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Spot Forecast for Redlin RX...State of South Dakota
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
716 AM CDT Wed May 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Southerly winds will begin to pick up by late
morning and persist through the afternoon hours with gusts between
25-30 mph. Minimum relative humidity values will drop to around
30 percent during the afternoon hours as temperatures warm into
the mid 80s. A cold front will advance eastward out of central
South Dakota tonight and lead to the development of showers and
thunderstorms across eastern South Dakota, mainly after sunset.
Some of the thunderstorm activity could turn strong to severe
during the early overnight hours with locally damaging winds and
large hail being the primary threats.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 15 to 17 mph with gusts to
                    around 28 mph.
Mixing height.......6500-9300 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (104100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (167200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22  27  28  22  19  14  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............79  81  84  85  85  86  85
RH..............42  37  33  32  31  30  30
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..15  16  17  17  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.23  25  26  28  28  26  26
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 8.1 8.9 8.7 9.3 9.1 8.7
Smoke Dispersal.VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the evening, then showers and chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................6 percent increasing to 26 percent overnight,
                    then increasing to 59 percent overnight
                    increasing to 94 percent after 3 am decreasing
                    to 64 percent.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Chance of lightning.28 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 17 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 14 mph overnight, then
                    shifting to the northwest after 3 am shifting
                    to the east around 13 mph after 3 am. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms overnight. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500-8300 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (166400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to very good (141800 knot-ft) late
                    in the night decreasing to poor (6800 knot-ft)
                    early in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  16  21  29  32  35  42  70  79  83  86  93
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   20  20  20  20  20  30  30  60  90  100 70
Chc of ltng (%).0   20  20  20  20  20  30  30  30  30  20  20
Temp............85  85  80  75  73  71  70  68  67  64  61  61
RH..............31  30  36  43  48  51  53  59  65  75  90  87
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SW  NW  E   E
20 FT wind spd..17  15  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  13
20 FT wind gust.25  23  23  22  22  23  23  23  22  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...8.3 7.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Smoke Dispersal.EXL VGD PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Vipond
Requested by...Brett Blank
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2513969.0/ABR
.DELDT 05/14/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brett.blank@state.sd.us