FNUS73 KFSD 061544 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO LAKE 5-MILE CORNER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1044 AM CDT THU MAY 6 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY... SETTING UP A RETURN EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR ACROSS THIS REGION. DUE TO DRY LOW LEVELS...MEASURABLE RAINFALL WILL BE TOUGH TO REALIZE. BUT SOME LIGHT RAIN IS LIKELY AROUND THE HURON SOUTH DAKOTA AREA...WITH AREAS OF VERY LIGHT RAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TONIGHT IS WHEN A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THIS AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.10 TO 0.33 OF AN INCH ARE A GOOD BET. A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER DISTURBANCE...AND WINDY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FELT ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR LINGERING LIGHT RAIN ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. SATURDAY LOOKS QUIET...AND THEN SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THIS REGION WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN CHANCES TO PART OF THIS AREA ON SUNDAY. EARLY NEXT WEEK STILL LOOKS QUITE UNSETTLED. IT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY LINGERING RIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY % SKY COVER.....95 94 94 93 92 91 91 92 93 94 95 96 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............42 44 43 43 44 45 47 49 50 52 51 51 RH..............73 68 70 70 68 68 63 58 54 50 52 52 DEWPOINT........34 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW N N NNE NE ENE E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD GD CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.N NNE NNE NNE NE ENE ENE E E ESE E E TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 18 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....98 96 97 100 96 92 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE OCNL OCNL OCNL LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............51 48 45 44 43 43 RH..............54 63 76 82 86 82 DEWPOINT........35 36 38 39 39 38 20 FT WIND......ENE 9 ENE 7 E 7 E 9 ESE 12 SSE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FAIR FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ FORECASTER...LAFLIN REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100506.BUFFA.01/FSD