FNUS73 KABR 151122 FWSABR Spot Forecast for Roe WPA...US Fish and Wildlife Service National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 622 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 15. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... There is a Dense Fog Advisory in effect until 9 AM, with pockets of dense fog expected to lift and mix out early this morning. While measurable rain is not expected, there could be a few sprinkles early until 9 AM. Warmer and drier air will move in today, with temperatures rising into the low 70s and relative humidity falling to near 30 percent. Winds will remain out of the south to southwest around 5 to 10 mph. There is a Fire Weather Watch in effect from 11 AM Thursday until 8 PM Thursday for wind gusts over 25 mph and relative humidity less than 25 percent as temperatures rise to around 80 degrees (which is nearly 30 degrees above normal for this time of year). Shifting winds may be a concern. Winds out of the south Thursday will shift out of the east and north between 9 PM Thursday and 2 AM Friday, and increase with gusts of 30 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (10-20 percent). Patchy dense fog and sprinkles early in the morning. CWR.................4 percent. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Chance of lightning.1 percent. Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......400-8100 ft agl. Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (94200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 44 26 8 10 4 3 16 18 22 26 Weather cov.....CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............42 45 50 57 61 64 68 68 70 71 71 RH..............82 79 70 59 51 43 36 36 32 30 30 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.9 10 11 13 14 15 16 15 15 15 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.7 3.6 6.1 7.2 7.6 8.0 8.1 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the south 6 to 12 mph in the late evening and overnight. Mixing height.......400-8000 ft agl. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 7 to 14 mph in the late evening and overnight, then increasing to 18 to 20 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Good (63600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........26 20 19 15 8 9 10 8 10 8 7 8 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............71 69 64 60 57 55 53 51 51 50 48 48 RH..............29 32 38 44 47 53 57 61 61 66 71 71 20 FT wind dir..SW SW S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 12 20 FT wind gust.10 9 9 10 10 13 13 15 15 16 18 20 Mix hgt (kft)...8.0 5.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Smoke Dispersal.GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.1 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 20 mph. Mixing height.......500-8100 ft agl. Transport winds.....South 20 to 28 mph shifting to the southwest 25 to 31 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (87500 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to very good (140600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (218200 knot-ft) in the afternoon late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........10 7 9 7 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 11 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............47 46 50 57 62 67 70 74 76 78 79 79 RH..............74 76 68 55 46 39 35 29 27 25 24 24 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW 20 FT wind spd..13 13 14 15 17 18 20 20 20 20 18 16 20 FT wind gust.21 21 23 25 26 28 29 29 29 29 28 25 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.6 5.5 7.3 8.1 6.4 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD EXL EXL VGD $$ Forecaster...KF Requested by...Jade Drause Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610371.0/ABR .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jade_drause@fws.gov