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

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

High temperatures will reach up to the mid 60s this afternoon. Dew
points will start out in the upper 20s but will quickly moisten to
the mid 30s this morning. Mixing this afternoon will knock dew
points back down to the low 30s, lowering relative humidity down to
about 30%. Winds will be light and variable this morning before
turning southerly with speeds of 5-10 mph along with greening fuels.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........29 percent.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC  PC
Sky (%).........6   3   2   3   1   2   3   14  17  32  41
Weather cov.....ARS
Weather type....FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............36  40  44  52  56  58  60  62  64  65  65
Dewpoint........31  34  37  39  38  35  34  33  33  33  32
RH..............82  79  76  61  51  42  37  33  31  30  29
20 FT wind dir..ESE SE  SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   7   6   6   7   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.5   8   8   9   8   8   9   9   10  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.1 1.8 3.5 4.8 5.4 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.9
Transp wind dir.ESE SE  SSE S   S   S   S   SSW S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   8   8   7   7   8   8   10  10
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

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

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........48     75     88     79     64     61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............65     62     56     54     53     50
Dewpoint........32     35     35     35     36     36
RH..............29     36     44     48     53     58
20 ft wind......S 10   SSE 8  SE 9   SE 10  SE 13  SE 14
20 ft wind gust.12     13     16     17     21     23
Mix hgt (ft)....5500   600    500    500    500    700
Transport wind..S 13   S 10   SSE 12 SE 16  SE 17  SE 17
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL  POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.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

$$
Forecaster...Meyers
Requested by...Jonny Pfeifer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412079.2/FSD
.DELDT 04/24/24
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