FNUS73 KABR 051149 FWSABR Spot Forecast for NW Pelican RX...State of South Dakota National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 649 AM CDT Tue May 5 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on May 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Dry conditions will continue to prevail today. Northwest winds will increase once again by mid to late morning, but they won't be as gusty as Monday was. Still, peak gusts will range from 20 to 25 mph by midday through this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity values will bottom out around 35 percent this afternoon. The northwest winds will diminish this evening and overnight and return on Wednesday, but it will be even less windy on Wednesday than it will be today. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 48. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 16 mph. Mixing height.......500-7600 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 21 mph increasing to 21 to 23 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) increasing to very good (122300 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........14 14 16 12 34 53 74 79 72 69 76 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).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 Temp............31 34 37 41 45 45 46 47 47 48 46 RH..............88 78 70 56 41 41 40 38 38 39 40 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..12 13 15 15 14 15 15 16 15 15 15 20 FT wind gust.13 14 16 18 22 23 24 25 24 25 24 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.3 4.3 5.8 6.7 7.0 7.6 7.5 6.8 7.0 7.0 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 27. Max humidity........81 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 14 mph in the evening and overnight becoming light. Mixing height.......400-6500 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 21 mph shifting to the north 7 to 10 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Very good (117600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to good (98600 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to poor (2700 knot-ft) early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........62 69 66 48 36 26 20 22 27 21 19 20 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............46 46 43 40 38 37 36 34 33 30 29 29 RH..............40 40 45 50 54 56 61 66 69 78 78 78 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N N N N N N N VRB VRB 20 FT wind spd..14 14 12 10 8 7 6 6 5 5 3 3 20 FT wind gust.22 22 18 16 13 12 10 9 8 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 6.2 2.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 Smoke Dispersal.VGD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Vipond Requested by...Heath Stone Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612747.0/ABR .DELDT 05/05/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL heath.stone@state.sd.us