FNUS73 KABR 211020 FWSABR Spot Forecast for Wike WPA...US Fish and Wildlife Service National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 520 AM CDT Tue Apr 21 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on April 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Winds will start out north-northeast early this morning, then gradually switch out of the east and finally southeast by early evening. Hourly trends are shown below. Gusts will generally be around 15 mph or less today, but will increase to over 20 mph later tonight, and over 30 mph by Wednesday afternoon. Humidity is forecast to lower to around 30 percent by late afternoon, but with a dry air mass in place, actual readings could be slightly lower than this. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 13 mph shifting to the southeast 8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......200-3400 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 16 mph shifting to the southeast around 8 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........9 8 9 3 4 3 6 1 6 5 5 7 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 47 48 53 57 60 62 65 68 69 69 RH..............58 60 63 64 54 48 43 39 34 31 30 30 20 FT wind dir..N N NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE 20 FT wind spd..13 13 12 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 20 FT wind gust.20 21 18 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.2 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.4 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......200-3000 ft agl. Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 20 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........5 6 18 21 18 18 14 12 14 27 18 15 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............69 67 64 60 57 56 55 54 54 53 52 52 RH..............31 32 37 42 45 47 49 50 50 52 55 56 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..9 10 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.15 16 16 17 18 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (25-35 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.1 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 22 mph with gusts to around 35 mph increasing to around 23 mph with gusts to around 36 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......200-4900 ft agl. Transport winds.....South 18 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (88000 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to very good (105400 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........19 11 36 35 33 34 34 35 38 42 45 47 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............51 51 54 59 66 70 74 78 79 80 82 81 RH..............59 61 61 57 48 46 41 37 36 35 32 32 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..14 14 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 23 20 FT wind gust.23 23 24 25 28 29 31 32 33 35 36 36 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.4 3.4 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.0 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD $$ Forecaster...TMT Requested by...Jade Drause Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610997.0/ABR .DELDT 04/21/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jade_drause@fws.gob