FNUS73 KFSD 091148 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE WING MARSH WPA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 648 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LATER THIS MORNING...AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT IN SOUTH DAKOTA. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA SATURDAY... BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. THEN A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA MONDAY...PRECEDED BY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....8 12 16 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............30 35 40 46 51 56 61 64 66 68 67 64 RH..............78 66 57 49 42 38 33 32 32 29 30 34 DEWPOINT........24 25 26 28 29 31 32 34 35 35 35 35 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SSE SSE SSE SSE S S SSW SSW SSW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 10 15 20 21 22 22 22 21 20 17 16 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 30 30 30 30 25 25 25 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX EX EX EX GD CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.6 2.9 4.2 5.1 5.9 6.8 4.8 2.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SSE SSE SSE S S S SSW SSW SSW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.8 14 18 22 23 24 25 26 28 28 25 21 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....28 24 20 21 32 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 55 50 46 42 38 RH..............38 47 54 55 65 82 DEWPOINT........35 35 34 31 31 33 20 FT WIND......SW 14 W 10 W 9 WNW 9 NW 8 NNW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....700 400 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 16 W 12 W 10 WNW 10 NW 9 NNW 8 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....59 66 69 73 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............37 50 50 51 RH..............89 50 50 48 DEWPOINT........34 32 32 32 20 FT WIND......N 8G10 N 9G10 NNE 8G10 N 6 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD $$ FORECASTER...BT REQUESTED BY...CHAD LORETH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.BLUEW.01/FSD