FNUS73 KFSD 091349 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR 7 MILE REFUGE...YANKTON AGNECY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 849 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LATE TODAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF I 90 AGAIN NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. LOW CLOUDS WILL LIKELY HANG AROUND IN MANY AREAS FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY...AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. TONIGHT...ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE PRETTY SPOTTY...AND SHOULD BE CONFINED TO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AS CAPPING RULES ELSEWHERE. TUESDAY WILL FEATURE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS DRY SLOTTING MOVES INTO THIS AREA. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES ON TUESDAY WILL BE ABOUT 20 PERCENT LOWER THAN THEY WILL BE TODAY. FURTHER OUT...THE LARGE UPPER LOW WHICH IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE AREA. THIS LOW WILL LIKELY GIVE WIDESPREAD RAINY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME OF THE AMOUNTS POSSIBLY ON THE HEAVY SIDE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY LINGER INTO THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING DOWN. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....94 89 84 79 78 75 73 69 65 61 57 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 63 66 68 71 73 74 75 75 74 75 74 RH..............75 78 75 78 76 71 69 66 66 66 64 64 DEWPOINT........56 54 58 61 63 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 20 FT WIND DIR..E E ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..16 22 18 16 15 14 14 14 15 14 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 30 30 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE ESE SE SE SE SE ESE ESE ESE ESE TRANSP WIND SPD.26 26 26 26 25 24 23 23 24 24 25 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....49 42 35 28 28 29 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............72 67 64 61 59 58 RH..............66 75 78 84 87 90 DEWPOINT........60 59 57 56 55 55 20 FT WIND......ESE 10 ESE 9 ESE 7 ESE 7 SSE 6 SSW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ FORECASTER...WEISSER REQUESTED BY...JULIAN RED BUFFALO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110509.7MILE.01/FSD