FNUS73 KFSD 161413 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN WOOD SLASH PILE...YANKTON AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 813 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL TODAY...BUT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE RATHER STRONG...AVERAGING 15 TO 30 MPH FOR MANY AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL AVERAGE IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE. THE WEATHER WILL BE QUIET THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ALBEIT WITH SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUING ON THURSDAY. THEN A QUICK MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD GIVE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I 90 THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE THAT RUNS FROM CHAMBERLAIN AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...TO SLAYTON MINNESOTA. THE AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF HEADING SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF THAT LINE. FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT WHISKS THROUGH...WITH COLD DAYTIME HIGHS FOLLOWING ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH ON SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE TO RECEIVE PRECIPITATION FOR AT LEAST PART OF OUR AREA FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC % SKY COVER.....76 77 78 80 79 79 79 75 72 68 53 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............18 18 23 28 31 33 34 36 38 38 36 33 RH..............67 70 59 50 47 43 43 36 32 31 32 34 DEWPOINT........9 10 11 12 13 13 14 12 11 10 9 8 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 7 9 13 16 18 20 18 17 13 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 25 30 30 30 25 15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR EX EX EX EX EX EX FR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 3.8 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.4 2.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 10 16 23 29 32 32 29 29 13 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-20. MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR % SKY COVER.....22 17 11 6 12 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............28 24 22 21 21 21 RH..............42 50 54 59 56 56 DEWPOINT........8 8 8 9 8 8 20 FT WIND......WNW 5 WSW 6 WSW 7 WSW 7 SW 7 SSW 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR % SKY COVER.....25 18 21 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............20 28 43 49 RH..............59 50 36 33 DEWPOINT........8 12 18 21 20 FT WIND......SSW 8G10 SSW 13G15 SSW 18G30 SSW 16G25 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 20111116.GREEN.01/FSD