FNUS73 KFSD 141315 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE COTEAU SNA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 815 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRONG MIXING IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TUESDAY. WARM WEATHER TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLIGHT COOLING FOR TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR A THUNDERSTORM THREAT WITH THE COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN WARM LATER IN THE WEEK WITH A POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSTORMS CREEPING BACK INTO THE FORECAST BY THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 57 62 67 70 73 76 78 80 81 82 81 RH..............68 57 50 42 38 34 30 27 24 22 22 23 DEWPOINT........41 42 43 43 43 43 42 41 40 39 40 40 20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 7 10 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.5 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD EX EX EX EX CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.2 3.8 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.1 6.9 6.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.WSW WSW WSW WSW W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 16 17 16 14 13 13 14 14 14 13 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR % SKY COVER.....9 12 15 18 21 25 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 68 61 59 57 54 RH..............26 39 49 53 55 61 DEWPOINT........41 42 42 42 41 41 20 FT WIND......W 10 WSW 8 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 WSW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .TUESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....28 31 35 38 33 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 62 71 75 77 78 RH..............64 54 41 32 28 26 20 FT WIND......W 7 WNW 7 NW 8 N 12 N 13 N 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 20 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...BRAD BOLDUAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120514.PRAIR.01/FSD