301
FNUS73 KABR 271014
FWSABR
SPOT FORECAST FOR MOE WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
514 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 CDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A STRAY LIGHT SHOWER IS STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SD, ALTHOUGH COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE
VERY SPOTTY AT BEST. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH
TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE WIND FORECAST BELOW REFLECTS GENERALLY
SOUTHEAST OR EAST WINDS, THEY MAY ACTUALLY VARY IN DIRECTION AT
TIMES AS FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS REMAINS WEAK TODAY. AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 35 PERCENT, BUT COULD GET
AS LOW AT 30 PERCENT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.18 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5
TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 8 MPH.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-7200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (50200
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........57 63 55 51 41 35 30 32 17 19 17 16
WEATHER COV.....ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF LTNG (%).20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 67 69 71 79 81 84 86 88 88 88 89
RH..............84 84 77 65 50 47 43 40 38 37 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE VRB S S S SE SE E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 9 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST. 13 7 8 8 9 10 10 12 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.1 2.0 3.6 4.4 5.5 5.7 7.2 6.5
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (55900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (4000
KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 8 17 25 22 20 12 17 15 28 23 27
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF LTNG (%).20 20 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............88 88 86 80 77 73 72 69 68 67 65 63
RH..............36 36 40 49 54 59 61 68 70 73 75 81
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 14 16 17 17 17 18 18 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.6 3.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
SMOKE DISPERSAL.FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.12 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-10200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 18
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (49800
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING
TO GOOD (80300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (140700 KNOT-FT) EARLY
IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (163300
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (75400 KNOT-FT)
DECREASING TO POOR (6100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........37 37 18 6 5 5 1 3 11 9 17 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............63 62 66 71 77 81 84 86 88 88 88 89
RH..............78 81 73 64 52 46 43 40 36 35 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 18 17 18 20 20 20 21 21 22 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.6 4.5 5.7 8.8 10 5.8 0.5
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD VGD EXL GD PR
FORECASTER...TMT
REQUESTED BY...JADE DRAUSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614491.0/ABR
.DELDT 05/27/26
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