FNUS73 KABR 251002 FWSABR Spot Forecast for Roe WPA...US Fish and Wildlife Service National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 502 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on April 25. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...while surface high pressure noses into the region today, there is a good chance (56 percent chance of wetting rain this morning) light to moderate rain will be occurring over the burn site. Rainfall could be ending as early as 3 or 4 PM CDT this afternoon, or may linger to as late as 8 or 9 PM CDT this evening. Along with the rain threat today, afternoon relative humidity probably won't drop below 60 percent. While not expected to be much more than 5 to 10 mph today, winds this morning should start out westerly, before becoming northerly by mid-day, and then ultimately settling in from the northeast by 7 PM CDT. Most of Saturday night through Sunday morning is a dry forecast period with winds maintaining a northeasterly direction around 5 to 15 mph through Sunday morning before becoming east by mid-day Sunday and increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph Sunday afternoon. At that point, the next weather system moving into the region will have rain chances (chance of wetting rain increasing to ~60 percent) picking back up again by early Sunday afternoon. Afternoon minimum relative humidity values on Sunday are forecast between 65 to 70 percent. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely. CWR.................40 percent increasing to 56 percent early in the morning, then decreasing to 46 percent in the late morning and afternoon decreasing to 34 percent late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Chance of lightning.2 percent. Max temperature.....Around 46. Min humidity........68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph shifting to the north 7 to 10 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......900-3500 ft agl. Transport winds.....West around 12 mph shifting to the north 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9200 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........95 93 94 90 87 89 88 86 89 80 89 82 Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).60 70 70 60 50 50 50 50 60 60 60 50 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............40 40 40 41 42 42 43 43 43 44 44 44 RH..............92 89 87 86 79 79 76 73 73 70 73 70 20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW N N N N N N NE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 9 20 FT wind gust.8 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.4 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers overnight. CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 2 percent. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Chance of lightning.2 percent. Min temperature.....Around 34. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the east around 6 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the northeast 6 to 8 mph overnight. Mixing height.......400-2900 ft agl. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........83 88 89 82 80 68 67 61 74 89 85 88 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 30 30 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............45 44 43 40 39 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 RH..............68 68 73 82 85 92 92 92 96 92 96 96 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 20 FT wind gust.14 14 13 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 13 14 Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.7 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers in the morning. Rain showers likely in the afternoon. CWR.................6 percent increasing to 61 percent in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Chance of lightning.9 percent. Max temperature.....Around 54. Min humidity........66 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 18 mph increasing to around 20 mph with gusts to around 31 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......400-3100 ft agl. Transport winds.....East 9 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (60300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........91 89 93 89 84 84 85 85 86 87 88 89 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 30 30 30 30 30 30 70 70 70 70 70 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 Temp............36 35 37 40 44 46 48 49 50 50 51 52 RH..............96 100 96 89 79 73 71 68 68 68 68 66 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 20 20 20 20 FT wind gust.15 17 20 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 31 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.5 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD FR FR $$ Forecaster...Dorn Requested by...Jade Drause Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2611495.0/ABR .DELDT 04/25/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jade_drause@fws.gov