FNUS73 KFSD 131210 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR DES MOINES RIVER S...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 710 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO SETTLE SOUTHWARD TODAY...ALLOWING AN INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND...ALONG WITH FAIRLY DEEP MIXING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AS A RESULT...AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S. RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN SMOKE DISPERSION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON TODAY. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC % SKY COVER.....0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 14 20 24 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............43 49 55 61 65 68 70 71 73 74 74 73 RH..............67 52 45 41 33 28 25 25 23 23 23 25 DEWPOINT........33 32 34 37 35 34 33 33 33 34 34 35 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD EX EX EX CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.8 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW WSW WSW W W WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 9 10 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51. MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR % SKY COVER.....32 23 13 2 3 2 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 62 55 52 50 49 RH..............28 39 55 63 63 66 DEWPOINT........36 37 39 40 38 38 20 FT WIND......W 10 WSW 7 WSW 6 SW 7 WSW 9 WSW 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.EXCEL 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...WEISSER REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120513.DESMO.01/FSD