819  
FXUS63 KABR 231125 AAA  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
525 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- THERE IS A 15 TO 20% CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL  
AND NORTHEASTERN SD INTO WEST CENTRAL MN SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY  
NIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  
 
- AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND AND  
AROUND 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON/  
 
ISSUED AT 338 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2024  
 
A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS GENERATING SOME FLURRIES/FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS  
FAR NORTHEAST SD AND WEST CENTRAL MN EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS  
TO EXIT BEFORE SUNRISE BUT DID ADD A MENTION IN THE GRIDS FOR THE  
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN CWA TODAY. AREAS  
FARTHER SOUTHWEST WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF A WARM FRONT EXTENDING OUT  
FROM A LOW OVER CO/WY. AT THE SFC THAT AMOUUNTS TO GENERALLY DRY  
CONDITIONS, THOUGH CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY SUBDUE HIGH TEMPERATURES.  
NBM HAS A LARGE POTENTIAL TEMP SPREAD THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO  
UNCERTAINTY OVER CLOUD COVER AND TIMING OF COLD AIR ADVECTION ON  
SUNDAY.  
 
THE LOW MOVES OFF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND  
SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, SFC HIGH PRESSURE NUDGES IN FROM THE  
NORTHWEST AND AN UPPER LOW BARRELS ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.  
BEHIND THE SFC LOW, STRONG CAA WILL MOVE IN ON AN ARCTIC FRONT. H85  
TEMPS FALL TO AROUND -10C LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS  
INCREASE, ACCORDINGLY, BUT WITHOUT A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE  
SFC AND ONLY 30 TO 35 KT WINDS AT THE MID LEVELS EXPECT GUSTS TO TOP  
OUT IN THE 35 MPH RANGE, SUB-ADVISORY. THE ADDITIONAL FORCING AT THE  
EDGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT MAY RESULT IN SOME FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW  
SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL SD ON SUNDAY, BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS  
EXPECTED. DEPENDING ON TIMING, ALSO CAN'T RULE OUT A SCENARIO WHERE  
TEMPS FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 338 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2024  
 
SUNDAY NIGHT, AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL MOVE  
EAST AND BE REPLACED BY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND HIGH PRESSURE AT  
THE SURFACE BY TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, THE EC IS SHOWING A SHORTWAVE  
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AHEAD OF THE THURSDAY LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS LOW MOVES INTO THE DAKOTAS THURSDAY MORNING  
AND INTO MN BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE WILL BE  
SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW, MOVING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST  
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  
 
SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN SD SUNDAY  
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE TO  
NONE. OTHER THAN THIS, NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.  
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE, ESPECIALLY  
AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY,  
HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. WEDNESDAY  
WARMS UP A LITTLE AS WE GET SOME SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE.  
THEN THURSDAY ONCE AGAIN WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE AND  
FRIDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSER TO 15  
TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE AS SOME MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE  
REGION. OTHER THAN SOME POSSIBLE DOWNSLOPE WINDS ON AND EAST OF THE  
COTEAU MONDAY, WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE ORDINARY  
DURING THE PERIOD.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 523 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2024  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
THERE'S A CHAOTIC MIX OF VFR SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS  
AND PATCHY IFR OR MVFR STRATUS AROUND THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS  
MIX OF CIGS WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND AFFECT  
ALL SITES WITH LOWER CIGS AT TIMES.  
 
 
   
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...WISE  
LONG TERM...KK  
AVIATION...WISE  
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