619  
FNUS73 KABR 030428  
FWSABR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROY LAKE SP...SDGFP  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
1028 PM CST SUN NOV 2 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2300 CST ON NOVEMBER 02.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.  
WHILE WINDS WILL LOSE GUSTINESS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING,  
GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH MONDAY NIGHT.  
THIS WILL SWITCH THE WINDS AROUND TO A SOUTH, SOUTHWESTERLY  
DIRECTION WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10-15 MPH EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THERE  
COULD BE SOME VARIABILITY IN WIND DIRECTION/SPEED TUESDAY  
AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW, HOWEVER IT IS  
EXPECTED THAT WINDS SHIFT BACK AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE  
TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING, BEST GUESS AT THE WIND SHIFT TIMING  
RIGHT NOW IS ROUGHLY 4-6 PM TUESDAY.  
 
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 17 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5800 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........10 8 9 11 6 5 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............40 39 38 38 38 37 36  
RH..............76 73 71 70 67 67 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 9 10 10 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 22 21 21 21 21 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.  
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (68600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........8 21 21 18 4 8 8 13 22 25 16 19  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............36 36 35 40 43 46 49 50 51 52 50 48  
RH..............72 69 75 62 55 47 40 36 33 31 34 39  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 10 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 22 23 24 23 23 24 22 20 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.6 3.4 3.9 4.0 1.5 0.7  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD PR PR  
   
MONDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.  
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15  
TO 18 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........22 40 47 48 54 52 45 42 42 43 44 44  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............44 41 38 37 36 37 38 38 38 38 38 38  
RH..............43 48 57 56 61 61 59 59 62 62 62 64  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 15 16 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND  
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6500 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........43 42 40 39 38 37 36 42 49 55 59 62  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 39 41 43 46 49 52 54 54 54 53 50  
RH..............64 64 62 62 58 54 50 48 50 50 52 58  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S SW SW W NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.1  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 
 
FORECASTER...SERR  
REQUESTED BY...HEATH STONE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2524927.0/ABR  
.DELDT 11/02/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL HEATH.STONE@STATE.SD.US  
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