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Spot Forecast for Karl E. Mundt NWS RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
605 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A light and variable wind through mid-morning will turn westerly
by late morning and will continue thorugh the afternoon.
Occasional wind gusts to 15 knots may be possible, though no
strong wind gusts are expected.

Mixing depths will be very high today, approaching 9000 ft AGL at
peak heating this afternoon. With transport winds between 15 and
20 knots, smoke dispersion will be excellent today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........28 percent.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........15  9   3   11  18  26  23  21  18  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  58  64  69  72  76  78  79  79  79
Dewpoint........44  46  47  47  45  44  43  43  43  43
RH..............76  65  54  46  37  32  29  28  28  28
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   WNW WNW WNW WNW W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   9   9   10  10  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.8   12  12  13  14  14  14  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.4 6.1 8.0 8.6 8.9 8.8 9.0 8.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   WNW WNW WNW W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  13  14  14  14  14  14  14
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........76 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
Sky (%).........9      6      7      8      7      5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............79     76     67     62     58     56
Dewpoint........44     44     44     44     44     43
RH..............29     32     43     52     60     62
20 ft wind......W 10   S 7    S 6    S 7    SSW 9  SW 10
20 ft wind gust.13     8      7      10     14     15
Mix hgt (ft)....8000   500    500    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 13   WSW 7  S 7    S 12   SW 13  WSW 14
Haines index....5      6      6      6      6      6
Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL  POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........29 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........5      8      15     27     45     68
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      40     40
Temp............54     58     69     77     81     81
Dewpoint........45     48     50     49     47     46
RH..............72     70     50     37     30     30
20 ft wind......WSW 10 WSW 10 W 10   W 9    W 8    WSW 8
20 ft wind gust.14     15     14     12     10     12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    1400   4800   6900   6700
Transport wind..W 13   W 12   W 10   W 9    W 8    WNW 8
Haines index....6      6      6      6      6      6
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   POOR   POOR   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Dux
Requested by...Kathryn Sebes
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413746.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/11/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0