FNUS73 KFSD 181254 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY LAKE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 754 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 UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 20 MPH AND SWITCH DIRECTION FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST THEN THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH MID DAY ON THURSDAY. EAST NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BREEZY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. .REST OF TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....32 53 70 79 73 61 50 49 51 55 63 66 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 48 49 51 52 54 56 58 59 60 60 59 RH..............86 81 76 72 68 59 51 46 41 40 40 44 DEWPOINT........42 42 42 42 42 40 38 37 36 36 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW N N NNE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 14 15 14 13 10 8 7 6 7 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 15 15 10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD FR FR FR .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....68 74 81 90 95 99 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 53 50 48 47 45 RH..............47 55 63 65 73 85 DEWPOINT........37 38 38 37 39 41 20 FT WIND......ENE 9 E 10 E 12 E 14 E 16 E 17 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....100 98 87 78 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............43 45 47 48 RH..............96 86 83 77 DEWPOINT........42 41 42 41 20 FT WIND......ENE 16G25 ENE 16G25 ENE 14G20 NE 14G20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR FAIR 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...HANKO REQUESTED BY...FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.DRYLA.01/FSD