664  
FXUS63 KABR 272350 AAA  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
650 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- LOW CHANCE (LESS THAN 15%) FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER/STRONG  
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO TODAY AROUND THE WATERTOWN/BROOKINGS AREAS.  
 
- INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS (40-65%) FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY  
WITH THE HIGHER MOISTURE POTENTIAL IN WESTERN/SOUTH CENTRAL  
SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
- MORNING FOG POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING WITH  
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 2 MILES.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 641 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
THE AVIATION DISCUSSION HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE 00Z TAFS.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 239 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
WEAK THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN WESTERN MN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG  
A WARM FRONT THAT STRETCHES BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL SD. THERE IS A  
MARGINAL RISK THAT CLIPS DEUEL AND HAMLIN COUNTIES ALONG THIS  
BOUNDARY, BUT HI-RES CAMS ARE ALL PRETTY CONSISTENT ON KEEPING  
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CU FIELD TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS  
CWA. WILL NEED TO MONITOR BUT KEPT POPS BELOW A MENTION FOR NOW.  
GENERALLY BENIGN CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
EXCEPT FOR SOME MORNING FOG THAT COULD BE DENSE AT TIMES WITH  
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP ALONG THE  
SD/NE BORDER ON THURSDAY, BUT ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN AWAY FROM  
THIS FORECAST AREA.  
 
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND A  
SFC LOW IN NORTHWEST NE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UNSETTLED  
WEATHER SPREADS EAST AND NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH MID  
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE HWY 14 CORRIDOR. THAT 700 MB LOW ALONG  
WITH AN UPPER LOW LINGER INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE EAST KEEPING SOME  
PRECIP AND COOLER TEMPS IN THE FORECAST.  
 
NORTHWEST FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK  
AS A PRONOUNCED UPPER RIDGE SETS UP OVER THE ROCKIES. FURTHER  
CHANCES FOR PRECIP RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH MORE  
AUTUMN-LIKE HIGHS (60S TO LOWER 70S - ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE  
FOR EARLY SEPT) POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 641 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN THE PREVAILING WEATHER  
THROUGH THIS TAF CYCLE. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW SOME FOG TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. MVFR  
VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KATY AND PERHAPS TO A LESSER EXTENT AT  
KABR. INCLUDED A MENTION OF SOME BR AT BOTH TERMINALS IN TEMPO  
GROUPS PRIOR TO AND AFTER 12Z THURSDAY.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...VIPOND  
DISCUSSION...20  
AVIATION...VIPOND  
 
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