Bismarck, ND Hazardous Weather Outlook

Bismarck, North Dakota

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 415 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
Expiration: 415 AM CDT WED JUL 09 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THOUGH
NOTHING IS ANTICIPATED IN BECOMING SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE MAXIMUM
INSTABILITY IS WHEN THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS
LIKE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD TEND TO INITIATE OR BEGIN NEAR/ALONG A
LINE FROM MINOT SOUTH TO BISMARCK WITH AREAS EAST OF THIS LINE
HAVING A BETTER PROBABILITY OF EXPERIENCING SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.