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Spot Forecast for Heendah Hills- SE Rx...Iowa DNR
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
544 AM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

High temperatures will warm up to about 50 degrees this afternoon.
Breezy southwest winds are expected with gusts up to about 20 mph.
Dew points begin today in the upper single digits but will climb to
the teens to low 20s today. This will lower relative humidity values
down to about 25% this afternoon. Given the elevated winds and low
relative humidity, only high fire danger is expected this afternoon.

Precipitation will return tonight in the form of light rain.
Rainfall amounts up to about three tenths of an inch are expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........26 percent.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........29  33  37  46  55  55  56  62  65
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  0
Temp............28  32  35  39  42  44  47  48  49
Dewpoint........11  12  13  14  14  14  14  15  17
RH..............48  42  39  35  32  29  26  26  28
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  14  14  14  15  14  14
20 FT wind gust.21  21  21  20  20  21  21  21  22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SSE SE  SE
Transp wind spd.17  17  18  18  18  18  20  20  20
Haines index....4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3
Smoke Dispersal.FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........89 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........71     68     66     72     90     92
Weather cov.....                            DEFNTE LIKELY
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     80     60
Temp............47     45     42     41     40     37
Dewpoint........19     21     23     24     27     33
RH..............32     38     46     50     59     85
20 ft wind......SE 13  ESE 13 ESE 14 SE 12  ESE 10 ENE 9
20 ft wind gust.22     21     24     22     18     14
Mix hgt (ft)....2800   600    500    600    800    800
Transport wind..SE 20  SE 16  SE 17  SE 17  SSE 12 E 9
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
Smoke Dispersal.GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 42.
Min humidity........51 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........72     71     73     77     69     61
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30     10     10     10     0      0
Temp............35     34     35     38     41     41
Dewpoint........32     31     29     29     28     25
RH..............87     89     79     68     59     52
20 ft wind......NNE 9  N 12   N 14   N 16   N 17   N 16
20 ft wind gust.15     17     21     23     23     22
Mix hgt (ft)....900    1500   2200   3300   4100   4600
Transport wind..N 10   N 20   N 24   N 24   N 22   N 21
Haines index....3      2      2      2      2      2
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL  EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...Meyers
Requested by...Kody Wohlers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407985.0/FSD
.DELDT 03/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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