268  
FXUS63 KABR 221753 AAC  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
1153 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- THERE IS A 15 TO 25% CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH  
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SD INTO WEST CENTRAL MN SUNDAY THROUGH LATE  
SUNDAY NIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  
 
- AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND AND  
AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1143 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
 
SEE THE UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR THE 18Z TAFS.  
 
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1024 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
 
THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. NO  
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON/
 
 
ISSUED AT 315 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
 
SOME PATCHY LOW STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED TONIGHT ALONG THE MISSOURI AND  
OVER UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE COTEAU THAT RECEIVED SNOW EARLIER THIS  
WEEK. SOME OF THIS MAY LOWER AS FOG TOWARD SUNRISE, BUT IT'S TOO  
UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW WIDESPREAD THAT MAY BECOME TO PROVIDE MORE THAN  
A MENTION HERE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST  
AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, STRATUS AND/OR FOG MAY DEVELOP  
AGAIN GIVEN THE SIMILAR REGIME. OTHERWISE, THE SHORT TERM REMAINS  
PRETTY BENIGN WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 315 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT STARTS THE PERIOD WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE  
AREA. THIS WILL GET PUSHED EAST BY A LOW MOVING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA  
LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. A RIDGE MOVES IN BEHIND. ANOTHER  
UPPER LEVEL LOW COMES DOWN OUT OF CANADA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO  
WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE, WE STAY UNDER RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE.  
HOWEVER, THURSDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA OUT OF  
CANADA AND A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA AT THE SURFACE. JUST  
FOR FUN, LETS LOOK AT SOME TEMPS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT THURSDAY LOW.  
SO, 24 HOURS AHEAD OF THE LOW (WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON), 700 MB TEMPS  
ARE BETWEEN -10 AND -12 DEGREES C. BY THE TIME THE LOW ARRIVES  
(THURSDAY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON , TEMPS ARE DOWN TO -17 TO -  
19 DEGREES C. BY THE TIME THE LOW EXITS THE AREA (FRIDAY MORNING),  
TEMPS ARE SOLIDLY IN THE -19 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS THE AREA.  
THIS COLDER AIR STICKS AROUND THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. DOWN AT  
850 MB, THE STORY IS PRETTY SIMILAR, TEMPS DECREASE BY 10 TO 15  
DEGREES AND STAY THERE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. THIS IS GOING  
TO TRANSLATE TO SOME TEMPERATURES GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND  
THAT ARE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, A BIG CHANGE FROM OUR RECENT  
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS.  
 
THERE AREN'T VERY MANY CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION IN ANY FORM DURING  
THE PERIOD. THE ONLY POPS IN THE FORECAST AT THE MOMENT ARE AROUND  
15 TO 25% RIGHT ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPS AT  
THIS TIME POINT TOWARDS THIS FALLING AS SNOW IF THIS DOES HAPPEN.  
 
AS MENTIONED, TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF THE PERIOD WILL BE TURNING  
TOWARDS BELOW AVERAGE. BEFORE WE GET THERE THOUGH, THE FIRST PORTION  
OF THE TERM WILL HAVE AROUND TO JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES. ON THE WINDS SIDE OF THINGS, SUNDAY COULD HAVE SOME  
GUSTS UPWARDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL SD AS THE RIDGE GETS  
PUSHED OUT BY THE LOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1143 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2024  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT ALL 4 TAF SITES THROUGH  
THIS NEXT 24 HOUR FORECAST PERIOD. KATY WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR  
LOW END VFR STRATUS DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALSO, WILL  
HAVE TO MONITOR FOR SOME IFR VSBY FOG DEVELOPMENT THERE, BUT AT  
THIS TIME LEFT IT OUT OF THE FORECAST. ANTICIPATE MID LEVEL CLOUD  
COVER; AND IN SOME INSTANCES LOWER LEVEL CLOUDS, TO THICKEN AND  
PASS OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...VIPOND  
SHORT TERM...WISE  
LONG TERM...KK  
AVIATION...VIPOND  
 
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