FNUS73 KFSD 281614 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE ANDES...YANKTON AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1014 AM CST WED DEC 28 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOOKS LIKE TODAYS FORECAST IS STILL HOLDING IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN WILL GRADUALLY BEND TO THE SOUTHWEST BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NEW MORNING MODEL RUN CONFIRMS THIS. THE NEW MODEL ALSO STILL SHOWS 10 TO 20 KNOTS OF WIND IN THE MIXED LAYER...THEREFORE WIND GUSTS SHOULD NOT BE TOO STRONG TODAY. TRANSPORT AND SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY START TO DECREASE AFTER 3 PM TODAY. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR BY MIDDAY...AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....44 40 15 22 29 37 45 49 54 58 64 69 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............26 28 27 29 36 43 48 52 53 54 53 49 RH..............71 75 74 69 56 47 40 36 36 35 36 42 DEWPOINT........18 21 20 20 22 24 25 26 27 27 27 27 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W WSW WSW WSW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD FR FR 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 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.2 2.2 1.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W WSW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 17 16 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 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 PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....75 68 57 44 53 61 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 42 41 42 38 36 RH..............47 55 57 57 67 72 DEWPOINT........26 27 27 28 28 28 20 FT WIND......SW 6 WSW 10 W 12 W 13 W 10 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 15 15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....70 80 89 70 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............36 35 49 59 RH..............72 75 52 37 DEWPOINT........28 28 32 33 20 FT WIND......W 9G10 W 7 WSW 9G10 W 12G15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.M M M M CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....M M M M TRANSPORT WIND..M M M M HAINES INDEX....M M M M 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...MJF REQUESTED BY...JULIAN RED BUFFALO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111228.LAKEA.01/FSD