FNUS73 KFSD 161305 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR TUTTLE WMA...IOWA DNR WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 805 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. GOOD COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. UNTIL THE RAIN BEGINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..MIXING AND SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT AS LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS EXIT FRIDAY MORNING...MOST AREAS WILL SEE VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S AND 80S...HOWEVER MORE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS HIGHER THAN RECENT DAYS...GENERALLY IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. PERIODIC RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC % SKY COVER.....32 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81 87 WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW TEMP............54 59 65 72 75 78 80 81 81 81 81 79 RH..............66 60 51 41 37 33 30 30 31 31 32 35 DEWPOINT........43 45 47 47 47 47 46 47 47 48 49 49 20 FT WIND DIR..E E ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 7 9 10 10 12 13 13 14 13 13 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR FR FR GD GD EX EX EX EX GD .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY % SKY COVER.....92 92 94 98 94 94 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............76 70 67 64 62 61 RH..............40 51 61 73 81 87 DEWPOINT........50 51 53 55 56 57 20 FT WIND......SE 12 SE 10 SE 9 SE 10 SE 9 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR 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...AEB REQUESTED BY...CHRIS LARUE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130516.TUTTL.01/FSD