FNUS73 KFSD 121402 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR CHRISTIANA 31-2...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 902 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MUCH LIGHTER WINDS TODAY WILL MEAN LESS FIRE DANGER...ALTHOUGH MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STILL BE LOW. THE DAYS TO WATCH FOR THE FORTH COMING WEEK WILL BE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WIND AND/OR LOW HUMIDITY...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY ON MONDAY THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. TUESDAY WILL LIKELY BE EVEN WORSE AS A STRONG AND DRY COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THIS AREA. RIGHT NOW... TUESDAY IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS ENTIRE AREA. BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED IN THE FUTURE FOR EXTREME OR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THE REST OF THE WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL FEATURE MUCH LIGHTER WINDS...AND TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. NEXT WEEKEND STILL LOOKS VERY UNSETTLED WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR % SKY COVER.....0 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 3 2 5 7 WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS WEATHER TYPE....FST FST TEMP............33 38 43 49 51 53 54 56 57 59 60 60 RH..............61 51 42 34 31 28 25 22 20 19 18 18 DEWPOINT........21 21 22 22 22 21 19 18 17 17 17 17 20 FT WIND DIR..WNW NW NW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR GD GD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC % SKY COVER.....10 11 12 13 17 20 23 28 33 38 45 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 56 53 50 47 44 41 42 42 43 43 44 RH..............20 24 29 36 43 53 62 62 65 62 65 62 DEWPOINT........18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 31 31 32 32 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W SSW SSE SSE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 6 3 2 2 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 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...BRAD BOLDUAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130512.CHRIS.01/FSD