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Spot Forecast for Knodel GPA...South Dakota Game FIsh and Parks
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
631 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will turn southeasterly today with speeds up to 5-10 mph along
with greening fuels. Dew points will lower to the mid 30s this
afternoon as mixing increases but will stay in the mid 30s through
this evening. Afternoon high temperatures will warm to the mid 60s,
resulting in relative humidity values down to around 30%. Humidity
will slowly begin to rise as temperatures cool this evening.
Southeast winds will further strengthen this evening with gusts up
to around 25 mph and remain breezy through tonight.

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........69 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........81  84  87  82  75  71  67  65  63  59  56  58
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  59  57  56  55  56  55  54  53  51
Dewpoint........35  36  36  36  36  36  36  36  37  38  39  40
RH..............33  35  37  42  45  46  48  48  51  55  59  65
20 FT wind dir..SSE SE  SE  ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..13  12  10  10  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  16
20 FT wind gust.16  16  17  18  23  25  24  25  25  25  26  26
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   SSE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SSE
Transp wind spd.14  12  13  14  17  17  18  20  20  18  20  21
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Smoke Dispersal.GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........50 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........60     65     73     76     79     87
Weather cov.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                                   S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0      20     20     20     20     30
Temp............51     51     56     61     64     64
Dewpoint........39     41     44     45     45     45
RH..............62     69     65     56     51     50
20 ft wind......SE 17  SSE 20 SSE 22 SSE 23 SSE 24 SE 24
20 ft wind gust.28     33     36     35     36     39
Mix hgt (ft)....600    900    1800   2200   2200   3000
Transport wind..SE 21  SSE 23 SSE 28 SSE 29 SE 32  SSE 35
Haines index....4      4      4      4      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........93 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........89     93     98     90     90     98
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30     70     70     70     100    100
Temp............62     60     55     53     53     52
Dewpoint........46     46     47     47     48     49
RH..............56     60     74     80     83     89
20 ft wind......SE 25  SE 31  SE 32  SE 29  SE 28  ESE 28
20 ft wind gust.39     45     47     45     41     39
Mix hgt (ft)....2400   1900   1500   1500   1300   1000
Transport wind..SE 32  SE 31  SE 32  SE 30  SE 29  SE 28
Haines index....3      2      2      2      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL  GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   FAIR

$$
Forecaster...Meyers
Requested by...Jonny Pfeifer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412074.1/FSD
.DELDT 04/24/24
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