FNUS73 KFSD 151101 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSON...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 601 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 TO 30 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.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC % SKY COVER.....75 68 62 55 55 55 55 51 47 44 39 35 WEATHER COV.....SCT ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TEMP............52 56 61 65 68 70 71 72 74 75 76 75 RH..............68 61 52 45 42 39 37 34 32 29 28 29 DEWPOINT........42 42 43 44 44 44 44 43 42 41 41 41 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE ENE ENE E E E ENE N NW NW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.2 3.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE ENE E E E E ESE S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 9 9 8 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........74 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 33 34 35 37 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............74 67 61 58 54 51 RH..............30 40 51 59 66 74 DEWPOINT........41 42 43 44 43 43 20 FT WIND......WNW 1 SW 1 S 1 SE 1 ESE 1 ESE 1 20 FT WIND GUST. 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.....40 56 72 76 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............54 71 75 73 RH..............66 39 38 44 DEWPOINT........43 45 48 50 20 FT WIND......E 3G5 SE 8G10 SE 12G15 ESE 13G15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR EXCEL EXCEL CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2100 5700 4400 TRANSPORT WIND..E 3 SE 17 SE 24 SE 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.HANSO.01/FSD