948  
FXUS63 KABR 050529  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
1229 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S TODAY  
INTO TUESDAY, ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  
 
- TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE  
WORK WEEK.  
 
- DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS WELL.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 1225 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
WARM ADVECTION MID CLOUDS DEVELOPING ON SATELLITE, AND FORECAST IN  
SOUNDINGS/NBM SKY COVER. ONLY ABOUT 50MB THICKNESS AT AROUND 700MB,  
SO WILL HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT ON THE FORECAST ASIDE FROM LESS THAN  
FULL SUNSHINE FOR SOME LOCATIONS IN THE EAST TODAY. LOCAL DOWNSLOPE  
CONDITIONS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TONIGHT WITH BUFKIT PROFILES  
INDICATING ABOUT 40KTS IN THE CRITICAL LAYER, AND IT WILL TAKE JUST  
BEFORE THE FRONT COMING THROUGH, WHEN WE BRIEFLY ACHIEVE A SOUTHWEST  
ORIENTED WIND, TO REALLY TAKE EFFECT. OTHERWISE JUST BREEZY WITH  
SOUTH FLOW AND 1/2KM WINDS AT ABOUT 25-30KTS.  
 
TUESDAY WILL BE DOMINATED BY WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW AND WEAK COLD  
ADVECTION, WITH ENHANCED MIXING ON A NORTHWEST WIND COMPONENT. NBM  
HIGHS AROUND 80.  
 
THE REST OF THE WEEK REMAINS MILD ALBEIT NOT QUITE AS ABOVE NORMAL  
AS THE PATTERN IS DOMINATED BY A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME.  
 
FOR THE WEEKEND, CURRENTLY DETERMINISTIC EC/GFS/CANADIAN ALL DEPICT  
SOME FORM OF RIDGE CROSSES THE NORTH CENTRAL CONUS FOLLOWED BY A  
DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME WILL  
HELP GENERATE A LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FOLLOWED BY A FRONTAL  
PASSAGE. STARTING TO SEE SOME NBM POPS CREEP INTO SAT/SUN BUT ITS  
STILL PRETTY FAR OFF TO COME TO ANY FINAL CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE  
WEEKEND FORECAST.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 1225 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUSTS NEAR 25KTS  
ARE EXPECTED 16-23Z AT BOTH ABR AND ATY, WITH GUSTS CONTINUING  
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AT ATY WHERE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO  
BE POSSIBLE AFTER 03Z TUESDAY.  
 
 
   
ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
SD...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...TMT  
AVIATION...06  
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