FNUS73 KFSD 101440 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR HOLLY 2 PB...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 940 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MUCH WARMER TODAY WITH SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS PICKING UP THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN FORECAST...AS SOME MODELS SHOWING SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES AND/OR LOWER DEW POINTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY AND UPDATE FORECAST IF VALUES EXPECTED TO DROP MUCH BELOW 30 PERCENT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. IT WILL BE COOLER ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 53 57 63 67 69 71 73 75 76 76 75 RH..............71 64 59 50 45 44 42 40 36 34 34 37 DEWPOINT........40 41 43 44 45 46 47 47 46 46 46 47 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 15 17 17 18 18 20 20 20 20 18 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR GD GD EX EX EX EX GD FR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.5 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.2 2.9 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 16 21 24 25 25 24 25 25 25 25 24 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....9 19 28 38 54 70 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............73 68 64 62 61 60 RH..............41 52 63 70 72 76 DEWPOINT........48 50 51 52 52 52 20 FT WIND......SSE 16 SSE 13 SSE 14 S 15 SSW 13 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 20 20 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....86 87 87 88 81 74 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............58 56 56 59 60 59 RH..............77 74 68 61 53 51 DEWPOINT........51 48 46 46 43 41 20 FT WIND......NW 12 NNW 17 NNW 21 NNW 18 NNW 17 NNW 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 25 30 30 25 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR GOOD EXCEL EXCEL EXCEL EXCEL CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 MIX HGT (FT)....400 1600 2400 2900 3800 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 23 NNW 35 NNW 38 N 31 N 28 N 23 HAINES INDEX....4 3 2 2 3 3 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...JH REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.HOLLY.01/FSD