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Spot Forecast for North Red Iron Lake WPA...USFWS
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
517 AM CDT Thu May 28 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Southeast winds can be expected at the burn site
today, forecast to gust generally between 20 and 25 mph. Smoke
dispersal will be poor this morning, but becoming very good by
afternoon. Humidity is forecast to fall close to 35 percent by
late afternoon. Dry conditions are expected today, but rain
chances will be increasing as we head into the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......500-6800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000 knot-ft) increasing to good (60500
                    knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
                    very good (108000 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  48  27  35  39  41  44  20  28  28  47  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............65  66  67  69  74  78  81  85  86  87  87  87
RH..............68  65  65  66  57  52  49  41  40  38  36  36
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  13  13  13  13  13  13  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  21  21  21  21  22  22  23  24  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.6 4.5 5.6 6.8 6.5 4.0
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  VGD VGD GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.8 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......400-2900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (40000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (4900
                    knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........67  77  73  82  88  89  63  81  84  91  94  85
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............86  84  82  77  74  72  72  70  69  67  65  64
RH..............36  38  41  47  50  51  51  55  57  63  65  70
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..13  10  10  9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.21  20  18  17  18  20  20  20  20  20  20  17
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 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

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers early in the afternoon.
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.11 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......500-4600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6100 knot-ft) increasing to fair (46800
                    knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
                    good (77000 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  81  79  77  77  77  71  64  76  67  65  75
Weather cov.....                                SCH
Weather type....                                RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  10  10  10
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............62  64  67  71  75  78  80  81  82  82  83  82
RH..............75  70  65  59  52  47  42  41  40  38  36  37
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   9   8   8   9   10  12  13  14  14  15  15
20 FT wind gust.17  16  16  16  16  17  21  22  24  24  25  25
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.6 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.6 2.9
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  GD  FR  GD  GD  GD  FR

$$
Forecaster...TMT
Requested by...Jade Drause
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614492.0/ABR
.DELDT 05/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jade_drause@fws.gov