FNUS73 KFSD 151100 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR DOBBS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 600 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...PRODUCING SPOTTY LIGHT RAINFALL AND SPORADIC LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDDAY...WITH LINGERING CLOUDS GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER TODAY THAN TUESDAY...WITH A GENERAL EASTERLY FLOW THIS MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE MIXED LAYER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WEAK WINDS WILL RESULT IN POOR TO FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...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........27 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....76 71 66 61 58 55 53 49 46 42 39 35 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TEMP............52 55 60 65 67 69 71 73 74 75 77 76 RH..............68 61 52 45 41 38 36 33 30 28 27 28 DEWPOINT........42 42 43 43 43 43 43 42 41 40 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NE ENE ENE ENE NE NE NNE NNW NW WNW W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 5 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.NNE NE ENE ENE ENE ENE E ESE SSW WSW WSW WSW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 8 7 5 2 2 2 3 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52. MAX HUMIDITY........77 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.....31 32 34 35 36 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 68 62 58 54 50 RH..............29 39 48 57 66 77 DEWPOINT........41 42 42 43 43 43 20 FT WIND......W 3 SW 1 SSW 1 SSE 1 SE 1 ESE 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....39 55 71 75 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 71 75 73 RH..............69 39 37 44 DEWPOINT........43 45 47 50 20 FT WIND......ESE 2 SE 8G10 SE 10G15 ESE 12G15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR EXCEL EXCEL CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2200 6200 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..ESE 2 SE 16 SE 24 ESE 28 HAINES INDEX....6 4 4 3 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...JH REQUESTED BY...FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130515.DOBBS.01/FSD