FNUS73 KFSD 181046 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR ODDEN GPA...SD GF&P NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 546 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY. THE COOLER WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...WITH A GRADUAL WARM UP THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....39 35 38 41 35 28 27 36 49 61 67 69 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............44 45 48 51 53 55 56 58 59 60 60 59 RH..............93 87 79 72 69 60 53 48 43 42 42 46 DEWPOINT........42 42 42 42 43 41 39 38 37 37 37 38 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW N N NNE NE ENE 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 14 14 13 12 10 8 7 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 15 15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR FR FR PR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 2.3 3.5 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.3 3.6 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.WNW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NNW NNW NNW N NE TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 16 17 16 14 12 9 7 7 7 8 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .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.....70 75 82 91 96 99 WEATHER COV..... S CHC LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 53 50 49 46 44 RH..............49 56 63 66 76 88 DEWPOINT........38 38 38 38 39 41 20 FT WIND......ENE 8 E 8 E 10 E 15 ENE 17 ENE 18 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 20 25 25 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR 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...CJ REQUESTED BY...ANDY GABBERT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.ODDEN.01/FSD