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Spot Forecast for Pickerel lake...USFWS
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
523 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Sunny, warmer than normal conditions are expected today. Light
and variable winds will favor a northwest component this morning,
veering to favor a more westerly component by late this afternoon.
Afternoon humidity levels will drop into the 20s with high
temperatures in the 60s.

Saturday and Sunday bring much warmer weather with highs in the
70s and 80s. Expect near critical fire weather conditions
Saturday as southwest winds gust in the 20s and occasionally 30s
and afternoon humidity minimums reach 15 to 30%. Less wind Sunday
before gusty winds return Monday ahead of a rainy spring storm
system.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........30 percent.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Sky (%).........0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  52  54  57  60  62  62  63
Dewpoint........36  35  35  34  32  32  31  31
RH..............63  52  48  42  35  32  31  30
20 FT wind dir..NNW NNW NNW NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..16  17  17  17  17  16  15  14
20 FT wind gust.24  23  23  23  22  22  21  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 3.4 4.8 5.6 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.6
Transp wind dir.NNW NNW NNW NW  NW  NW  NW  WNW
Transp wind spd.22  24  24  23  23  23  22  20
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Smoke Dispersal.GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........65 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Sky (%).........0      0      1      2      4      3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............62     57     49     46     44     41
Dewpoint........30     30     31     31     30     30
RH..............30     35     50     55     57     65
20 ft wind......NW 12  WNW 7  SW 7   SSW 8  S 8    SSE 8
20 ft wind gust.17     8      8      9      9      10
Mix hgt (ft)....5400   500    400    400    300    300
Transport wind..WNW 17 NW 8   W 7    SSW 8  S 9    S 12
Haines index....4      5      5      5      5      5
Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL  POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........30 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Sky (%).........4      2      4      13     21     15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............41     44     59     70     79     81
Dewpoint........29     31     37     43     46     48
RH..............62     60     44     38     31     32
20 ft wind......SSE 8  SSE 10 S 15   S 17   S 18   S 20
20 ft wind gust.17     18     24     26     28     28
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1200   1900   2800   3700
Transport wind..S 14   S 17   S 22   S 23   S 23   S 24
Haines index....5      6      6      6      6      6
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...BP
Requested by...Chad Loreth
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410437.0/FSD
.DELDT 04/12/24
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