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Spot Forecast for Palisades RX...South Dakota Game FIsh and Parks
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
504 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Isolated to scattered showers and storms are possible through mid
to late this evening, diminishing in coverage after 9 PM.
Additional rainfall amounts of a couple of hundredths expected,
although amounts around a tenth of an inch or more are possible
with any thunderstorms.

As of the time of the discussion, winds at KFSD are switching to
the southwest, and are expected to become northwesterly behind a
cold front by 8 PM. Sustained winds around 10-15 mph with gusts
around 25 mph through about 1 AM. Isolated gusts to 30-35 mph are
possible - especially with decaying showers.

Dry conditions are expected early in the day Wednesday, with
shower and storm chances returning late in the afternoon.


.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........84 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  PC  MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........71  56  40  23  6   5   4   3   7   11  14  17
Weather cov.....CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40  30  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............61  62  57  54  52  51  49  48  46  44  42  42
Dewpoint........52  51  48  45  44  43  41  40  39  38  37  36
RH..............72  67  71  71  73  75  75  75  77  80  82  78
20 FT wind dir..W   WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW W   W
20 FT wind spd..16  18  17  16  16  14  12  13  12  9   9   7
20 FT wind gust.23  29  28  26  26  22  20  22  18  16  15  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.16  22  25  22  21  20  20  20  20  17  15  14
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5
Smoke Dispersal.FR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........38 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........19     24     30     61     78     81
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     10     10
Temp............40     44     55     58     62     62
Dewpoint........36     38     39     37     36     37
RH..............84     80     55     45     38     40
20 ft wind......WSW 7  WSW 7  WSW 9  W 8    WNW 7  SE 7
20 ft wind gust.12     12     13     12     10     9
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    1700   3300   3600   3800
Transport wind..W 13   W 12   W 12   WNW 10 NNW 8  ENE 9
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   GOOD

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........86 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........83     85     87     91     94     97
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Chc of pcpn (%).30     50     70     70     90     90
Temp............61     57     53     51     50     49
Dewpoint........39     41     40     40     41     42
RH..............44     55     60     65     71     76
20 ft wind......E 8    E 10   E 14   E 16   E 16   E 17
20 ft wind gust.12     14     21     23     25     25
Mix hgt (ft)....2700   800    900    800    1000   1400
Transport wind..E 12   E 12   E 16   E 17   E 17   ESE 17
Haines index....5      4      4      4      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR

$$
Forecaster...SG
Requested by...Jonny Pfeifer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412845.0/FSD
.DELDT 04/30/24
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