826  
FXUS63 KABR 221156 AAA  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
656 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS  
THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK  
(LEVEL 1 OUT OF 5) FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS OVER FAR EAST CENTRAL  
SD DURING THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREATS ARE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60  
MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
- FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE  
OVER EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING/MIDDAY AS  
SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED IN THIS AREA. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES  
FOR THIS AREA.  
 
- TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WILL RUN ABOUT  
5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, MEANING HIGHS IS THE 60S AND 70S WITH  
LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 644 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
THE AVIATION DISCUSSION HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE 12Z TAFS.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 409 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
AS OF 3AM, RADAR INDICATES OUR NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL SD ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK  
EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE ENERGY WITHIN OVERALL WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.  
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING THIS ENERGY ALOFT, ALONG WITH ONGOING  
SURFACE TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE, CAMS INDICATE THIS ELEVATED  
CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST OVER THE CWA (WITH ADDITIONAL  
CONVECTION DEVELOPING). MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BETWEEN 7.0-8C/KM,  
MUCAPE UP TO 3000J/KG, AND SHEAR OF 30-40KTS WILL CONTINUE, WITH THE  
HIGHEST CAPE OVER EAST CENTRAL SD, CLOSER TO THE FRONT/LEE LOW.  
THERE IS ALSO A WEAK LLJ CONTINUING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TO EAST  
CENTRAL SD. THEREFORE, A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD GROW VERTICALLY  
ENOUGH TO DIP INTO THE COOLER TEMPS AND PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL  
(POTENTIALLY LARGER) AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH.  
 
THE CENTER OF THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL BE OVER CENTRAL MANITOBA BY  
12Z. THIS IS A FAIRLY STACKED SYSTEM WITH ITS ELONGATED SURFACE LOW  
EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL MANITOBA THROUGH WESTERN ONTARIO AND ITS COLD  
FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH THEN SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MN AND THROUGH EAST  
CENTRAL SD, WITH THE LEE LOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF SD/NE  
BORDER AS WELL. 12Z THROUGH 18Z, THE PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT  
EAST/SOUTHEAST OVER THE CWA WITH THE BULK OF THE POPS (70-100%) OVER  
EAST CENTRAL SD. DUE TO SLOW MOVING STORMS LATE LAST NIGHT,  
EXCESSIVE RAIN LED TO REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THIS AREA WHICH LED TO  
THE ISSUANCE OF A FAW OVER PORTIONS OF CODINGTON, GRANT, AND DEUEL  
COUNTIES. THIS REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR SPINK  
COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH GRANT COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL RAIN/SLOW MOVING  
OR TRAINING STORMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING/ADDITIONAL FLOODING  
CONCERNS. THIS AREA IS ALSO UNDER A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER  
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS  
OF 60 MPH COULD BE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT  
SOUTHEASTWARD AND EXIT THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA BY THE NOON/EARLY  
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE LAST OF THE PRECIP.  
 
THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT A RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE  
WESTERN CONUS AS WINDS ALOFT OVER THE REGION WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY  
ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THIS RIDGE. THIS +PNA PATTERN WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A COUPLE OF WEAK EMBEDDED  
SHORTWAVES MOVING DOWN THE RIDGE AT THIS TIME AND OVER THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST AS WE CONTINUE IN NORTHWEST FLOW. AT THE  
SURFACE, CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL  
BE THE DOMINANT. LOOKING AHEAD TO EARLY TO MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT  
WEEK, CLUSTERS AGREE ON THIS +PNA PATTERN, AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW  
OVER THE REGION, CONTINUING WITH OVERALL DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED.  
NBM ALSO SHOWS THIS TOO KEEPING THE FORECAST MAINLY DRY AS WELL.  
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 6-10 DAY PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK (8/27-  
8/31) INDICATES NEAR NORMAL (36%) WITH A 32% CHANCE OF BOTH ABOVE OR  
BELOW NORMAL.  
 
HIGHS FOR TODAY WILL BE COOLER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT RANGING IN THE  
UPPER 70S TO THE UPPER 80S, WARMEST OVER CENTRAL SD WITH LOWS  
TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. WE WILL GET A TASTE OF FALL THIS  
WEEKEND AS THE CWA WILL BE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE HIGH ON  
SATURDAY, SOUTHERLY SIDE ON SUNDAY, AND DIRECTLY OVERHEAD ON MONDAY.  
NAEFS INDICATES 700-850MB TEMPS WILL BE AROUND 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS  
BELOW CLIMO FOR THE ENTIRE CWA BY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST  
TUESDAY MORNING! OVERALL HIGHS WILL RANGE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S  
EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 70S WEST OF HERE.  
THIS RUNS ABOUT 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. EC EFI INDICATES  
VALUES OF -0.6 TO -0.8 FOR TMAX SUNDAY AND MONDAY JAMES RIVER VALLEY  
AND EASTWARD. TMIN VALUES OF -0.7 TO -0.9 ARE FORECASTED FOR THE  
ENTIRE CWA SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS TEMPS WILL DIP DOWN IN THE  
LOWER 40S TO LOWER 50S (ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE)!  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 644 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
MORNING CONVECTION REMAINS PERSISTENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL  
AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY  
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE KATY TERMINAL AND TO A CERTAIN LESSER  
EXTENT THE REMAINING OTHER 3 TAF SITES. MVFR VSBYS WILL BE  
POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS, THE  
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN WITH DRIER CONDITIONS TAKING  
HOLD. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN THE RULE THROUGH THIS TAF  
CYCLE, NOW THAT THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH MOST OF OUR  
AREA OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. AFTER THE MORNING  
CONVECTION DIMINISHES, VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT  
ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE END OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD.  
 

 
   
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
SD...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR SDZ018>023.  
 
MN...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...VIPOND  
DISCUSSION...MMM  
AVIATION...VIPOND  
 
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