FNUS73 KFSD 011427 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR MEINKING DIAMOND LAKE...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 927 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...A STRONG WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SURGE NORTHWARD TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO LIFT THROUGH THE BURN AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SHIFTING WINDS FROM EAST TO SOUTH. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 TO 35 MPH. MOISTURE WILL INITIALLY INCREASE HUMIDITIES NEAR AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...POTENTIAL FOR A DRASTIC DROP IN MOISTURE TO ACCOMPANY THE INCREASE IN WINDS WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....90 91 92 93 86 80 73 70 68 66 60 54 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 46 48 53 60 65 70 74 77 77 76 75 RH..............74 71 71 64 53 48 42 38 33 32 33 34 DEWPOINT........38 37 39 41 43 45 46 46 46 45 45 45 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE ENE E E E ESE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD.. 7 9 9 9 11 14 15 17 20 20 23 24 20 FT WIND GUST. 7 9 9 9 16 20 20 25 30 30 30 35 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD EX EX EX MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE ENE E E E ESE ESE ESE SE SSE SSE SSE TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 9 11 14 16 18 21 24 27 30 32 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....48 44 39 35 50 65 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............75 69 64 61 58 57 RH..............35 46 60 70 76 82 DEWPOINT........45 47 50 51 51 51 20 FT WIND......SSE 24 S 23 S 22 S 22 S 21 S 17 20 FT WIND GUST.35 30 30 30 30 25 SMOKE DISPERSAL.EXCEL FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MIN HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....79 90 100 97 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY OCNL OCNL WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 55 50 47 RH..............86 79 80 86 DEWPOINT........51 48 44 43 20 FT WIND......SSW 15G20 SW 13G20 W 13G15 W 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR POOR POOR MIX HGT (FT)....300 1100 300 800 TRANSPORT WIND..SSW 18 SW 22 W 17 WSW 14 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...CHAPMAN REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LARUE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100401.MEINK.01/FSD