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Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
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398 FXUS63 KABR 012330 AAA AFDABR Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 630 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Fog is expected to develop over portions of the area early Tuesday morning. Best chances for fog are across central SD. - A cold front will move through on Tuesday, bringing the potential for severe weather. A Marginal Risk, level 1 of 5, is in effect east of the Missouri River. Main threats are large hail and strong winds. - Below normal temperatures are expected for mid week. Highs will be in the 60s, 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Low temperatures Thursday morning may dip into the upper 30s. && .UPDATE... Issued at 625 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 See the updated aviation discussion below. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 259 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 A 700 mb low continues to spin in Nebraska today, helping to pull some clouds into central SD, but mostly out of the picture. The moisture associated with it, though, persists across eastern SD and west central MN. Coupled with some weak shortwave energy, showers and thunderstorms have developed from around the James valley eastward this afternoon. The atmosphere is again supportive of some cold air funnels with any otherwise weak thunderstorms. There has already been one spotted in ND. These showers and thunderstorms will slowly exit late this evening. Another round of storms is expected Tuesday as a cold front swings through. Instability increases with the front in the east during the evening as a shortwave trough also works its way southeast. There is a marginal risk for severe storms east of the Missouri River with large hail and strong winds the main concerns. Some models show the chance even farther east from the Coteau into west central MN. Two other things to note in the short term. Winds will still be light enough and llm moisture ample enough for fog development early Tuesday morning, especially across central SD. As winds aloft shift to the northwest and sfc winds shift to the north behind the front, smoke will be drawn back into the region late Tuesday. Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees below average Wednesday as an upper trough digs into the northern Plains and Great Lakes. Some moderation occurs Thursday before another, dry cold front pushes through. The latter half of the week looks dry but hazy/smoky and breezy. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 625 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG VFR conditions are expected to prevail at all TAF sites. However, a few things we will be monitoring tonight include shower and thunderstorm activity across far northeast South Dakota and west central Minnesota through the overnight hours. Currently models keep all this activity east of the KATY TAF site. The second thing we will monitor for is for fog development. As it stands now, wind gusts of 10-15 mph through the night should help limit any type of widespread fog development. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. && $$ UPDATE...Serr DISCUSSION...20 AVIATION...Serr