457  
FXUS63 KABR 051727 AAB  
AFDABR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
1227 PM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TUESDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE  
70S TO LOW 80S, ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  
 
- TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE  
WORK WEEK, WITH DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTING.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
AVIATION DISCUSSION UPDATED BELOW FOR THE 18Z TAFS.  
 
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1022 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
BAND OF MID-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION CLOUDS THAT MODELS HAD  
CAPTURED NICELY YESTERDAY CONTINUES TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST AND  
NEARLY OUT OF THE CWA, LEAVING BEHIND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR  
TODAY. NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE "TODAY" PERIOD AS WE'LL  
SEE HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOW/MID 80S, WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY  
SOUTHERLY WINDS.  
 

 
   
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 /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT MON OCT 5 2026  
 
TERMINALS KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.  
THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR (LLWS) TONIGHT AT  
KATY AND HAVE INSERTED MENTION OF THIS INTO THEIR TAF.  
 

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

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...TMT  
DISCUSSION...07  
AVIATION...TMT  
 
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