FNUS73 KFSD 241351 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR GREAT BEND 29 PB...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 851 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO DAYS. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO THE UPPER 80S IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR ON WEDNESDAY EXCEPT THAT SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BE IN THE MID 80S. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY BOTH DAYS WITH THE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT TODAY...GENERALLY 5 TO 15 MPH. STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS WINDS SWITCH TO NORTHWEST AND GUST AS HIGH AS 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........30 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 PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....30 35 38 40 39 36 32 32 31 30 29 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 51 56 60 64 67 70 72 74 76 76 75 RH..............65 66 53 44 38 36 33 33 30 30 30 32 DEWPOINT........36 40 39 38 38 39 40 41 41 42 42 43 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SW S SSE SSE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 8 10 12 13 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SE SE ESE ESE ESE E E E ESE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 8 8 9 13 14 13 10 8 9 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....26 39 50 59 65 68 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............73 66 61 59 57 55 RH..............34 47 60 69 77 83 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 10 SSE 10 SSE 12 S 15 S 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 .WEDNESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....69 59 50 45 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............56 66 75 77 RH..............80 52 37 33 20 FT WIND......S 10G15 WSW 12G15 WNW 13G15 NW 15G20 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...BRAD BOLDUAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120424.GREAT.01/FSD