FNUS73 KFSD 141519 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN WOOD SLASH PILE...YANKTON AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 919 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER MILD...DRY...AND WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS THEY SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING EVEN STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS FOR TUESDAY WITH SOME PLACES GUSTING TO 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES COLDER IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. THIS WHICH WILL KEEP THE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 30 PERCENT. NONETHELESS...THERE WILL BE A VERY HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....51 50 48 46 43 39 35 35 36 38 38 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............33 34 34 39 45 49 53 55 56 56 52 48 RH..............72 75 72 64 52 41 32 27 23 20 25 29 DEWPOINT........25 27 26 28 28 26 24 22 19 16 17 17 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW WNW W W W W W W WSW WSW WSW WSW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 8 12 14 16 17 17 18 18 14 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 15 20 25 25 25 25 30 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX EX EX EX GD 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 1.4 2.6 3.7 5.1 6.4 7.8 5.3 2.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W WSW TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 14 16 22 28 32 35 33 30 23 15 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33. MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....38 41 43 45 44 47 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 40 36 34 32 36 RH..............35 44 56 64 69 56 DEWPOINT........18 20 22 23 23 22 20 FT WIND......WSW 7 SSW 6 SSW 8 WSW 10 WSW 9 W 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 10 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..WSW 8 SSW 7 SSW 9 WSW 12 WSW 12 W 13 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 5 6 6 .TUESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....54 49 34 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 35 40 41 RH..............54 49 34 26 DEWPOINT........21 18 14 9 20 FT WIND......WNW 16G25 WNW 20G30 WNW 23G30 WNW 25G35 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR EXCEL EXCEL CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....300 500 4700 5900 TRANSPORT WIND..WNW 18 WNW 32 WNW 37 WNW 33 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 6 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...JM REQUESTED BY...JULIAN RED BUFFALO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111114.GREEN.01/FSD