of a cold air pattern and fall to below normal temperatures, for the first time in January for most locations, late in the week into next weekend. So despite the temperatures only being a little below normal our warmer than normal trend of recent may make this feel quite cold. Based on Climate Prediction Center Outlooks the colder weather is likely to continue into the end of the month. The other wave of note comes in near the end of the period next weekend. Some systems like the CMC GDPS are suggesting snow, while others like the GFS keep this system farther south. The full ensemble in the NBM has more confidence in this later wave than the early week one, but with the time range and variability between model systems the probability of this system hitting the Upper Midwest remains low at this time.

AVIATION. (For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday night) Issued at 1057 PM CST Sat Jan 16 2021

It will be a tricky night for the cig forecast, with VFR conditions right now in place for most locations west of the I-35 corridor. Do expect these VFR conditions to creep toward the east this evening, likely getting to MSP, but not as far as RNH. 00z HREF probs for cigs less than 3k feet has at least caught on to the general idea of these VFR conditions, so used it to guide where VFR conditions make it tonight, then time when MVFR/IFR cigs fill back in during the morning. Also used the HREF probs to give the idea of another VFR hole developing over western/central MN Sunday evening. We'll have a couple of weak waves pass through this period, but not expecting any precip out of them, with a dry layer of air remaining in place between the mid level clouds where the precip is generated and the moisture near the surface.

KMSP . VFR conditions have been making slow progress east, but given the NW surface flow, think the VFR conditions make it to MSP tonight. It's then a question of how long it takes to see MVFR/IFR cigs return on Sunday, could certainly be earlier than 6z TAF indicates. Not anticipating any precip, by can not completely rule out seeing some snowflakes between roughly 21z and 00z.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ Mon . MVFR ceilings. Wind NW 5-10 kts. Tue . Mainly VFR. MVFR ceilings possible. Wind WNW 5-10 kts. Wed . VFR. Wind SW 10-15 kts.

MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MN . None. WI . None.

SHORT TERM . Borghoff LONG TERM . NDC AVIATION . MPG

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN	9 mi	42 min	WNW 6	9.00 mi	Overcast	21°F	17°F	85%	1009.8 hPa
Minneapolis, Crystal Airport, MN	9 mi	42 min	NW 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	20°F	16°F	85%	1009.4 hPa
Minneapolis - Flying Cloud Airport, MN	9 mi	42 min	NNW 6	8.00 mi	Overcast	20°F	15°F	81%	1009.3 hPa
South St. Paul Municipal-Richard E. Flemi, MN	14 mi	40 min	NW 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	23°F	20°F	87%	1008.5 hPa
Minneapolis / Blaine, MN	17 mi	40 min	NW 4	10.00 mi	Overcast	21°F	19°F	93%	1008.1 hPa
Downtown Holman Field, MN	18 mi	42 min	WNW 7	10.00 mi	Overcast	23°F	18°F	81%	1009.6 hPa
Minneapolis, Airlake Airport, MN	23 mi	40 min	W 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	19°F	19°F	100%	1008.1 hPa

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