FNUS73 KFSD 061250 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHULTER...MADISON WMD - US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 750 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 70S AT THE BURN SITE BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND COMBINE WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 30S TO YIELD MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 35 PERCENT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AS WELL. THE FIRE DANGER WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....59 63 65 65 63 59 56 56 56 58 60 62 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............47 50 53 56 59 61 64 66 68 70 72 71 RH..............65 58 52 49 44 40 39 37 36 35 34 35 DEWPOINT........36 36 36 37 37 37 38 39 40 41 42 42 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SSW W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 16 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR GD GD EX EX EX EX EX GD MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.6 3.4 4.0 4.6 5.3 4.7 4.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE S S S S S S S S S SSW TRANSP WIND SPD.8 15 21 25 28 29 28 28 26 24 21 15 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....65 62 54 39 34 35 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 63 56 51 46 44 RH..............37 43 56 69 81 87 DEWPOINT........42 40 41 41 41 40 20 FT WIND......WNW 10 WNW 8 WNW 6 WNW 5 WNW 3 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ FORECASTER...SCHMIT REQUESTED BY...KYLE KELSEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110506.SCHUL.01/FSD