655 FXUS63 KBIS 281440 AFDBISArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Bismarck ND 940 AM CDT Sun Sep 28 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Above average temperatures and occasionally breezy conditions continue through the middle of this week.
- Mostly dry conditions continue through the middle of this week. Low chances for rain return at the end of the week.
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.UPDATE... Issued at 940 AM CDT Sun Sep 28 2025
Clear skies remain across the state this morning. Warm temperatures and mainly clear skies are expected today. Overall the forecast remains on track.
UPDATE Issued at 627 AM CDT Sun Sep 28 2025
The forecast remains on track.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 326 AM CDT Sun Sep 28 2025
An extended period of quiet, warm weather continues with mostly sunny skies and dry conditions on tap for today. Highs are expected to reach the 80s across most of the state, with the warmest temperatures in the southwest as an east CONUS upper high advects warmer air over the Western Plains. Through Wednesday, this upper high will gradually amplify into a ridge centered over the Great Lakes Region allowing warmer temperatures aloft to persist over the Northern Plains. As such, and combined with frequent southerly flow at the surface, highs are forecast to reach the 80s across the state most days this week through Thursday. Still, some upper 70 degree readings are possible at times, especially near the Canadian border on Monday.
For the most part, this pattern will maintain mostly dry conditions through Thursday night. However, multiple weak shortwaves may ride the western periphery of the ridge during the workweek. As a result, the NBM continues to produce very low, mostly non-mentionable PoPs over the forecast area. Still, wouldn`t be surprised if a few showers, possibly with a few rumbles of thunder, occur at some point.
Towards the end of the week, a major change in the weather pattern is favored as models consistently suggest a trough will dig into the western CONUS and break down the aforementioned ridge. As this happens, rain chances will return to the area. Where/when exactly, how much potential precipitation, and duration of potential precipitation all remain open questions. What maintains a higher probability, however, is a return to seasonable temperatures that have the potential to become below average by the end of the next weekend.
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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/... Issued at 627 AM CDT Sun Sep 28 2025
VFR ceilings and visibility are generally expected through the period, though models hint that patchy fog may develop late tonight in southwestern and south central parts of the state. LLWS is likely occurring early this morning in parts of the southeast, including at the KJMS terminal. Any LLWS should end by mid-morning as surface winds increase while winds aloft simultaneously diminish.
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.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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