FNUS73 KFSD 141151 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR TOUCH THE SKY PRAIRIE NWR...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 651 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.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........21 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 CLR CLR CLR CLR % SKY COVER.....0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 53 59 65 70 73 75 78 79 81 81 80 RH..............64 63 51 44 38 33 29 26 24 21 21 23 DEWPOINT........40 40 41 43 43 42 41 40 39 38 38 39 20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW W W WSW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD EX .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....6 7 9 10 11 12 14 14 15 15 16 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............77 73 68 63 60 58 57 56 55 53 52 52 RH..............26 31 37 44 51 55 57 57 59 64 69 69 DEWPOINT........40 41 41 41 42 42 42 41 41 41 42 42 20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW WSW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR 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...WILLIAMS REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120514.TOUCH.01/FSD