FNUS73 KFSD 081336
FWSFSD

SPOT FORECAST FOR MICKELSON...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
836 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS NOZING DOWN INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA
THIS MORNING...PROVIDING A NORTHEAST SURFACE WIND WHICH WILL GRADUALLY
VEER AROUND EAST TO NORTHEAST BY MIDDAY. AFTER WHICH...A PRETTY
POWERFUL UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA BRINGING
WITH IT AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BY ABOUT 3 PM. WITH
THIS DISTURBANCE...THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL ALSO GREATLY INCREASE
WITH WETTING RAINS UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN
YOUR AREA. THEREFORE DRIER CONDITIONS WILL ACTUALLY PREVAIL THROUGH
MIDDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO GO DOWNHILL. DUE TO THE RELATIVELY LIGHT
WINDS THIS MORNING THOUGH...SMOKE DISPERSION LIKELY WILL NOT HIT
THE FAIR CATEGORY UNTIL VERY LATE MORNING. WETTING RAIN CHANCES WILL
THEN GREATLY INCREASE FROM 1 PM TO 3 PM.


.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY.............PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....    CHC CHC CHC OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL
WEATHER TYPE....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP (F)........55  59  60  60  60  60  59  58  58
RH (%)..........61  55  53  55  58  58  60  62  59
DEWPOINT (F)....42  43  43  44  45  45  45  45  44
20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE NE  ENE ENE NE  NNW WNW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6   8   9   9   8   9   10  12  14
20 FT WIND GUST.    10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15
DISPERSAL INDEX.PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   40  40  40  80  80  80  90  90
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   E   E   NE  NE  NNE N   N   N
TRANSP WIND SPD.8   10  10  12  12  10  10  9   10
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   5   5   4   4   3   3

$$
FORECASTER...MJF
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090508.MICKE.01/FSD