FNUS73 KFSD 071456 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR MARTY SLASH PILE...YANKTON AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 856 AM CST MON NOV 7 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL TODAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD TONIGHT...AND AFFECT AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF I90. THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA. COOLER AIR WILL ALLOW SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION CHANCES DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION...EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW AND COOL TEMPERATURES RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC % SKY COVER.....11 14 28 31 34 36 39 42 46 49 53 56 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............26 27 26 32 37 43 46 48 49 50 49 46 RH..............78 78 71 61 50 38 32 30 28 27 29 34 DEWPOINT........20 21 18 20 20 19 18 18 17 17 18 19 20 FT WIND DIR..N N WSW WNW NW N NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 2 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST. SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR PR 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 1.0 1.8 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.8 2.6 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NNE NNE NE NE NE ENE E ENE ENE TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....60 69 77 85 88 91 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............44 39 37 37 36 34 RH..............38 48 56 59 69 82 DEWPOINT........20 21 23 24 27 29 20 FT WIND......ENE 6 ENE 6 NE 7 NE 6 NNE 7 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .TUESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY COVER.......CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....94 87 80 73 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............34 36 43 46 RH..............85 79 51 38 DEWPOINT........30 30 26 22 20 FT WIND......N 9G10 N 8G10 NNE 10 N 13G15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR GOOD GOOD 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...WEISSER REQUESTED BY...JULIAN RED BUFFALO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111107.MARTY.01/FSD