FNUS73 KFSD 161307 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR BURKHART...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 807 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE SLIDING OFF TO THE EAST TODAY. THEREFORE LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY PICK UP IN SPEED AND SETTLE INTO AN 8 TO 15 MPH CATEGORY BY MID AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE A GRADUAL VEERING WITH THE WIND. THE LIGHT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST AT MIDDAY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH/SOUTHEAST BY MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT WIND SPEEDS...SMOKE DISPERSION COULD BE BETTER...AND WILL LIKELY ONLY BECOME FAIR BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD BE AROUND 25 PERCENT... BUT SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...WE WILL MONITOR THIS AND GIVE YOU A CALL IF IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL GET BELOW 20 PERCENT. THE LOW LEVEL JET REALLY INCREASES TONIGHT...AND WILL LAST THAT WAY ON THURSDAY. THEREFORE THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THURSDAY WILL BE QUITE STRONG. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....6 6 5 5 7 9 11 12 12 13 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............44 50 55 60 65 68 70 72 73 74 74 73 RH..............73 61 51 42 36 32 30 28 27 26 27 29 DEWPOINT........36 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE ENE E E ESE ESE ESE SSE SSE SSE SSE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 6 8 7 6 6 7 9 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 15 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.2 2.2 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.NNE NE ENE ENE E E E E SE SSE SSE SSE TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 10 9 7 6 5 5 6 8 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....11 17 22 25 37 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............70 63 57 56 54 53 RH..............32 45 59 67 72 75 DEWPOINT........39 41 43 45 45 45 20 FT WIND......SSE 12 SSE 10 SSE 10 S 13 S 14 S 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....39 37 30 19 28 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 65 74 80 84 85 RH..............72 55 44 39 35 34 DEWPOINT........46 48 51 53 53 53 20 FT WIND......S 16 S 21 S 23 S 24 S 23 S 23 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 30 32 34 33 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR GOOD EXCEL EXCEL EXCEL CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1100 2200 3400 4400 4200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 29 S 35 S 35 S 36 S 36 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 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...MJF REQUESTED BY...STEVE WOODRUFF TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120516.BURKH.01/FSD