Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
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FNUS73 KABR 271652
FWSABR
Spot Forecast for West Pool RSV...Lac qui Parle WMA
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1152 AM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
A weak system will track across the burn area on Wednesday, with
light showers possible, (30-40%). Wetting rainfall is low at this
time. There is a low, under 20% chance, for additional showers on
Thursday. Northerly winds are expected on both days.
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......6000-8100 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (42700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (71400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46 52 51 49 48 47
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 20 20 20
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 10 10
Temp............52 53 55 55 56 56
RH..............48 46 45 45 45 45
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.13 14 15 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 7.7 8.1 7.8 7.1 6.7
Smoke Dispersal.FR FR GD GD GD GD
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers early in the evening.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.7 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......400-6000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast 6
to 15 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (58000 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46 45 43 41 39 37 36 34 40 46 52 54
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of ltng (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............55 54 51 48 45 43 41 40 39 38 37 36
RH..............47 48 54 58 65 70 73 76 79 82 85 89
20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N N N N N VRB VRB VRB
20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.15 14 13 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 5.0 3.4 1.6 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.7
Smoke Dispersal.FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................4 percent early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.7 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......400-500 ft agl early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 7 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft) early in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56 58 48 38 28 32 35 39 40 41 42 44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............34 35 38 42 46 49 51 53 54 55 56 56
RH..............92 89 79 67 58 52 46 43 40 38 35 35
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.8 9 10 12 13 15 17 18 20 18 18 18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 M M M M M M M M M M
Smoke Dispersal.PR PR M M M M M M M M M M
$$
Forecaster...Doering
Requested by...Walt Gessler
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/27/26
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.EMAIL walt.gessler@state.mn.us