FNUS73 KFSD 201312 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR MARTIN S ACCESS TIMBER...CHEROKEE COUNTY CONS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 812 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TODAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PULLS FURTHER OFF TO THE EAST. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A PAIR OF WEAK SYSTEMS CLIP THE AREA. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL...HOWEVER A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....10 8 7 5 6 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............30 30 35 39 43 48 50 51 51 50 48 46 RH..............85 88 88 64 55 46 41 37 37 37 40 45 DEWPOINT........26 27 28 28 28 28 27 26 26 25 25 26 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 10 12 12 13 13 12 10 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX EX GD GD FR .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR % SKY COVER.....6 7 8 8 13 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 41 38 35 31 29 RH..............49 52 59 66 72 78 DEWPOINT........26 25 25 25 23 23 20 FT WIND......NW 6 WNW 5 W 3 W 2 SW 2 SSW 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR WEATHER TYPE ABBREVIATIONS 1) T = THUNDERSTORMS 2) R = RAIN 3) RW = RAIN SHOWERS 4) L = DRIZZLE 5) ZR = FREEZING RAIN 6) ZL = FREEZING DRIZZLE 7) S = SNOW 8) SW = SNOW SHOWERS 9) IP = ICE PELLETS 10) F = FOG 11) ZF = FREEZING FOG 12) IC = ICE CRYSTALS 13) H = HAZE 14) BS = BLOWING SNOW 15) K = SMOKE 16) BD = BLOWING DUST 17) FR = FROST $$ FORECASTER...HEITKAMP REQUESTED BY...GINGER WALKER DIRECTOR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111020.MARTI.01/FSD