FNUS73 KFSD 151317 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR CAYLER PRAIRIE...IOWA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 817 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOME MID LEVEL BASED CLOUDS WILL BE AROUND THE AREA THIS MORNING AS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST NORTH OF I 90. THEREFORE ONLY A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF A LIGHT SHOWER IS POSSIBLE IN YOUR AREA THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SITUATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF YOUR AREA. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...THEN THEY SHOULD SETTLE INTO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY GOING EAST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS COULD ALSO DECREASE A BIT AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES MEANING IT WILL BE MUCH LESS WINDY TODAY WHEN COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATED LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...THE SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE POOR TO FAIR CATEGORY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN ON THE DRY SIDE FOR ONE MORE DAY WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....50 48 47 45 48 50 52 51 50 49 44 38 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............54 63 65 68 70 72 74 75 76 77 77 76 RH..............64 46 43 39 36 33 30 28 27 26 27 28 DEWPOINT........43 42 42 42 42 41 41 40 40 40 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE NNE NE NE ENE ENE ENE E E ESE ESE 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 13 10 10 10 9 8 7 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR FR FR PR PR CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.8 1.4 2.0 2.8 3.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE ENE ENE ENE ENE ENE E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.10 16 21 22 20 15 10 8 6 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....33 33 33 33 34 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 69 63 59 55 52 RH..............31 36 46 55 61 71 DEWPOINT........42 41 42 43 42 43 20 FT WIND......E 7 ESE 5 ESE 5 SE 5 ESE 5 ESE 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 10 10 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...RORY MARTINSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130515.CAYLE.01/FSD