Pierre, South Dakota 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1124 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Temperatures will remain 5-10 degrees below normal through
Thursday.

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.UPDATE...
Issued at 1117 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

See below for an aviation forecast discussion for the 18Z TAFs.

UPDATE Issued at 904 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Delayed aviation forecast discussion for 12Z TAFs below. Also, no
changes planned, at this time, to the today period forecast.

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.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON/...
Issued at 249 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Conditions are beginning to calm this evening as a surface high
pressure from the northwest is beginning to build in. Clouds from
the lower pressure center still linger over the area tonight, mainly
over northeastern South Dakota, but they will continue to move out
through today giving way to mostly clear skies. Winds will decrease
through the day today as a result of the weakening pressure
gradient, and will eventually settle below 5 knots with variable
direction tomorrow night.

High temperatures today will struggle to get above freezing where
snow accumulated yesterday, and therefore will likely not be able to
provide any significant melting of the snowpack. 850mb temperatures
decreasing below -10 on Friday won`t help matters, although models
suggest that better insolation may give the area a couple of extra
degrees critical to pushing temperatures up to the melting point for
a couple hours.

Low wind speeds, high radiative cooling, and lingering low-level
moisture combine to create a good signal for fog development Friday
morning. The highest chances for some patchy fog will be over the
northeastern CWA, but may also develop over central South Dakota as
well.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 249 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

The main changes weather-wise in the long term period will be the
slight chances of snow (mainly under 25 percent) along the ND/SD
border from Sunday morning through Sunday night and a cooldown as we
move into the upcoming work week. Highs Monday through Thursday will
be in the 20s to low 30s, trending to around 5 degrees below normal
by next Thursday. Normal high temperatures for this time of year
(and through mid December) drop about half a degree each day.

As for the overall weather pattern, we`ll start out at 00Z Saturday
with an elongated area of low pressure at the surface across WY
through western NE/western KS. It will push across southern SD
Saturday night with little more than a couple knot wind increase out
of the northeast overnight. Our clouds will remain in place mainly
thanks to the more subtle 500mb waves rounding the ridge across
eastern MT/WY into the western Dakotas. The apex of the ridge will
move overhead by 00Z Sunday and quickly slide to our east across MN
by daybreak Sunday, in response to the 500mb wave ejecting east from
the main low off the coast of WA/OR. This through will slide across
south central Canada (southern Saskatchewan/Manitoba) strengthening
to a low during the day Sunday. While there are some minor
differences, the story will be precipitation across ND nearing the
SD border for Sunday morning through Sunday night. Little to no snow
is expected at this time across our area. Colder air will move in
for the work week, sliding in from Canada as either zonal flow of a
broad through sets up aver the northern tier of the U.S. as the
500mb low off the coast of the Pacific Northwest remains in place
through at least Tuesday. There is lower confidence in the specifics
past Tuesday, mainly due to the movement of the coastal low and if
it opens up and moves over the western U.S. by midweek or not.
Ensembles show a 20% chance of the coastal trough/low remaining in
place through 00Z Thursday.

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/...
Issued at 1117 AM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG

Last little bit of sub-VFR stratus is burning off at/near KMBG,
while a slightly larger area of 030-035kft agl cigs remain over
KATY. Generally, at some point this afternoon, all four terminals
land VFR conditions which are then forecast to stick around
through the rest of the TAF valid period.

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.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...None.
MN...None.
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UPDATE...Dorn
SHORT TERM...BC
LONG TERM...KF
AVIATION...Dorn