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Spot Forecast for Loess Hills Cooperative Burn Week 2024...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
554 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light southerly winds this morning will increase during the day,
with a few gusts around 20 mph after 2 PM. With temperatures
reaching the upper 60s by afternoon, along with dew points in the
mid 40s, afternoon RH values will run 40 to 50 percent. It will be
dry through the day, before showers move into the area by tonight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........40 percent.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR PC  PC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........17  28  30  34  29  23  49  45  43  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............46  50  56  59  62  66  65  66  68  67
Dewpoint........42  45  47  47  46  45  45  44  43  44
RH..............85  82  71  64  56  47  48  45  40  43
20 FT wind dir..S   SSW SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S   SSE
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   10  10  12  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.12  14  16  18  17  17  18  20  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.0 1.5 2.2 2.6 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.5 3.6
Transp wind dir.SSW SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   13  16  17  16  18  17  18  18  20
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........91 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........39     46     69     88     95     89
Weather cov.....              CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     30     50     90     80
Temp............67     62     57     52     49     47
Dewpoint........45     46     45     45     45     44
RH..............46     56     64     77     86     89
20 ft wind......SSE 14 SE 12  E 10   N 14   N 18   N 14
20 ft wind gust.20     17     17     20     28     23
Mix hgt (ft)....2800   500    400    500    1200   1300
Transport wind..S 17   SSE 12 SE 13  N 14   N 23   N 21
Haines index....5      5      5      5      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR

.SATURDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........44 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Sky (%).........82     66     41     37     25     7
Weather cov.....LIKELY S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).60     20     0      0      0      0
Temp............47     45     50     54     58     60
Dewpoint........44     43     43     43     41     40
RH..............91     91     76     65     53     47
20 ft wind......N 14   N 14   NNW 14 NNW 14 NNW 13 NNW 13
20 ft wind gust.23     22     22     21     21     18
Mix hgt (ft)....1400   1500   2700   4300   5600   5900
Transport wind..N 21   N 20   N 21   N 22   NNW 18 N 17
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.FAIR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL  EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...JM
Requested by...Kody Wohlers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413055.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/03/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0