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Spot Forecast for Odessa Prairie...US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
704 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A steady north wind will occur today under a partly
to mostly cloudy sky. The wind gusts will peak out around 20-23
mph during the afternoon hours. Winds look to stay up through much
of the night tonight, as they gradually shift to more of a
northwesterly direction. Winds will then shift to the west on
Friday and gusts will increase to around 25 mph ahead of a cold
front that will move through the site late Friday night.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......1400-4600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 18 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (22000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (79300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or (low) to (moderate).

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  68  68  69  69  68  68  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  45  48  51  53  55  55  55
RH..............64  62  56  50  46  41  40  40
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..12  13  14  14  15  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.18  17  18  18  20  20  18  18
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy (40-60 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......800-4600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 14 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (77700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (11100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or (very low) to (low).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58  53  48  43  38  40  41  43  49  56  62  62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............56  53  49  45  43  41  39  37  35  34  33  33
RH..............38  43  52  61  66  71  77  80  87  87  91  90
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW
20 FT wind spd..14  13  13  14  13  13  13  12  12  12  10  10
20 FT wind gust.17  17  18  20  21  18  18  17  17  17  15  15
Smoke Dispersal.GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    west 12 to 16 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700-4400 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 16 mph shifting to the west 16
                    to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (83600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or (very low) to (moderate).

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  61  57  57  57  57  35  13  12  11  10  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............31  31  30  32  35  38  41  47  49  51  54  53
RH..............92  93  95  90  78  72  61  48  42  39  34  35
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   8   9   10  12  12  13  15  16  16
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  13  14  15  16  17  18  21  22  22
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...SRF
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2406906.0/ABR
.DELDT 03/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov


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