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Spot Forecast for Palisades Fire...South Dakota Game FIsh and Parks
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
625 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Southerly winds with speeds of 5-10 mph are expected today along
with greening fuels. High temperatures will warm to the mid 60s
while dew points lower down to the mid 30s this afternoon yielding
relative humidity values down to about 30%. Humidity will slowly
rise this evening as temperatures begin to cool. However, winds will
turn out of the southeast and strengthen with gusts up to 15-20 mph
during this period of time. The breezy southeasterly winds will
persist through the overnight hours.

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........65 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  MC  MC  CDY CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........48  63  75  88  88  82  79  72  64  61  61  52
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  64  62  58  56  55  54  54  53  52  50  50
Dewpoint........32  34  35  35  35  36  35  35  36  36  36  37
RH..............29  32  36  41  44  48  48  49  53  55  58  60
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..10  10  8   7   9   9   10  13  13  13  14  13
20 FT wind gust.12  14  13  13  16  17  17  22  21  21  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SSE SSE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.13  12  10  10  12  14  16  17  17  17  17  17
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Smoke Dispersal.EX  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........42 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........47     43     55     67     67     66
Weather cov.....                                   CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     10     30
Temp............49     50     57     63     66     66
Dewpoint........37     39     41     42     42     43
RH..............62     65     54     47     42     43
20 ft wind......SE 14  SSE 16 SSE 20 SSE 21 SSE 22 SSE 24
20 ft wind gust.22     26     29     30     33     35
Mix hgt (ft)....700    1000   1900   3000   3400   4000
Transport wind..SE 17  SSE 22 SSE 25 S 29   SSE 32 SSE 36
Haines index....4      4      4      4      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL  EXCEL

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........86 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........80     85     91     96     98     99
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30     70     70     70     100    100
Temp............64     61     55     53     51     50
Dewpoint........43     42     43     44     44     45
RH..............46     49     64     71     77     83
20 ft wind......SE 23  SE 26  SE 29  SE 28  SE 26  SE 26
20 ft wind gust.35     39     43     41     40     40
Mix hgt (ft)....3100   2400   1900   1600   1500   1400
Transport wind..SE 33  SE 32  SE 31  SE 30  SE 28  SE 26
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL  EXCEL  GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Meyers
Requested by...Jonny Pfeifer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412079.1/FSD
.DELDT 04/24/24
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