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FXUS63 KABR 292351
AFDABR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
551 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- FALLING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE, MAINLY
GROUND-LEVEL, BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT UNTIL THE WINDS
BEGIN DIMINISHING LATE.
- BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. COLDEST TIMEFRAME IS SUNDAY/MONDAY WITH TEMPS 15
TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY
MORNINGS.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 548 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2025
VERY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH
SOME LAKE EFFECT FOR THE MISSOURI VALLEY SHOWING UP ON SATELLITE
AND THE KELOCAMS. BUFKIT SUGGESTS A FAVORABLE NORTH NORTHWEST WIND
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY EVEN INTO TOMORROW THOUGH WIND
SPEEDS DECREASE ENOUGH WHERE THAT MOISTURE WILL BE STUCK RIGHT IN
THE VICINITY OF THE RIVER. OTHERWISE, LOOKING OVER DOT CAMS, NOT
SEEING ANY IMPACTS FROM BLOWING SNOW. WILL LET THE HAZARDS DROP AT
00Z. SEE BELOW FOR AN UPDATE TO THE AVIATION DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 107 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2025
AT 1 PM CST, UNDER A CLOUDY SKY, LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS ARE OUT OF
THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS.
THIS IS CAUSING SOME, MAINLY, GROUND-LEVEL BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. AND, TEMPERATURES ARE HOLDING, MOSTLY, IN THE MID TO UPPER
TEENS.
THE FALLING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. SO,
THAT MIGHT HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FREE-FALLING. THE WIND IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO STAY UP SOME (LOWEST WIND SPEEDS OVER NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA) OVER MOST OF THE CWA AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL
SHOWCASE HIGH PRESSURE (AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT) OVER THE REGION.
SO LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST OF THAT PERIOD. THE SURFACE HIGH IS FORECAST
TO SLIP AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT, ALLOWING FOR A LIGHT
SOUTHERLY COMPONENT WIND TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE
7-DAY FORECAST IS PROGGED TO ADVECT DOWN INTO THE REGION
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. AND, NOW THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF
MEANINGFULLY DEEP SNOWPACK OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS REGION, WILL
HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR EACH ROUND OF LOW/MID-LEVEL WAA AND MOISTURE
ADVECTION TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A DENT CAN BE MADE IN THIS LARGE SNOW-
INDUCED COLD POOL OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS REGION. WIND CHILL VALUES
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ZERO, BOTTOMING
OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10F AND 20F BELOW ZERO EACH NIGHT ALONG/NORTH
OF U.S. HIGHWAY 212.
THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST FLOW IN A POSITIVE
PNA PATTERN (UPPER RIDGE WESTERN CONUS/UPPER TROF EASTERN CONUS).
DOUBTLESS, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS SWEEPING
THROUGH THE REGION IN SAID UPPER FLOW. BUT, OTHER THAN TUESDAY NIGHT
(20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION), THE FORECAST DOES NOT
CONTAIN ANY PRECIPITATION MENTION UNTIL DAY 7 (FRIDAY
NIGHT/SATURDAY). FOR THE MOST PART, DETERMINISTIC GSM'S AND THE
ENSEMBLE QPF CLUSTERS AND 500HPA HEIGHT CLUSTERS ARE DRY. ENSEMBLE
TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE/ANOMALIES SUGGESTS THERE COULD BE A SUBTLE WARM
UP TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN THE OUT PERIODS. BUT THERE IS SO
MUCH SPREAD IN THE 25TH TO 75TH TEMPERATURE PERCENTILES (ANY WHERE
FROM 5 DEGREES TO, IN MANY INSTANCES, MORE THAN 10 DEGREES OF
SPREAD), IT IS DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO PUT ANY SEMBLANCE OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARM UP NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 548 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2025
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG
THERE IS SOME LINGERING MVFR/IFR STRATUS AND LIGHT SNOW. AT KATY
ITS STILL SNOWING WITH A VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1-3 MILES, WHILE AT
KPIR, WHICH IS GETTING LAKE EFFECT, THE VISIBILITY IS CLOSER TO
5 TO P6SM. EXPECT THE KATY SNOW TO MOVE OUT THIS EVENING, WITH
KPIR WILL REMAIN STATIC WITH LAKE EFFECT OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE, THE
GENERAL TREND IS TOWARDS VFR CONDITIONS.
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
UPDATE...07
DISCUSSION...10
AVIATION...07
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