FNUS73 KFSD 181301 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR DEWEY MINERS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 801 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH MILD TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 20 MPH AND SWITCH DIRECTION FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT AND WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL KEEP HUMIDITY QUITE HIGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....18 17 16 18 25 32 38 38 35 31 30 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 54 56 58 60 63 65 67 68 69 68 66 RH..............78 71 66 64 62 55 48 44 40 38 37 39 DEWPOINT........46 45 45 46 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW WSW W W WNW WNW WNW WNW NW NW NNW N 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 25 25 20 20 20 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD FR FR .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....31 51 64 67 88 100 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 58 53 50 49 48 RH..............43 52 64 70 72 77 DEWPOINT........41 41 41 41 41 41 20 FT WIND......N 10 NE 9 ENE 10 E 13 E 14 E 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 15 20 25 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....100 100 93 80 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 49 53 50 RH..............83 83 74 82 DEWPOINT........42 44 45 45 20 FT WIND......E 17G25 NE 12G15 NNE 13G15 NNE 15G20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR FAIR FAIR 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...HANKO REQUESTED BY...JOHN GALAZEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.DEWEY.01/FSD