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Spot Forecast for Loess Hills Cooperative Burn Week 2024...IOWA DNR
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
514 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions expected today, with clouds beginning to clear out
throughout the morning into the afternoon hours. The wind will
remain fairly consistent out of the west-northwest sustained in the
mid to upper teens with gusts in the mid to upper 20s. Temperatures
today will get into the lower 60s, but with dewpoints slowly rising
into the mid 40s, minimum relative humidity values will only drop
into the lower 50s by the afternoon hours. Smoke dispersion looks to
remain good throughout the day.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........59 percent.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........83  85  86  88  86  86  69  57  46  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............43  43  45  46  47  49  51  53  54  56
Dewpoint........39  39  40  40  40  41  41  42  42  42
RH..............86  86  82  79  76  74  68  66  64  59
20 FT wind dir..WNW WNW WNW W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..15  14  14  14  14  15  16  15  15  14
20 FT wind gust.22  22  22  22  22  22  24  23  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.9
Transp wind dir.WNW WNW W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.22  22  22  21  22  21  22  22  22  20
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3
Smoke Dispersal.GD  GD  GD  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........96 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Sky (%).........35     12     3      9      11     6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............56     54     51     46     43     42
Dewpoint........43     43     41     41     41     41
RH..............62     66     68     83     93     96
20 ft wind......WNW 13 NW 7   NE 6   E 6    ESE 7  SE 7
20 ft wind gust.18     12     7      9      10     12
Mix hgt (ft)....3600   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 18   WNW 8  NNE 6  E 8    ESE 9  SE 10
Haines index....3      4      4      4      5      5
Smoke Dispersal.GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........53 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........16     23     25     43     73     77
Weather cov.....              CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC  DEFNTE DEFNTE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     30     30     80     100
Temp............43     50     62     68     73     74
Dewpoint........41     44     50     54     56     56
RH..............93     80     65     61     55     53
20 ft wind......SE 8   SE 10  SE 14  SSE 17 S 21   S 20
20 ft wind gust.13     15     21     25     29     30
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1200   2400   3500   4400
Transport wind..SE 13  SE 15  SSE 20 S 24   S 31   SSW 32
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...APT
Requested by...Kody Wohlers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412666.0/FSD
.DELDT 04/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0