916  
FXUS63 KABR 280919  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
419 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- AREAS OF FOG (DENSE AT TIMES) THIS MORNING, WITH VISIBILITY DOWN  
TO AROUND ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS.  
 
- INCREASED CHANCES (50-70%) FOR SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY WITH  
THE HIGHER MOISTURE POTENTIAL ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
- COOLER (BELOW NORMAL) TEMPERATURES IN STORE BY WEDNESDAY AND  
THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGHS IN THE 60S, LOWS IN THE 40S.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 419 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
WATCHING FOG TRENDS ON SATELLITE EARLY THIS MORNING AS IT SLOWLY  
DEVELOPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA, MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSOURI  
RIVER. A LARGER AREA OF DENSE FOG LIES JUST EAST ACROSS MN AND IS  
NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA.  
HEADLINES FOR FOG TO OUR EAST, SO WILL HAVE TO MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR  
DENSE FOG EXPANSION TO THE WEST AS MODELS SUGGEST OVER THE NEXT FEW  
HOURS.  
 
FOR LATER TODAY, LOOKING AT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION  
AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. WINDS WILL  
REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT AGAIN AND GENERALLY FAVOR AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST  
DIRECTION BY THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
MAIN STORY IN THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE THE INCREASING PRECIP  
CHANCES FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES  
IN REGARDS TO AREAS OF BEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL. WITH THE WAY MODELS  
ARE SHOWING THE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE REGION, CENTRAL SD REMAINS IN  
THE AREA OF BEST LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOW PLACEMENT. CURRENT  
FORECAST CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES (60-70%)  
ACROSS CENTRAL SD EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL JAMES RIVER VALLEY  
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AS TO HOW FAR  
EAST PRECIP POTENTIAL MAKES IT, OR AT LEAST AREAL COVERAGE OF ANY  
SHOWERS SHOULD BE LESS THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO IN THE CWA.  
 
SEEING GROWING EVIDENCE OF COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE  
REGION TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WEDNESDAY AND  
THURSDAY. GRAND ENSEMBLE SHOWS MID-LEVEL FLOW TURNING NORTHWESTERLY  
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, WITH A COOL AIR MASS MOVING IN AS 850MB  
TEMPS ARE SHOWN TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO C ACROSS  
EASTERN SD INTO MN. THIS COULD TRANSLATE TO HIGHS IN THE 60S FOR  
MANY AREAS, WITH LOWS IN THE 40S, PERHAPS UPPER 30S. GRAND ENSEMBLE  
PROBABILITY FOR TEMPS BELOW 40 DEGREES DOES SHOW ABOUT 10% BY 12Z  
NEXT THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1235 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2025  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS, ASIDE FROM ANY  
FG/BR THAT DEVELOPS EARLY THIS MORNING. KABR/KATY TERMINALS HAVE  
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING THIS BY DAYBREAK, WITH MVFR/IFR VSBY  
POSSIBLE. THE FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY MID MORNING THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...TMT  
AVIATION...TMT/VIPOND  
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