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Spot Forecast for Summit Lake RX...Pheasants Forever
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
636 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Isolated showers and storms are expected to develop by late
morning, becoming more scattered through the afternoon hours.
Showers and storms continue off and on through the evening with
more widespread rain after 7 PM. New rainfall amounts through
tonight of 0.10" to 0.50", variable due to scattered nature of
rain and storms. Precipitation and a high near 67 keep minimum RH
values around 45%. Mixing heights may briefly exceed forecast
(closer to 5.5 kft), depending on how quickly cloud cover filters
in and when showers/storms develop.

Winds vary in direction today with low pressure sliding across the
area, but should be either side of southeasterly through mid
evening. Sustained winds will be around 10-15 mph with gusts
around 20 mph at times.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........47 percent.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........50  57  64  70  73  75  77  79
Weather cov.....            SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  20  30  40  50  50
Temp............59  62  63  64  65  65  65  63
Dewpoint........46  46  47  47  45  44  45  46
RH..............62  57  55  53  48  47  48  54
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE SE  SSE SSE ESE E
20 FT wind spd..12  13  14  15  15  14  15  13
20 FT wind gust.16  17  20  21  22  21  21  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.7 3.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.0
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SSE SSE SSE SSE SE  E
Transp wind spd.16  17  21  21  21  18  15  13
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Smoke Dispersal.FR  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........100 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Temp............61     55     51     50     49     48
RH..............59     74     83     86     93     93
20 ft wind......E 12   N 10   N 10   N 9    N 10   N 12
20 ft wind gust.16     16     16     14     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....2000   800    600    600    600    1000
Transport wind..ESE 16 NE 14  N 16   NNE 15 N 13   N 13
Haines index....5      4      4      4      4      4
Smoke Dispersal.FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.THURSDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........52 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Temp............46     45     49     52     56     58
RH..............98     97     84     73     64     57
20 ft wind......N 14   N 15   N 15   N 16   N 16   N 16
20 ft wind gust.17     20     20     21     22     22
Mix hgt (ft)....1200   1200   1800   2700   3500   5100
Transport wind..N 15   N 17   N 20   N 20   N 21   N 20
Haines index....4      3      3      3      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.FAIR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...SG
Requested by...Cole Neibauer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413436.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0