FNUS73 KFSD 291300 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN KETTLE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 800 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A FAIRLY BUSY WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. TODAY WILL SEE WIDESPREAD STRATUS SLOW TO DISSIPATE...KEEPING MIXING HEIGHTS FAIRLY LOW THROUGH THE DAY...GIVING POOR SMOKE DISPERSION LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MONDAY WILL HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS...BUT SHOULD SEE SUNSHINE BY THE NOON HOUR ALLOWING FOR WARMER READINGS AND GREATER MIXING HEIGHTS. WINDS BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BE FROM THE EAST/SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS AVERAGING 8 TO 15 MPH. LATE TODAY...THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER BUT WETTING RAIN CHANCES ARE VERY MINIMAL. HOWEVER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE HIGH AT LEAST UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....100 100 100 100 98 96 94 92 90 87 79 71 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............46 46 46 46 49 52 55 57 58 60 61 61 RH..............89 89 89 89 83 74 69 64 62 60 56 56 DEWPOINT........43 43 43 43 44 44 45 45 45 46 45 45 20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 9 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 14 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....63 70 76 83 83 84 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 56 51 48 48 46 RH..............58 72 86 93 89 96 DEWPOINT........45 47 47 46 45 45 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 8 SSE 6 SSE 5 S 2 SSW 1 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .MONDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY % SKY COVER.....84 61 39 16 21 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 51 60 68 71 74 RH..............96 86 67 49 42 38 DEWPOINT........44 47 49 48 47 47 20 FT WIND......SSW 1 SSW 3 SSW 7 S 9 S 10 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 600 1200 1600 3400 4200 TRANSPORT WIND..SSW 1 SSW 6 S 10 S 13 S 15 S 16 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 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...MJF REQUESTED BY...SCOTT MOATS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120429.BROKE.01/FSD