615  
FXUS63 KABR 251338 AAB  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
838 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WILL GUST 25 TO 35 MPH THIS  
AFTERNOON, WITH DRY WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY  
THURSDAY.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 828 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 2026  
 
A SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS HEADING SOUTH TOWARD THE CWA THIS  
MORNING. MIXING LAYER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND  
25 TO 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL CAA AND DRY AIR ADVECTION  
CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS SECONDARY COLD FRONT. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES TODAY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY, IF THE STRENGTH/EXTENT  
OF LOW LEVEL CAA PROGGED ACTUALLY HAPPENS. UP CLOSER TO THE  
NORTH DAKOTA/CANADA BORDER, THERE IS A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF  
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FORECAST TO ADVECT DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN  
DAKOTAS/MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD TRANSLATE  
INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF LOW/STRATUS CLOUDS OVER PORTIONS OF  
THIS CWA HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 1212 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 2026  
 
AS OF 12:30 AM CDT, TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION ARE IN THE  
UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD  
FRONT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. STORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN SD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND  
ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH AS THEY CONTINUE SOUTHEAST.  
 
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE QUIET, DRY WEATHER AS  
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. STORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT CONFIDENCE ON SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS  
TIME. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE  
AROUND TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE, WARMEST TOWARDS THE WEEKEND AND  
COOLING DOWN INTO NEXT WORK WEEK. HRRR SMOKE SHOWS SOME SMOKE MOVE  
INTO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WITH SOME HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OVER  
NORTHEAST SD. THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE AT THE SURFACE  
LENDING A SLIGHT SMOKY SMELL TO THE AIR, BUT THE HIGHER  
CONCENTRATIONS (STILL ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT) ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AT  
THE SURFACE. THIS ISN'T EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES MUCH AT ALL,  
BUT COULD GIVE THE AIR A SMOKY SMELL AGAIN. WINDS TUESDAY ARE  
EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 35 MPH MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN SD, BUT COULD  
REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS REDFIELD OR HIGHMORE, SD.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 623 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 2026  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
OTHER THAN SOME EARLY MORNING IFR FOG AT KABR THAT IS EXPECTED  
TO BURN OFF BY 13Z, VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
   
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...10  
DISCUSSION...13  
AVIATION...20  
 
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