FNUS73 KFSD 301119 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR ALQUIRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 619 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRATUS...FOG AND A FAIRLY WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP MIXING HEIGHTS FAIRLY LOW THIS MORNING...BUT A STRENGTHENING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW FOR DECENT MIXING AND WARMER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...POOR SMOKE DISPERSION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING...BECOMING GOOD BY AROUND NOON...AND EXCELLENT THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TO MID EVENING. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....100 96 82 64 56 47 39 39 40 40 41 41 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG TEMP............46 47 49 54 59 63 65 67 69 70 70 70 RH..............93 93 90 77 62 51 46 41 38 38 39 42 DEWPOINT........44 45 46 47 46 45 44 43 43 43 44 46 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SW SW WSW W W WSW SW SW SSW SSW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX EX EX EX EX CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.7 3.2 4.7 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SW SW WSW WSW W W WSW WSW SW SW SSW TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 12 14 17 20 18 16 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....42 42 42 41 69 86 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............69 64 60 59 57 55 RH..............45 54 62 66 75 87 DEWPOINT........47 47 47 48 49 51 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 10 S 12 S 14 S 15 S 16 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 20 20 25 SMOKE DISPERSAL.EXCEL POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 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...CHAPMAN REQUESTED BY...FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120430.ALQUI.01/FSD