FNUS73 KABR 051217 FWSABR Spot Forecast for Long Lake RX...SD GFP National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 717 AM CDT Tue May 5 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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. .REST OF 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........37 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 14 to 16 mph. Mixing height.......5700-7600 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Very good (115000 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........12 32 60 76 78 74 63 76 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............41 45 46 45 46 47 47 47 RH..............49 38 37 38 39 38 38 38 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 20 FT wind gust.18 22 23 24 25 24 25 24 Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 6.6 7.1 7.6 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.2 Smoke Dispersal.VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 27. Max humidity........78 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 15 mph becoming light. Mixing height.......500-6500 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 21 mph shifting to the north 6 to 10 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Very good (118500 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to good (92900 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........64 62 64 42 33 29 22 18 33 24 23 22 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 47 44 40 38 37 35 34 33 30 29 29 RH..............37 39 41 48 54 58 61 64 66 75 78 75 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N N N VRB VRB VRB 20 FT wind spd..15 14 12 10 8 6 6 6 5 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.23 22 18 16 13 12 9 9 8 7 7 6 Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 6.2 2.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 Smoke Dispersal.VGD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Connelly Requested by...Brett Blank Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612674.1/ABR .DELDT 05/05/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brett.blank@state.sd.us