FNUS73 KFSD 161141 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN KETTLE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 641 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES TO THE GREAT LAKES. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RETURN FOR TUESDAY...ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE FROM THE UPPER 40S AND 50S TODAY INTO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S RANGE FOR TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE AFTERNOON MINIMUMS WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....71 60 50 39 42 45 48 50 51 53 55 58 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............38 39 40 42 44 47 49 51 52 53 53 52 RH..............85 82 79 70 64 61 56 52 49 48 48 49 DEWPOINT........34 34 34 33 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..23 20 17 15 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GD GD GD GD GD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.9 3.8 4.6 5.4 6.3 7.1 6.3 5.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW TRANSP WIND SPD.37 33 29 26 25 25 25 25 24 23 22 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR % SKY COVER.....60 50 41 31 28 25 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 46 42 39 37 36 RH..............52 61 73 79 78 83 DEWPOINT........34 34 34 33 31 31 20 FT WIND......WNW 9 NW 3 W 0 SSE 1 SSE 2 SSE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .TUESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....22 31 39 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 50 64 68 RH..............86 66 43 37 DEWPOINT........32 39 41 41 20 FT WIND......SSE 5 SSE 10G15 S 14G20 S 15G20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR GOOD EXCEL 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...CHAPMAN REQUESTED BY...TIM BORGMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120416.BROKE.01/FSD